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What Started with a Blackbird Ends as a Butterfly
Parity CEO Gavin Wood has published his Polkadot 2025 Roundup, emphasizing at as year of change. Key shifts include his return as CEO, the migration from Relay Chain to Asset Hub, and a new product-led direction for the protocol. Looking ahead to 2026, the focus shifts to mass adoption by ensuring Polkadot’s usefulness and usability extends beyond the crypto-native population.
A Dynamic Wish
Jonas Gehrlein (Web3 Foundation) has initiated Polkadot WFC Referendum 1827, seeking consent to initiate first phase of the Dynamic Allocation Pool roadmap, targeting deployment by March 14th 2026. This phase ends DOT burns, creates a flexible revenue pool for protocol expenses, and reforms validator and nominator parameters.
Multix Waitin’ on a New Year Miracle
Multix, a multisig solution in the Polkadot ecosystem known for its ease of use, is once again at risk of shutting down at year’s end. The project was handed to the PAPI team in November with expected support from the DeFi Infra Bounty, but that funding path has since closed.
One Last Boost for The Kus
It’s the end of an era. After four years of tireless work, 42.7M Youtube views, and 55M X video views, The Kus wrapped its final broadcast with Sunday’s episode of Space Monkeys. As Polkadot enters its next chapter, funding appears to be shifting away from ecosystem communications. Things may be getting a little quieter around here.
Robonomics Reaches for Elastic Potential
Thanks to a successful referendum and support from Parity, Robonomics Freemium (Kusama) has resumed block production and completed its runtime v4.0.4 upgrade. When v4.0.4 deployment follows on the Polkadot parachain, the team will trial newly unlocked performance enhancements using multiple cores.
A Smoother Path Across the Seas
Following the successful integration of Polkadot Asset Hub stablecoins, , a leading Philippine exchange, is launching a major education and adoption initiative. Running through Q2 2026, the program highlights Polkadot as a fast and affordable option for cross-border payments.
Mini App, Mega Moves
JAMTON has launched a Mini-App that connects the Polkadot and TON ecosystems for seamless DeFi, digital assets, and cross-chain trading. The integration eliminates traditional bridge complexity, letting users move liquidity, interact with dApps, and trade across both networks directly from the Telegram interface.
Gav Brings Proof of Video Interaction
Sub0 Symbiosis kicked off in Buenos Aires on November 14th with Parity CEO Gavin Wood presenting his opening keynote holographically. He outlined Parity’s move from protocol to product building, Project Individuality, and the unified Polkadot web and mobile portals that will onboard millions.
An Unbountiful Pause
The Web3 Foundation Governance Team has initiated Referendum 1791, proposing to wind down the Polkadot Marketing Bounty. This strategic marketing pause aims to preserve the treasury while the community reassesses the best path forward, ensuring that any new program delivers measurable value to the ecosystem.
Proving Personhood Pays Off
Polkadot People Chain has launched Referendum 1783, requesting 3 million HOLLAR to incentivize mass proof-of-personhood onboarding. This funding is split into a one-time bootstrapping grant of $50–$200 for new users, $10 per week for active participants, and large weekly and monthly random prize drops ranging from $250 to $2,500.
DeFi Fab Five Revealed
Velocity Labs has selected five projects for the first cohort of the DeFi Builders Program. Let’s congratulate Joinn (Yield Bearing Wallet/Mastercard), SigilSafe (Estate Planning), WinCoins (Prediction Market), Koni Finance (Multi-chain Trading and Launchpad), and TidalX (Gasless Perps).
Rampin’ Up with Banxa
Banxa has partnered with Polkadot to integrate its regulatory compliant on/off-ramping infrastructure. This provides developers across the ecosystem with ready-to-use payment rails, supporting 100+ payment methods globally and significantly easing the inflow of new liquidity.
The Tree of Wisdom Files Wisely
WisdomTree has filed an application with the SEC to list an ETF benchmarked to the Coindesk 20 Index. This index tracks the performance of twenty of the largest digital assets, including DOT, while specifically excluding stablecoins, memecoins, and privacy tokens.
Runtime Rescue
Polkadot Whitelisted Caller Referendum 1782, now passed, urgently deployed Runtime 2.0.1 to patch a security vulnerability discovered shortly after the Asset Hub Migration. The issue, described in Kian Paimani’s (Parity) post-mortem, was a coding error in the “election-provider-multi-block pallet” that bypassed an origin check, letting any user execute a specific governance-only function.
