# Polkadot Digest 17 Apr 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Digest\ **Created:** [April 17, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-17-apr-2025/12553 "2025-04-17T10:16:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-17-apr-2025/12553/1 "2025-04-17T10:16:52Z")
## Polkadot News Referendum 1529, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot Bridge Hub to Runtime 1.4.3, is now up for vote. [Polkassembly - Referendum #1528](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1528) Although Ref 1510 (setting up Snowbridge USDC and USDT assets) passed and executed, there was an error in the call. It has been fixed and re-submitted as Ref 1529. [Polkassembly - Referendum #1529](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1529) Runtime 1.5.0 is preparing to be released for Kusama. This will allow elastic scaling on Polkadot. Note to builders: this will add an extra parameters to the dry-run function. See [Bump to stable2409-6 by bkontur · Pull Request #623 · polkadot-fellows/runtimes · GitHub](https://github.com/polkadot-fellows/runtimes/pull/623/files#diff-75274b2ae3c60718590ca5aea28a21c0d4607f45df60573145545dbb9e4cb467R1183-R1184) Tomorrow, 18 April at 14.00 UTC, there will be an AMA with DV delegate Polkaworld. [https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1912783011872989675](https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1912783011872989675) Next week, I will be giving a talk on on-chain governance at AIMA and then giving an overview on Polkadot’s roadmap in Brooklyn, New York. [https://x.com/Web3foundation/status/1912237484119085532](https://x.com/Web3foundation/status/1912237484119085532) ## Kusama News Encointer has published an article about creating a “Kusama Mchezo” in Tanzania. [Kusama Mchezo in Tanzania - Encointer](https://encointer.org/kusama-mchezo-in-tanzania/)