# Polkadot Digest 24 Oct 2024

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-24-oct-2024/10577>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-24-oct-2024/10577 "2024-10-24T09:32:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-24-oct-2024/10577/1 "2024-10-24T09:32:00Z")

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## Polkadot News

Referendum 1200, proposing to increase the validator set size to 500, is passing with 99.7% in favor. [Polkassembly - Referendum #1200](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1200)

The Polkadot staking rate has decreased slightly over the last week to 56.51%. [Polkadot Cloud Staking | Polkadot Staking (DOT)](https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview)

Interested in seeing what types of coretime parachains are using? You can see them via Polkadot Developer Portal here: [Polkadot/Substrate Portal](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fdot-rpc.stakeworld.io#/coretime)

## Kusama News

The staking rate on Kusama has dropped by approximately one percentage point over the last week, to 51.31%. [Polkadot Cloud Staking | Polkadot Staking (DOT)](https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview)