Polkadot Digest 12 May 2025

Polkadot News

Polkadot validators - please do not upgrade to version 1.18.3 of the node software. Kusama validators - you should upgrade.

The new Polkadot Wiki information architecture is live. https://x.com/filippoweb3/status/1920845972453617873

Kusama News

The Kusama relay chain successfully upgraded on Friday to runtime 1.5.0, which includes full support for elastic scaling. https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1920823622626676769

Referendum 524, proposing to disable the V2 descriptors node feature, has passed and executed. This should solve the finality issues seen in Kusama recently. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/524

Referendum 521, proposing to set an asset rate for DOT/KSM to allow for the Kusama Treasury to use DOT, is passing with 77% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/521

Referendum 522, proposing to increase the number of cores on Kusama to 140, is failing with 5.3% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/522