# Polkadot Digest 6 Mar 2025 **URL:** https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-6-mar-2025/12010 **Category:** Digest **Created:** [March 6, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-6-mar-2025/12010 "2025-03-06T06:44:00Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### 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: [March 6, 2025, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-6-mar-2025/12010/1 "2025-03-06T06:44:00Z")
## Polkadot News Referendum 1459, upgrading the Polkadot runtime to version 1.4.1, has passed and executed. [Polkassembly - Referendum #1459](https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1459) 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](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)](https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview) I will be discussing blockchain interoperability at Crecimiento in Buenos Aires on 20 March. [https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1897227612843618378](https://x.com/Polkadot/status/1897227612843618378) Please DM me if you are an experienced Polkadot/Substrate security researcher. [https://x.com/BillLaboon/status/1896921486914732515](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. [Polkassembly - Referendum #498](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/498) 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](https://ksmsociety.io/wiki)