OpenGov Articles

OpenGov is all about putting governance in the hands of the community. In this category, we explore how Polkadot's unique governance model empowers users to propose, vote, and shape the future of the network. From referendum mechanics to decision-making processes, these articles break it all down so you can better understand how Polkadot's decentralized governance works—and how you can get involved.

Read a total of 63 articles and 467 news on Polkadot OpenGov written by our community creators

the dirty secret of crypto governance - most founders don't actually want to give up control

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gbaci·May 26, 2025

the dirty secret of crypto governance - most founders don't actually want to give up control

I hypothesize why Polkadot is the only blockchain to follow through on the ideal of decentralized governance Link: https://x.com/gbaciX/status/1927047346870694368

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itsravi·December 12, 2024

Polkadot Storage Ref 1313

In this thread I share about Polkadot storage and how this will help Polkadot ecosystem.

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Pieky·November 30, 2024

Polkadot fam, this is your moment!

Instead of amplifying the outcry about theft caused by Parallel FI , I use the SOS call from a holder to showcase Polkadot’s unique community while helping him. This shines a positive light in this crisis. https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1862638248255779087

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itsravi·November 19, 2024

Understanding the Referenda 1301

In this post, I tried to explain about a technical block sync issue in Substrate and how subcoin is solving. https://x.com/its_ravii/status/1858945232190271557?t=f8nfASpf6AdaYDMla8nRhg&s=19

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The world is full of dreamers. But Polkadot isn't made for them.

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Pieky·November 19, 2024

The world is full of dreamers. But Polkadot isn't made for them.

Empower people not to be scared by whales and FUD. Showing a passionated actor like Leemo as example. https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1858617745773850988

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Pieky·November 19, 2024

Giving OpenGov a face and a human touch

To reinforce the interview with Alice & Bob and to make it personal for the reader, creating curiosity https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1857903193516290247

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Pieky·November 18, 2024

Bringing clarity for ambassador fellowship proposal

simplifying facts about the new ambassador fellowship, especially making clear gav read/comment it to rallye support. https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1857787977230925873

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Free yourself from the centralized world

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Pieky·November 17, 2024

Free yourself from the centralized world

A general empowerment post to boost the graphic, no specific call-to-action https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1855016707862954364

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Controversies in decentralized governance.

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mikewill·November 17, 2024

Controversies in decentralized governance.

The thread analyzes a Sub0 panel session discussion, highlighting the relevance of cross community interactions for blockchain growth.

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Pieky·November 12, 2024

DarkGov in OpenGov

Picked up the community vibe about opengov https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1854614726333927801 Another >1k views with Elons OpenGov post: https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1856726523962675302

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Pieky·November 4, 2024

promoting proposal voting

highlighting voting with 3x convinction without additional lock-time for user staking. https://x.com/_Pieky_/status/1853015914335318413

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Dodow·July 10, 2025

WAG's the Plan?

WagMedia Weekly - Newsletter Edition 106 Editorial by Cover Image by Top Story written by Wag Roundup written by

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yay.oi 🥚·July 9, 2025

A La-Boon for Polkadot Ecosystem Agents

Bill Laboon has initiated Polkadot Wish For Change Referendum 1660, which proposes that the Web3 Foundation initiate a Polkadot Agents Program to fund and reimburse community members that actively support the ecosystem.

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yay.oi 🥚·July 8, 2025

Democratic Validation

Acala’s LDOT validator election process is now live. LDOT holders can now vote for the validators they trust to secure the network while sharing in a 200K ACA monthly voter reward pool.

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yay.oi 🥚·July 7, 2025

Saving Neemo

After an isolated exploit of Neemo Finance placed its dApp Staking funds at risk, Astar dApp Staking has been placed into maintenance mode. Astar Referendum 27 proposes that the Astar Treasury withdraw and take custody of ~26.78M ASTR unlocked from Neemo’s dApp staking wallet and take ownership of the Neemo dApp. After the execution of this safeguarding solution, which was requested by Neemo Finance, maintenance mode will be disabled and dApp Staking operations will resume.

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WETH Dries Off After an Extended Dip in the Omnipool

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yay.oi 🥚·July 7, 2025

WETH Dries Off After an Extended Dip in the Omnipool

In preparation for its the removal from the Omnipool, Hydration Referendum 118 proposes to withdraw approximately $732K of WETH (MRL) Treasury LP. In the future a WETH/ETH stablepool will be created to enable low slippage swaps to native ETH and maintain WETH as a viable on/off ramp.

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yay.oi 🥚·July 7, 2025

GETH Gets Higher Hydration

Hydration Referendum #116, now passed, raised the money market supply cap of GIGAETH from 2,222 to 3,333.

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Dodow·July 4, 2025

GIGA Summer

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yay.oi 🥚·July 2, 2025

Limbering Up for Some Elastic Scale

Polkadot Referendum 1645, if passed, will upgrade the runtime to v1.6.1. This release prepares the chain for the launch of Elastic Scaling by patching the bugs that caused finality issues on Kusama.

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Dodow·June 26, 2025

Waggin' Progress!

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yay.oi 🥚·June 25, 2025

Hydrating the Scanner

Hydration and Basilisk Governance v2 is now supported on Subscan. You can now browse the details of active and historical on-chain referenda and filter them by origin track.

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yay.oi 🥚·June 25, 2025

Runtimes of the Many Moons

Moonbeam and Moonriver have now been upgraded to runtime 3701, which improves error handling, and will put the chain into maintenance mode if a future migration fails. Tag: #Moonbeam #Moonriver https://x.com/MoonbeamNetwork/status/1937964766104064299 https://x.com/MoonriverNW/status/1936130501380915705

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