# Polkadot Digest 5 May 2025

**URL:** <https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-5-may-2025/12808>\
**Category:** Digest\
**Created:** [May 5, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-5-may-2025/12808 "2025-05-05T11:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![bill\_w3f](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.polkadot.network/bill_w3f/32/910_2.png) [@bill\_w3f](https://forum.polkadot.network/u/bill_w3f)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-5-may-2025/12808/1 "2025-05-05T11:04:05Z")

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## Polkadot News

I will be moderating a panel at Decentralized Lugano on Thursday 8 May, “Building the Future of Web3 with Substrate (Polkadot SDK)” [https://x.com/decentrallugano/status/1918300435435208768](https://x.com/decentrallugano/status/1918300435435208768)

Birdo has released some updates about the Polkadot Mobile App on the Polkadot Forum. [Polkadot Mobile App Updates](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-mobile-app-updates/12770)

The first piece of the new proof-of-personhood mechanism has been merged into the Polkadot SDK. For more information, see the Forum post here: [The People Registry](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/the-people-registry/12749)

## Kusama News

Referendum 519, proposing to upgrade the Kusama relay chain to runtime 1.5.0, is passing unanimously. [https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/519](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/519)