On August 24th, Kusama stalled and ceased producing blocks for 20 minutes due to an error in the runtime code. Polkadot Referendum 1736 will deploy Runtime 1.6.2 which patches the error.
R0GUE has announced a strategic shift for its treasury funded Pop Network. Rather than deploying to mainnet, it is reallocating resources to Polkadot Hub development and developer experience in the ecosystem. The bulk of milestones from Referendum 683 have been achieved, but for those outstanding, 31,321 DOT will be returned to the treasury.
