Polkadot News
Polkadot produced its first block exactly five years ago today. https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1926878914527338512
There is a post on the Polkadot Forum soliciting feedback for the future of the Decentralized Voices program. Reflections on the DV Program So Far & What's Next!?
Alice_und_Bob held a discussion on “Jobs in Polkadot”. A recording is available here: https://x.com/alice_und_bob/status/1925856440696074596
Referendum 1581, proposing to upgrade Polkadot to runtime 1.5.1 to fix a security issue with the Polkadot SDK, has passed and executed. https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1581
Kusama News
Referendum 530, proposing to upgrade Kusama to runtime 1.5.1 to fix the same security issue as in Ref 1581 on Polkadot, has passed and executed. https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/530
The pot is now up to 49.999 KSM for Kappa Sigma Mu, available to whoever has a successful bid and provides proof-of-ink next. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/bidders
The Kusama staking rate has decreased over the last week, and is now down to 46.94%. Polkadot Cloud Staking | Polkadot Staking (DOT)