Doing the Lord’s Work
On October 15th, Polkadot led the Web3 Education, Innovation & Opportunity event at the House of Lords in London. Gavin Wood (Parity), Pauline Vorms (PBA), Richard Houldsworth (Xcavate), and other ecosystem leaders joined British policymakers for a roundtable, gala dinner, and networking.
Armenia Enrols in Web3
On October 9th, Gavin Wood met with the Armenian Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan to discuss collaboration on Web3 education, professional development, incubation, and investment. During the meeting, Dr. Wood shared plans to establish a Web3 university in Armenia.
Turning Up the Volume on DV DAO Voices
The Web3 Foundation has made some adjustments to the Decentralized Voices program, increasing DV DAO voting power from 2M to 3M DOT. The goal is to give DVs enough influence to help resolve close calss while still preserving the weight of the broader community vote.
Peers Meet Polkadot at the House of Lords
Xcavate is hosting Web3 Education, Innovation & Opportunity at the House of Lords, London on October 15th. Speakers include Gavin Wood (Parity), Pauline Vorms (PBA), and Richard Houldsworth (Xcavate). Repost and comment on the tweet for a chance to attend this exclusive Polkadot event.
Bill Signs Off as the Dr Gets to W3rk
After more than four years and 1,267 posts of the Polkadot Digest, it’s time for Web3 Foundation Ecosystem VP Bill Laboon to pass the baton. Starting October 13th, Radha Dasari will take the reins and continue sharing daily updates and insights from the Polkadot ecosystem.
Cross-Chain Trails Now in Range
With the support of Velocity Labs, Range has launched Polkadot Explorer, offering analytics and forensic intelligence for the Relay Chain, Asset Hub, Moonbeam, and Hydration. In addition, it monitors cross-chain transactions via XCMP, Snowbridge, Wormhole, Axelar, Hyperlane, and LayerZero.
Limberin’ Up for the Elastic Launch
With the passing of Referenda 1721 and 1736, why aren’t we celebrating the launch of Polkadot 2.0 yet? Parity explains that while Elastic Scaling is now technically live on the Relay Chain, collator and parachain runtimes first need to be upgraded to Polkadot SDK v2509, scheduled for an early-October release.
Aye Aye Cappin’
With the passing of Referendum 1710, work will now commence to enact the DOT tokenomic changes requested by the Polkadot community. On March 14th 2026, yearly DOT issuance will be reduced by 53.6%. Subsequent reductions of 13.14% of remaining supply will occur biennially until a cap of 2.1B DOT is reached.
Subwallet’s Development Dues
In Polkadot Referendum 1745, Subwallet is requesting retroactive payment of 795K USDC for development from August 2024 to March 2025. Notable features in this period included unified address format support, swaps between ecosystem parachains, and cross-chain swaps powered by Chainflip.
What if They Both Pass?
Referenda 1728 and 1729 offer two options to continue the treasury acquisition of stablecoins by DCA on Hydration for an additional six months. In addition to 2.64M DOT for DCA, Referendum 1728 proposes adding an additional 1M DOT to the money market via the yield-bearing aDOT token. If passed, these proposals will set up the Rolling DCA feature, meaning that future smaller top-ups can be executed by sending DOT to the proxy account.
Getting Packin’, It’s Almost time to Migrate
In preparation for the Asset Hub Migration, parachains and dApps will need to take some mandatory action. The *transfer_assets* and *(limited_)reserve_transfer_assets* extrinsics still auto-detect the Relay Chain as the reserve, which would lead to failed transactions and potential trapped funds post-migration. This issue has been patched in the latest SDK, so parachains are advised to upgrade before the migration. In addition, parachains will need to be configured to trust Asset Hub as the reserve for DOT. DApps using the incompatible extrinsics will need to switch to alternatives, such as Paraspell SDK, *transfer_assets_using_type_and_then*, or by using XCM with the correct reserve and then passing it to *execute*.
Hackin’ with your Head in the Cloud
The Polkadot Cloud Build Party kicks off on October 6th. Running for 6 weeks, it will feature 3 tracks each with a first-place prize of $3000. Track 1 is Apps that Change the World, where hackers are encouraged to build impactful projects using Polkadot Cloud services. In the second track, hackers will build a chain using the Polkadot SDK or Polkadot Deployment Portal. The third track, Bleeding Edge, is open to all kinds of experimentation, potentially utilizing ZK, XCM, and PVM or other supported smart contracts.
