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 65 articles and 572 news on Polkadot OpenGov written by our community creators

Non Anglo

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César G·August 30, 2025

Sub0 is coming, inflation could fall? pudgy party!

On this video i made a quick review of some of the most relevant referendum on Polkadot openGov. Yt: IG: TT: X: https://x.com/Cesar_Ges/status/1960450736304873680

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cocoxb·August 13, 2025

OpenGov and DAOs

A concise introduction to OpenGov and a description of participation via DAOs for everyone. https://x.com/cocokrypt/status/1954930647685881969

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

OpenGov Paraverse

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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OpenGov Paraverse

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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Opengov News

Newsletter DeFi NFT OpenGov Parachain Wallet Rollup DAO

Dodow·November 4, 2025

News from the Finders Program

Wag Roundup October 28th to November 3rd. Note: the weekly newsletter has now been paused. Editing by Cover Image by Wag Roundup written by

DeFi OpenGov

yay.oi·November 4, 2025

Whale’s Got Us Feelin’ Unloopy

Due to a very large DOT withdrawal on Hydration, GDOT prices and DOT lending rates experienced some volatility this week. Referendum 219, now passed, aimed to reduce DOT lending rates by adjusting the Reserve Factor to 10% and Optimal Usage to 85%.

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yay.oi·November 3, 2025

Treasury Diversi-Fi

Bifrost has initiated Polkadot Wish for Change Referendum 1778 to explore the idea of diversifying the treasury into revenue-generating parachain tokens such as bbBNC and HDX.

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yay.oi·November 3, 2025

Baronial Flashbacks

Astar Referendum 45, if passed, will reinstate Coretime auto-renewal, which was suspended after an abnormal core price spike (540 DOT) in August. Astar has since migrated to a new core with a renewal price in the region of 10 DOT.

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Newsletter DeFi NFT OpenGov Parachain Wallet Rollup DAO

Dodow·October 28, 2025

News from the Finders Program

Wag Roundup October 21st to October 27th. Note: the weekly newsletter has now been paused. Editing by Cover Image by Wag Roundup written by

DeFi OpenGov

yay.oi·October 28, 2025

Some Sensible Choices

Here’s one for the dads of DeFi. Round 5 of the GIGAHydration Boost Wars is now open for voting, offering the conservative choices tBTC and PAXG tokenized gold.

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OpenGov

yay.oi·October 28, 2025

Return of the Guardian

Treasury Guardian has resubmitted its proposal to implement milestone-based scheduled payouts, now with capped rewards, possible Polkassembly and Subsquare integrations, and a reduced ask of 60.8K USDC.

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OpenGov

yay.oi·October 28, 2025

Patching What’s at Stake

Kusama Referendum 608, if passed, will upgrade the Asset Hub runtime to version 1.9.3, which will patch self-stake accounting issues that emerged after the recent migration.

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Newsletter DeFi NFT OpenGov Parachain Wallet Rollup DAO

Dodow·October 21, 2025

News from the Finders Program

Wag Roundup October 14th to October 20th. Note: the weekly newsletter has now been paused. Editing by Cover Image by Wag Roundup written by

DeFi OpenGov

yay.oi·October 20, 2025

Refilling the Stella Tank

It’s time for the annual top-up. Stellaswap is requesting 1M DOT from the Polkadot treasury to fuel another year of liquidity incentives.

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NFT OpenGov

yay.oi·October 20, 2025

Funding the Chaos

Polkadot Referendum 1768 proposes $180K in funding for Chaotic for the continuation and maintenance of the Polkadot and Kusama Asset Hub native NFT indexers, APIs, and marketplaces originally developed by Koda.

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