Polkadot Digest 9 May 2025

Polkadot News

Radha Dasari, Tech Ed Lead at W3F, has posted about the events Web3 Foundation is participating in “outside the blockchain bubble”. https://x.com/DrW3RK/status/1919508940154360070

I spoke with representatives from Mediledger, xx.network, and Futureverse on why they are building on Substrate, on a panel at Decentralized Lugano. https://x.com/xx%5Fnetwork/status/1920554747695673602

Filippo from Web3 Foundation also discussed on-chain governance there with Mark Cachia from Scytale, Jay from the Kusamarian, and lolmcshizz from Hydration. https://x.com/decentrallugano/status/1920448624158233010

Michalis from Web3 Foundation participated in Staking Summit to discuss why resilient and decentralized networks win in the long run. https://x.com/StakingSummit/status/1918942398526128156

Referendum 1546, proposing to upgrade Polkadot relay chain to runtime 1.5.0, which includes full support for elastic scaling, is passing unanimously. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1546

Kusama News

The Kusama Relay Chain should shortly be upgrading to runtime 1.5.0, which includes full elastic scaling capability.

Referendum 521, proposing to enable the Kusama Treasury to use DOT, is passing with 60.4% in favor. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/521

Referendum 522, proposing to increase the number of usable cores to 140, is now up for vote. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/522