A Model For Easing the Pressure
In collaboration with Tommi Enenkel, Jay Chrawwna has initiated a third WFC referendum for stepped and capped DOT inflation. The Medium Pressure model has a softer initial step, providing additional runway to seek additional revenue sources and build demand for DOT across ecosystem projects.
Showdown at the Cap Step Corral
Jay Chrawwna has initiated two WFC referenda for the community to choose a stepped and capped inflation model. The Hard Pressure model has a cap of 2.1B and a step of 13.14% of remaining supply every two years. Meanwhile, the Soft Pressure model has a cap of 3.14B DOT and a step of 13.14% of the previous period’s issuance every two years. Tommi Enenkel has submitted a competing proposal that diverts a portion of inflation to a buffer fund for Economic Growth Incentives. It has a cap of 2.1B and an inflation reduction of 33% every two years.
Snowfork’s Seeking Stable Ground
Snowfork has submitted Referendum 1695, its third attempt to secure ongoing funding for completed milestones and future Snowbridge development. Taking community feedback onboard, it has now requested the majority of funds (2.44M USDC) in stablecoins. An additional, cancellable payment of 116K DOT would be payable in August 2026 on successful completion of future milestones.
Hub Yourself a REVyMerry Christmas
Following input from core teams and ecosystem contributors, a decision has been made to prioritize attracting existing third-party providers to Polkadot Hub to facilitate the porting of top Ethereum dapps and enhance functionality for Polkadot rollups. As PVM does not offer full compatibility with many of these providers, the Parity team is strategically prioritizing delivery of a 100% EVM compatible solution with support for legacy Solidity versions by mid-December. For this, they have chosen REVM, a fast, well-maintained, and frequently audited Ethereum implementation trusted by major projects like Foundry, Hardhat, and Optimism.
DOT Hard Cap Gets Hard Support
With the conclusion of the RFP #1 study on capped DOT supply and stepped inflation, three models have been presented to the DAO and are up for a non-binding vote on OpenSquare. The Hard Pressure model, which has so far received overwhelming support, proposes to halve DOT issuance every two years with a total supply cap of 2.1B DOT.
Q2 Treasury Report DeFi-ned by Incentives
Tommi Enenkel has released the Q2 2025 Polkadot Treasury Report. Economy was the largest spend category, with DeFi incentives accounting for a third of all expenditures. Despite a net loss of 2.7M DOT, the treasury’s current balance of 31.1M DOT supports a stable long-term outlook.
Bringing the Chill to Buenos Aires
In Polkadot Referendum 1684, Webzero is requesting 739K USDC to fund Sub0 2025 conference and hackathon in Buenos Aires Argentina. Planned to coincide with the Devconnect conference, the team has a 20 room neo-brutalist venue, and is anticipating 3000 guests over 3 days. They plan to use the event to shine a spotlight on Polkadot Hub smart-contracts, JAM, and Polkadot’s resilient infrastructure.
Harbouring Big Ideas for Polkadot Startups
Polkadot hosted Harbour Industrial Capital (HIC) and members of its advisory board on July 22nd for a discussion on ecosystem startup investment. The session featured Mario and Max (HIC), Michael and Pakman (Mandala Chain), Xiaojie (Polkaworld), Pauline (PBA), Tommi (OpenGov Watch), and Angela (DOT Play).
Polkadot Staking Update Throws Wallets a Curve
A recent change to Polkadot staking, where token locks are now holds has caused an issue on Ledger Live and Trust Wallet where balances are incorrectly displayed. Until this issue has been rectified, affected users are encouraged to use an alternative wallet or block explorer to check their balances.
Polkadot Africa Banks on Builders
In Polkadot Referendum 1672, Polkadot Africa is seeking 352K USDC to fund an additional year of builder and community growth in Africa. Over the next year it is planning to conduct numerous developer workshops, bootcamps, and hackathons, while furthering community engagement.
Node to Joy
The Web3 Foundation is now accepting applications for the third cohort of the Decentralized Nodes program. Selected nodes will be nominated for a four-month term, enhancing their recognition and earnings. This program aims to enhance decentralization in Polkadot and Kusama by promoting node diversity in location, provider, and hardware.
Harbouring the Best Minds in Polkadot
Harbour Industrial Capital has welcomed a new funding advisory board to guide allocation of the HIC Funds. Let’s welcome Angie Dalton (Dot Play), Pakman (Kylix/Mandala), Tommi Enenkel (), Xiaojie Pang (Polkaworld), Pauline Cohen Vorms (Polkadot Blockchain Academy), and Michael Bennallack (Mandala).
