Polkadot Digest 12 Jul 2024

Polkadot News

Today is Day 2 of Polkadot Decoded! If you’re not in Brussels, you can watch the livestream here: Livestream

Referendum 983, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Relay Chain runtime to 1.2.7 and schedule an upgrade of the People Chain in order to allow for identity migration, is now up for vote. People Chain Migration and Release | Polkassembly

Referendum 972, registering the Polkadot People Chain, is passing almost unanimously. [Whitelisted Caller] Register Polkadot People Chain | Polkassembly

Referendum 973, updating HRMP channel limits, is currently passing almost unanimously. [Whitelisted Caller] Update HRMP Channel Limits | Polkassembly

Kusama News

Referendum 416, increasing max_validators to 500 and max_validators_per_core to 5, is currently passing almost unanimously. Increase max_validators to 500 and max_validators_per_core to 5 | Polkassembly

The staking rate on Kusama is relatively steady at 52.69%. Polkadot Staking Dashboard | Polkadot Staking (DOT)