# Polkadot Digest 2 Jul 2025

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-2-jul-2025/13588>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [July 2, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-2-jul-2025/13588 "2025-07-02T09:04:46Z")\
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**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:** [July 2, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-2-jul-2025/13588/1 "2025-07-02T09:04:46Z")

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## 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](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1645)

## Kusama News

Kusama has a new website. [https://x.com/kusamanetwork/status/1940228509491995002](https://x.com/kusamanetwork/status/1940228509491995002)

The new site includes information on using smart contracts on Kusama. [Kusama Network](https://kusama.network/smart-contracts)

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](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/551)