Zero-ing in on the Polkadot Ecosystem
Zerohash, a leading platform for crypto and stablecoin infrastructure, has integrated Polkadot and now supports DOT, USDT, and USDC Asset Hub. Zerohash will streamline the process for platforms to launch on-chain products and tokens in the Polkadot ecosystem, by managing essential blockchain infrastructure and regulatory licensing.
Kick Out the DOTs and Pump Up the JAM
Colorful Notion has initiated a Polkadot Wish for Change proposal to rename the DOT token to JAM by the end of 2026. It argues that DOT will always be too closely linked to securing parachains, and that the rebranding to JAM will help reframe the network’s evolution as a trustless supercomputing protocol.
They Could’ve Called it Solkadot
The JamZig team has successfully executed Solana smart contracts in its Zig implementation of JAM. This successful proof-of-concept leads the way for the Polana Network project, which aims enhance Solana compatible development possibilities with the parallel processing power of JAM.
Pink Bussin’ in Brooklyn
From Berlin to Brooklyn, WebZero’s Blockspace is back, this time to complement Permissionless and NFT NYC. It all kicks off on Monday June 23rd, with the Blockspace Brooklyn Opening Party, featuring DJs, free-flowing drinks, catering, and the return of the Polkadot Pink Bus. On the eve of Wednesday 25th, Ready Player DOT will feature Mythical, DOT Play, and Heroic followed by a Pudgy Penguins after-party. The Blockspace co-working space will be open day and night all week, with meals served by the resident private chef.
Ref #98 Waters Down Delays
Hydration Referendum 98, if passed, will request the Technical Committee to whitelist all referenda related to the GIGAHydration campaign. With Polkadot Treasury funds hitting the Hydration wallet on June 26th, this will help to expedite the launch of incentives on June 27th.
Thanks SEC, I Guess We’ll See You Next Month
A decision on the NASDAQ listing of the Grayscale Polkadot Trust (DOT) has been delayed as the SEC seeks further comments and rebuttals. Interested parties have 21 days to comment on how the trust will prevent fraud and manipulation. A further 14 days will be allowed for the submission of rebuttals.
Wishing for Change is Free. A Non-custodial Polkadot Visa Card? Priceless
Polkadot Wish for Change Referendum 1608 seeks the Polkadot DAO’s approval to initiate the rollout of the non-custodial Polkadot Visa Debit Card. All integration costs would be covered by Referendum 1573 which is funding Polkadot App related expenses for the next six months.
Bridging Funds and Funding Bridges
In Big Spender referendum 1587 Snowfork is requesting a $5M USD equivalent in vested payments for completed milestones and 12 months of operational costs of Snowbridge. The payments allocated to operational costs and team incentives ($3.75M) will be held in the Insurance and Bug Bounty Coverage wallet, vested over 12 months. Funds may be diverted to reward identifiers of vulnerabilities, or compensate victims of a bridge exploit.
Bounty Requests a DOT More
In Treasurer Referendum 1584, the Marketing Bounty is seeking a top-up of 1.2M DOT to cover expenditure for the next six months. The team are onboarding two new curators. Mark Cachia (Scytale) will guide investment strategy, while Sergi Mata (Magenta Labs) will take on a business development role.
Give the Proposal a Fair App-raisal
Polkadot OpenGov Big Spender Referendum 1573 seeks 1.03M USDT for 6 months of ongoing development of the Polkadot App. Funds would cover software development, marketing personnel, tooling and legal costs, with additional costs falling under the scope of Web3 Foundation funding and the Marketing Bounty.
The Baron’s Makin’ Deals on the Gray Market
With the potential cost for purchase and subsequent renewal starting at 920 DOT in the next Coretime Sales round, the Baron has cut their first deal for a Polkadot core. ParaID 3415 has purchased a core for 2000 DOT, securing a renewal price of 95 DOT, rising by 3% each period.
A Disk-stressing Storm
Between May 2nd and 7th, Polkadot parachain block times experienced a period of degradation. Andrei Sandu (Parity) has published a post-mortem. The cause of the issue related to disputes originating from a single validator suffering from disk failures. In each new session the faulty validator was added to the list of disabled validators after losing a dispute. Due to a bug, the list of disabled validators clears when a validator restarts. Thus, any restarted validator would join disputes raised by the faulty validator, triggering a dispute storm. The issues have been patched in the stable2503-4 release.
