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 62 articles and 393 news on Polkadot OpenGov written by our community creators

Polkadot Storage Ref 1313
itsravi
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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Polkadot fam, this is your moment!
Pieky
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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Understanding the Referenda 1301
itsravi
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.
Pieky
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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Giving OpenGov a face and a human touch
Pieky
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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logoOpenGov
Pieky
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
Pieky
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.
mikewill
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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DarkGov in OpenGov
Pieky
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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promoting proposal voting
Pieky
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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Web2 vs Web3: Polkadot OpenGov Edition
Esther
Esther
·September 11, 2024

Web2 vs Web3: Polkadot OpenGov Edition

An easy and digestible piece of content around Web2 vs Web3 OpenGov https://x.com/EstherJade1/status/1833876962479075636

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Resilient Web3
Dodow
Dodow
·April 10, 2025

Resilient Web3

WagMedia Weekly - Newsletter Edition 94 Editorial by Cover Image by Top Story written by Featured Report written by Wag Roundup written by

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Treasure Chinese Content
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 8, 2025

Treasure Chinese Content

Polkaworld is requesting 266K USDT in Polkadot Referendum 1522 for continued operations of its Chinese-language focused media outlet until March 2026.

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Bifrost: loan for more vDOT in Polkadot.
ZENDE98
ZENDE98
·April 8, 2025

Bifrost: loan for more vDOT in Polkadot.

After successfully repaying previous loans, Bifrost is requesting a new loan of 500,000 DOT at an interest rate of 7%. This loan will be repaid over one year, using staking rewards. The goal is to strengthen DOT-vDOT liquidity and to stimulate vDOT adoption across Polkadot's ecosystem DeFi.

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Incognitee's TEEs Can Repay the Treasury
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 8, 2025

Incognitee's TEEs Can Repay the Treasury

In Polkadot Referendum 1518, Integritee is requesting a soft-loan of 201K USDT for the retroactive funding of its privacy enhanced transaction DApp Incognitee. To repay the debt, 30% of Incognitee fees would be directed to the treasury until the loan is repaid to 110%.

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Hop on Over to the Dark Side
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 7, 2025

Hop on Over to the Dark Side

Kusama Referendum 514 proposes to register Snowbridge assets on the Kusama Asset Hub so that ERC-20 tokens can be bridged via a double-hop through Snowbridge and the PolkadotKusama bridge.

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OpenGov: Polkadot, official partner of MotoGP for 5.75 million DOT, is it a good idea?
ZENDE98
ZENDE98
·April 4, 2025

OpenGov: Polkadot, official partner of MotoGP for 5.75 million DOT, is it a good idea?

The OpenGov referendum #1514 proposes a funding of 5.75 million DOT representing 25% of Polkadot’s treasury, for a three-year partnership with MotoGP. The goal is to become the official partner of MotoGP in collaboration with iconic rider Marc Márquez, reaching an audience of over 50 million fans, and reaping all the benefits that follow.

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Decentralized Alignment?
Dodow
Dodow
·April 4, 2025

Decentralized Alignment?

WagMedia Weekly - Newsletter Edition 93 Editorial by Cover Image by Top Story written by Featured Roundup written by

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Well, We’d Better Beam Over Some More Incentives
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 2, 2025

Well, We’d Better Beam Over Some More Incentives

After its stellar performance evaluation for Season 3 Grants, Moonbeam has initated Referendum 106 to extend Moonwell incentives by 9 months.

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Moar Coars!
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 2, 2025

Moar Coars!

Kusama Referendum 511 proposes to increase the number of validators from 600 to 700 and thus increase the number of cores to 140.

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Support Self-sufficiency
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 2, 2025

Support Self-sufficiency

To streamline the onboarding of new users, Polkadot Referendum 1510 proposes to set Snowbridged-wrapped USDC and USDT on Asset Hub as sufficient assets with existential deposits of $0.01c.

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Is it Bye Bye or Buy Buy for Cheap Cores
yay.oi 🥚
yay.oi 🥚
·April 2, 2025

Is it Bye Bye or Buy Buy for Cheap Cores

In an effort to increase the sale price for Kusama cores, Referendum 512 proposes to adjust the Coretime ideal_bulk_proportion parameter from 100% to 40%.

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