The numbers are in: the Kusama Spammening saw the network peak at a whopping 82,171 TPS for batch transactions and 10,547 TPS for non-batch transactions.
Lurpis (Bifrost) has chimed in with his opinion on reducing DOT inflation. He believes that as lower inflation reduces staking yields, a phased DeFi incentives program can provide a buffer mechanism to help migrate capital into LSTs and the broader DeFi ecosystem.
Birdo revealed in the July update for the Polkadot App that it has received approval on the Apple and Google stores, and should be ready for launch after auditing of an additional piece of code.