New Inflation Model Inflates the Coffers
Tommi Enenkel has published the 2025 Q1 Polkadot Treasury Report, recording the first ever quarterly net profit. The top spending category was outreach (7.5m USD), followed by software development (1.5m DOT), and operations relating to network infrastructure (2.1m USD). With the treasury inflows, under the new inflation model, current spending is sustainable for at least 10 years.
Buy from the Baron, If You Dare
The Coretime Baron is offering to sell 11 Polkadot cores at negotiable prices. Projects have a chance to secure a slot at a lower price than next Coretime Sales cycle, which has a starting price of 920 DOT. Kusama cores are also available, but will be sold in parachain bundles of 12 for a price in the region of 800 KSM.
Code and Conquer in Canada
Presented by Webzero and Polkadot, the Blockspace Hacker House for Consensus Toronto runs from May 13th to 16th. Hackers will be competing for a Polkadot bounty prize pool of $20K. The co-working space is open every day from 10am, with an on-site private chef, and open-bar from 5pm.
Baronial Core-uption
In Coretime Sale #9, the Baron has renewed all nine of their cores for 9.2DOT. In addition, they've snapped up the two available cores on the open market at the starting price of 92.2 DOT. As a result, the starting price for Coretime Sale #10 will be in the region of 900 DOT.
Let’s Get Messi in Argentina
Webzero has initiated a discussion on the Polkadot forum for their ambitious plan to host Sub0: Symbiosis 2025, a new flagship event that would merge Sub0 and Decoded. They are proposing to hold it in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 14th immediately before the DevConnect conference. The Bubble, a 20 room neo-brutalist venue, has already been secured. With a treasury proposal expected soon, now is the time to join the conversation and help shape the future of Polkadot events.
With the Egg Barely Heated, the Phoenix is Yet to Hatch
Incubation Phase I of the Polkadot Ambassador Fellowship has wrapped, and Lucy Coulden has published the final report, detailing highlights, initiatives, and strategic gaps. With the Ambassador Fellowship Advisory Board stepping down and returning excess funds to the treasury, stay tuned for updates on the next phase of funding and growth.
A Million Dollar Alt Account
Quadrivium is requesting 982K USDT for milestone 4 for of its Kagome C++ implementation of the Polkadot Host which recently became the first alternative client implementation to enter the Polkadot validator set. Funding would cover both retroactive and upcoming updates and audits.
Securing Strategic Success in Spain (and Andorra)
Iberlabs, the Polkadot BD Team for Spain and Andorra, is seeking 144.52K USDT to fund twelve months of continued operations. In that time it hopes to secure at least 2 government or enterprise integrations, collaborate more deeply with its strategic partners, attend and speak at key events, and convert numerous leads already generated in early 2025.
Polkadot Gets Easy A’s at Harvard
Let’s congratulate our winners from New and Existing project streams of the Easy-A Harvard Polkadot Hackathon. First-place winners ($5K) were Mosh, a decentralized ticketing platform, and Tippin’ Dots, a social-media tipping protocol that utilizes verified DIDs. In second place ($3K), a platform for decentralized gambling called Scratch-off, and PolkaFarm, a yield-farming dApp for Polkadot Asset Hub. Third place ($1K) went to EscroDot, which facilitates escrow payments for AI agent services, and MergeDot, a platform for incentivizing open-source development contributors.
A Little Bit of ReHydration
In Polkadot Referendum 1542 Hydration requests 5M DOT for liquidity incentives over a 12-month period. To capitalize on increased demand in the DeFI space, stablecoins USDC, USDT, and HOLLAR would receive 2M DOT of incentives. To attract more liquidity from outside of the ecosystem, 2M DOT would go towards incentivizing high-volume Snowbridge assets, such as ETH and tBTC. Finally, to continue the traction built with its launch, 1M DOT would be allocated to incentivize GIGADOT.
Don’t Forget to Renew Your Coretime
In the latest round of Coretime sales, Mythos and Xcavate did not purchase their slot leases during the renewal period. Subsequently, a rogue activist, seeking numerous changes to the way Coretime sales are handled, bought all available cores on the free market. Without intervention, Mythos and Xcavate will soon be unable to produce blocks. Bastian Kocher (Parity) has initiated Whitelisted Caller Referendum 1536 to open and assign cores to Mythos and Xcavate for a period of approximately two months. In the meantime, Basti has opened RFC-142 to discuss potential solutions to balance the current market dynamics and prevent future exploitation.
