Polkadot Digest 2 Jul 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1645, proposing to upgrade the Polkadot runtime to 1.6.1, is now up for vote. This is part of the upgrade path to enable Elastic Scaling. Polkassembly - Referendum #1645

Kusama News

Kusama has a new website. https://x.com/kusamanetwork/status/1940228509491995002

The new site includes information on using smart contracts on Kusama. Kusama Network

Referendum 551, proposing upgrading the Kusama runtime to 1.6.1, is now up for vote. This is part of the upgrade path to Elastic Scaling. Polkassembly - Referendum #551