Polkadot Digest 22 Aug 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1721, proposing to enable RFC103 and thus enact Elastic Scaling, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1721

Note that Elastic Scaling is the last piece of Polkadot 2.0, as defined in Referendum 747. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/747

Referendum 1701, proposing a “hard pressure” capped supply and stepped supply schedule, is now passing with 81.4% in favor. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1710

Kusama News

Referendum 573, a Wish-for-change proposing a “lightweight and independent” Kusama JAM upgrade, has passed and executed. https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/573