Anarchistic Voice Activated Real-Estate Funding
The winners of the Easy-A London Hackathon Polkadot Existing Projects Track also shared a prize pool of $9K. In third place ($1K) was Echopay, a voice-activated app for sending and signing transactions. Paxmata, a non-commercial real-estate project management and funding platform got second place ($3K). First prize ($5K) went to Anarchy Build, an AI community innovation hub where creators can build in public, monetize their work, and earn engagement-based rewards.
Forensically Farming Shipping Slots
A prize pool of $9K was shared between the Easy-A London Hackathon winners in the Polkadot New Projects track. Third place ($1K) went to Astartes, a forensic grade logging system, while LiquiDot, an automated yield-farmer took second place ($3K). In first place ($5K) was Polkaship, a marketplace for trading and hedging of freight shipping slots.
PoKe-ing the Treasury to Buy a Little More Time
The PoKe BD team, originally funded by a Decentralized Futures grant, has requested 290K USDT from the Polkadot Treasury for six months of continued operations. Agreements have been signed for opportunities spanning multiple continents and verticals such as government, healthcare, energy, and defense are in advanced stages of negotiation. To take these projects forward, the BD team has expressed that 6 months of key accounting and project management would be necessary. The requested amount would cover salaries, travel, legal, and accounting expenses.
A Yappin’ KOL-lateral Adjustment
With month one of the Polkadot Yaps campaign wrapped and rewards distributed, the Marketing Bounty has announced some adjustments to the reward spread. Taking community feedback on board, rewards will be distributed more evenly while maintaining an attractive bonus in the highest tiers to continue attracting influential outsiders.
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.
Parity Technologies: The scope of Polkadot's actions is expanding more and more.
Parity Technologies announces the gradual rollout of EVM-compatible smart contracts on Polkadot. This initiative aims to encourage developers and projects built on Ethereum to leverage Polkadot’s strengths to build high-performance applications.
PBA: 4 Watch Panels not to be missed.
Get ready for a series of four watch panels on the Polkadot ecosystem, hosted by Polkadot Blockchain Academy for the following program: - April 7 (5:30 PM CET) Polkadot Governance. - April 8 (9:45 AM CET) Web3 Regulation and Challenges. - April 8 (5:30 PM CET) Gaming on Polkadot. - April 9 (5:30 PM CET) Jam with builders.
Polkadot: lending and borrowing coming soon.
Kylix Finance is on the verge of becoming fully operational, facilitating secure cross-chain lending and borrowing within Polkadot. Phase 3 has been validated by the Web3 Foundation, strengthening the protocol's reliability and improving interoperability via the XCM protocol. Phase 4, the final stage of development, is almost complete and focuses on the necessary technical adjustments to optimize the user experience, security, and scalability of the platform.
Why Did W3F Do This?
The Web3 Foundation has announced the fourth cohort of Web3 Foundation Decentralized Voices delegates. Six delegations will receive voting power of 5M DOT on Polkadot and 30K KSM for a four-month term starting on April 14th. Notably absent are three-time delegates Saxemberg and ChaosDAO, as the foundation selected this cohort with a preference for candidates that haven’t been nominated multiple times before. The delegates for cohort 4 are: Hungarian Polkadot DAO JAM Implementers DAO KusDAO PermanenceDAO Polkaworld Trustless Core
A Stable Proposition
Polkadot OpenGov Referendum 1501 proposes to renew treasury acquisitions of USDT and USDC. If passed, 5M of treasury DOT will be DCA’d into stables over a period of 12 months. Idle DOT will be converted into aDOT and supplied to the lending market on Hydration, offering the benefits of additional yield while also contributing substantially to DeFi liquidity, metrics, and use-cases.
Thank You, Nex
On March 19th and 20th, the Nexblock conference in Poland featured presentations by Radhakrishna Dasari (Web3 Foundation), Christopher Kampitsch (Scytale), Ben McMahon (Hydration), and Thomas Riviere (Bifrost). Meanwhile, the Polkadot featured Gavun Wud, and our very own Emil Kietzman.
DOT now on InvArch.
Following InvArch's recent launch of its DAO management portal, bootstrapping DAO treasuries has become much easier. With the introduction of DOT and Polkadot Asset Hub native stablecoins, you can now manage your DAO more effectively across the Polkadot ecosystem and beyond (in the future)
Polkadot UX bounty: UX Audit grants.
The Polkadot UX bounty invites Polkadot DApps to apply for UX audit grants program. 7 DApps will be selected to start, and the selection criteria are: Have an MVP or live product, be a Polkadot parachain, be an Open Source project, provide all information about previous funding, show a strong commitment to Polkadot by displaying it for example and commit to implementing the recommendations after the UX audit.
