# Polkadot Digest 28 January 2026

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-january-2026/16857>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-january-2026/16857 "2026-01-28T14:40:03Z")\
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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 28, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-28-january-2026/16857/1 "2026-01-28T14:40:03Z")

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## Polkadot News

Smart Contracts are now live on Polkadot [https://x.com/paritytech/status/2016181827744985220](https://x.com/paritytech/status/2016181827744985220)

The developer documentation now features instructions to deploy Solidity contracts on both EVM and PVM on Polkadot [Use Hardhat with Polkadot Hub | Polkadot Developer Docs](https://docs.polkadot.com/smart-contracts/dev-environments/hardhat/)

ink! Alliance announces the discontinuation of its Rust smart contract development framework. More details here [https://x.com/ink\_lang/status/2016224809424736524](https://x.com/ink_lang/status/2016224809424736524)

“[Wish For Change] The Dynamic Allocation Pool (DAP) and the future of staking: Phase 1” referendum is in the confirmation period and is expected to pass later today [https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1827](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1827)

The issue with Polkadot treasury payouts of assets addressed with older XCM versions has been resolved with the latest runtime upgrade [https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/spends](https://polkadot.subsquare.io/treasury/spends)

## Kusama News

“Sustainable KSM Economics via Burn Mechanisms (v1.2)” referendum is currently passing with a slight majority [https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/627](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/627)