Polkadot Digest 6 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Referendum 1459, upgrading the Polkadot runtime to version 1.4.1, has passed and executed. Polkadot Runtime Upgrade to v1.4.1 | Polkassembly

Daniel Cukier has written a great thread explaining why register-based VMs like PolkaVM are more performant than stack-based VMs like EVM. https://x.com/danicuki/status/1896958432877707515

The staking rate on Polkadot continues to increase and now stands at 52.1%. Polkadot Cloud Staking | Polkadot Staking (DOT)

I will be discussing blockchain interoperability at Crecimiento in Buenos Aires on 20 March. https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1897227612843618378

Please DM me if you are an experienced Polkadot/Substrate security researcher. https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1896921486914732515

Kusama News

With less than two days left to vote, Referendum 498, proposing a new direction for Kusama and 10 million DOTs from W3F to achieve it, is passing almost unanimously. A New Kusama Vision - 10 Million DOT from W3F & Transition Away From Being A Canary Network | Polkassembly

Curious about joining Kappa Sigma Mu, the human blockchain project running on Kusama? Check out the Kappa Sigma Mu Wiki here: https://ksmsociety.io/wiki