Authentically Verified, and Secured by Polkadot
Vbrick, a leading end-to-end enterprise video solution provider, in collaboration with Blockdeep Labs, has announced its plans to launch Verified Authentic, a video content ownership verification framework, on Polkadot. The first operational phase is expected to launch in summer 2025.
Nova’s In Da House
Wednesday 26th February 2024 20:30 GMT -7 Blockspace Mansion ETHDenver With free-flowing drinks, food prepared by a private chef, and a high chance of bumping in to the one and only Leemo, you’d better get yourself over the the WebZero Blockspace Mansion after ETHDenver on Wednesday night for the Nova Wallet House Party.
Polkadot’s Pitchin’ Tents
Wednesday 26th February 2024 14:00 GMT-7 Blockspace Mansion ETHDenver Polkadot and WebZero present Camp Out with Polkadot featuring speakers Vitaly Butalov (Robonomics), QEDK (Avail), Kevin Neilson (Moonbeam), Lucas Moskau (Evrloot), and Shawn Tabrizi (Polkadot Fellow).
Polkadot v1.4.0 upgrade
The referendum for Polkadot version 1.4.0 upgrade was approved by the community, this upgrade will improve several things in the Polkadot network. The main one being: to allow assets in a pool to use special payment and to improve how bridges work by adding support for Ether. It will roll out on February 26 this year.
Polkadot Partners with Mindevolved.
Polkadex has announced a strategic partnership with Mindevolved, an AI-driven software engineering studio with a proven track record in the crypto space.Mindevolved will develop and deploy Polkadex's order book, enhancing the platform's performance and scalability.
Blockchain course launched for UK policymakers by polkadot
To help policymakers make informed decisions on Web3/blockchain adoption and crypto regulation, Polkadot is preparing to launch a blockchain technology course. UK lawmakers will be the first to participate through the Polkadot Blockchain Academy
Achieving a bit of Consensus on the Side
On Tuesday February 18th, Polkaport East and SNZ Holdings are hosting the official Polkadot ecosystem side-event for Consensus Hong Kong. It will feature keynotes from Tommi Enenkel () and Ziga Drev (Origin Trail), along with panels on institutional adoption and building on Polkadot in Asia.
The Jam before the JAM
Monday February 17th 12:00 GMT +8 Cyber Arena, Cyberport Mall Hong Kong Pala Labs presents a JAM tour warm-up event with keynotes by Alice und Bob () and Zhou (PaperMoon), along with a panel featuring Dixon (OneBlock+), Patricia (OpenGuild), Phil (EasyA), Victor (Bifrost), and Kristen (Polkaworld).
Network and Achieve a General Consensus
PolkaPort East in collaboration with 852Web3 is hosting a special Consensus edition of the Polkadot Monthly Meetup on February 11th in Hong Kong. It will be an informal event, without speeches, for networking and drinks with builders, investors, and enthusiasts.
Something to Treasure
The Polkadot Treasury Report for 2024 has been published, and things are looking a little less dire than indicated in 2024 H1. While spending for the year totalled a sizable 133M USD, the treasury now has a balance sheet of 210M USD and the theoretical “runway” has been extended from two years to ten years.
Vive Le DOT
Lead sponsor Polkadot made a strong impression at the CryptoXR conference in Auxerre, France. DonDiegoSanchez opened with his speech Non, Polkadot n’est pas mort!, while the LeNexus team manned the Polkadotstand, connecting with developers and curious new arrivals. Attendees were invited to download their first Polkadot wallet, mint a special edition TOD NFT, complete Airlyft tasks for merch, and compete for prizes in Pinkonomic Racing.
ETH Won’t Need to Wear that Wrapper Anymore
Polkadot OpenGov Whitelisted Caller Referendum 1400 is open for voting. If passed it will lower the cost of Snowbridge transfers from Polkadot to Ethereum from ~6.12 DOT to ~1.49 DOT. In addition, it will register native ETH on Asset Hub and make it a sufficient asset with a minimum balance of 15k Gwei.
Doing the Lord’s Work
Lolmcschizz has initiated a discussion on Kusama OpenGov proposing that 33,333 KSM from the treasury be added to the Hydration Omnipool. This move aims to address the longstanding issue of KSM liquidity throughout the Polkadot ecosystem, which has forced many to resort to centralized solutions.
DelaWEN in Delaware
Something may be brewing in the US with 21Shares, a Swiss provider of crypto-currency exchange-traded products. The discovery of an entity named 21SHARES POLKADOT TRUST listed in Delaware, as reported by CryptoSlate, is fuelling speculation about a potential US DOT ETF application.
