Polkadot News
With the enactment of Referendum 1129 , Polkadot now has 400 validators in the active set. [Whitelisted Caller] Increase validator set size to 400
Average stake per validator has come down from 2.9 to 2.2 million DOT (with the lowest at 1.39 million). Polkadot/Substrate Portal
Thibaut Sardan has developed a new front-end interface to easily delegate your vote on Polkasot and Kusama. Delegit
With 16 days left to vote, Referendum 1139, proposing an 8%-and-decreasing inflation rate, is the only one of the inflation-related Referenda passing. Polkadot's Economics Parameters: Proposal 3 (8% total inflation in the first year, then gradually decreasing) | Polkassembly
There is a new RFC proposed to allow dynamic modification of Referendum tracks without need for a runtime upgrade. RFCs/text/0121-iterable-referenda-tracks.md at 1969bf598ea61e6058e9f3964c9840f3cb38e91d · polkadot-fellows/RFCs · GitHub
There is a Polkadot Forum post seeking consensus for unifying Polkadot addresses across parachains. Unifying Polkadot ecosystem address format
Kusama News
Referendum 451, proposing 506 KSM to commission a painting in Baracelona, has been rejected. Proposal for Honoring Gavin Wood through Art and Innovation | Polkassembly
Referendum 448 on the Wish-for-change track, proposing to decrease the amount of KSM necessary to register a parathread ID, is passing almost unanimously. Decrease the amount of reserved KSM when register thread id with code/genesis. Warning to all KSM holders and devs! | Polkassembly