# Polkadot Digest 23 January 2026

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-23-january-2026/16812>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [January 23, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-23-january-2026/16812 "2026-01-23T07:27:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![radha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@radha](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/radha)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-23-january-2026/16812/1 "2026-01-23T07:27:53Z")

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## Polkadot News

“Polkadot Moderation Team Bounty Top-up” referendum is now up for voting [https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1833](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1833)

“System Collator Bounty - Top-up” referendum is now up for voting [https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1832](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1832)

“Polkadot Staking Dashboard: Protocol-Aligned Development” referendum is currently failing [https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1831](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1831)

Check out the updated Polkadot Developer docs, which include tutorials on deploying smart contracts on the Polkadot testnet [https://docs.polkadot.com/](https://docs.polkadot.com/)

## Kusama News

“System Collator Bounty Top-up - 6 months” referendum is now up for voting [https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/630](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/630)

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**Author:** ![Pwoody](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/pwoody/32/11514_2.png) [@Pwoody](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/Pwoody)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-23-january-2026/16812/2 "2026-01-23T14:12:16Z")

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Checking out dev link..The forced acceptance of cookies is annoying AF