What A Wonderful Year for Polkadot
Polkaworld hosted the Polkadot 2024 Year-End Recap on Friday December 20th. It featured an all-star lineup which included Max (Harbour Industrial Capital), Tyrone (Bifrost), Seun (Hyperbridge), Alexis (Gavun Wud), Lolmcschizz (Hydration), Tracy (OneBlock+), Fillippo (Web3 Foundation), and David (Polimec).
Turtle Updates at Hare-speed
Velocity Labs releases v2.0 of their Turtle bridging DApp. Turtle now supports one-click token bridging from Ethereum to Hydration, Bifrost, Moonbeam, and Mythos. Thanks to an integration of Paraspell’s XCM SDK, cross-chain support between popular Polkadot parachains has also begun rolling out.
Let's pass the mic to Web3 educators
12th December 14:00 UTC Polkadot Socials On this episode of Decentralized Mic, Zoe MC (Polkadot contributor) hosts Kwok Phil (CEO & Co-Founder EasyA), Dom Kwok (COO & Co-Founder EasyA), Pauline Vorms (CEO & Co-Founder PBA Academy), Tim Dobie (Dir. Student Engagement, Selection & Post PBA Experience) and Ian Brunner (CEO & Co-Founder | IPTS - Interplanetary Talent Services) to talk a out Web3 Education and aonboarding.
Does Michiko Still Attend These Things?
Thursday December 5th 19:15 JST Centrum, Tokyo The first official Polkadot Meetup in Tokyo will feature keynotes by Seraya Takahashi (Web3 Foundation), and Yusuke Obinata (Pala Labs), offering an introduction to the ecosystem for developers and crypto enthusiasts.
eXCMellent Enhancements
In his latest blog post, Adrian Catangiu (Parity) gives a rundown of some recent improvements to Polkadot XCM. The new DryRun and XcmPayment APIs enable accurate fee estimation and expanded cross-chain possibilities through customizable XCM programs. Meanwhile, the new InitiateTransfer XCM instruction allows for complex cross-chain asset transfers in a single transaction. Finally, the enactment of Polkadot runtime v1.4.0 will bring flexibility and enhanced user experience with the ability to pay fees with any Polkadot Asset Hub asset.
Remember When They Told You to Get Your Funds Off Parallel?
It has come to the attention of the Polkadot community that an exploit of Parallel Finance governance has resulted in the execution of a malicious runtime upgrade allowing an attacker to gain unauthorized privileges and begin unstaking and selling funds and minting unauthorized funds. They have already managed to transfer over 312,185 DOT and 126,837 USDT, but are currently waiting for an additional 125,688 DOT to complete the 28-day unstaking period. Polkadot Whitelisted Caller Referendum 1322 aims to use root privileges to rebond the at-risk DOT, and buy an additional 28 days of time for the Parallel Finance community to explore solutions to regain control of the parachain. An address linked to the attacker has responded by submitting Polkadot Root Referendum 1326, which proposes an on-chain remark requesting that sudo privileges do not get returned to the Parallel Finance team, based on allegations that they have been attempting to pull-off a sophisticated rug-pull since April of this year.
Kit Out the JAMs
Gavin Wood has announced the initial launch of Parity’s JAM SDK, written in Rust. While still in an early stage of development, it is functional for the development of JAM services and authorizers. It currently consists of three components: JAM Types and PVM Common is the basic API of the SDK which provides the necessary tools for creating Services and Authorizers. JAM Bootstrap Service and Null Authorizer consists of two basic PVM modules to help set up a basic configuration suitable for JAM Genesis. JAM PVM Builder is a tool to compile and package services or authorizers into executable PVM binaries for JAM.
Polkadot SDK Best-Practices by BlockDeep
After auditing over 60k lines of code across more than 20 Polkadot projects, Blockdeep Labs announces the launch of Libro, a best-practices book for the Polkadot SDK. Promising to be a game-change for Polkadot developers, the book contains runtime design principles, recommendations for code structuring, a guide for debugging and optimization, and tips for avoiding some of the most common pitfalls.
Cardano Says Cardayes to Polkadot Collaborations
On Wednesday November 20th Polkadot hosted members of the Cardano community for a discussion on governance and potential cross-chain collaborations. It featured Kian (Parity), Seun (Hyperbridge), Tommi (); Nicolas, Giorgio, and Jakob (Cardano Foundation); and Felix (Cardano Ambassador).
