Polkadot Digest 26 January 2026

Polkadot News

The referendum to upgrade to Polkadot Runtime 2.0.5 has been approved and will be enacted tomorrow (27 January). This upgrade features capped issuance for DOT, Solidity smart contracts support, and two-second block times https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1828

Check out the Polkadot Codecamp events in Singapore and India this week, co-organized by OpenGuild OpenGuild Community · Events Calendar

Polkadot Moderation Team Bounty Top-up referendum is currently failing https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1833

Polkadot System Collator Bounty Top-up referendum is currently passing unanimously https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1832

Kusama News

Kusama Shield V2 Bounty Top-up referendum is up for voting https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/631

The referendum to improve the parachain block production reliability and block times on the Kusama network has been approved and will be enacted later today https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/628