Polkadot News
The referendum to upgrade to Polkadot Runtime 2.0.5 is now up for voting. This upgrade features capped issuance for DOT, Solidity smart contracts support, and two-second block times https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1828
The implementation of a hard pressure-capped and stepped supply schedule for DOT, which was approved by Polkadot OpenGov in September 2025, is part of this 2.0.5 runtime upgrade https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1710?tab=timeline
The Elastic Scaling feature, which enables two-second block times on Polkadot Hub with 2.0.5, has been battle-tested on Kusama Hub for a few weeks now https://x.com/filippoweb3/status/2008491910445641888
The Polkadot 2.0.5 upgrade also features the addition of the Proxy pallet to Bridge Hub, weight reclaim functionality on system chains, improving their efficiency, and more. Check the change log here Release Runtimes 2.0.5 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub
Kusama News
The registrar application of ECHO.RE to verify identities on the Kusama network is now up for voting https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/626