# Polkadot Digest 7 May 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Digest\ **Created:** [May 7, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-7-may-2025/12832 "2025-05-07T07:53:08Z")\ **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:** [May 7, 2025, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-digest-7-may-2025/12832/1 "2025-05-07T07:53:08Z")
## Polkadot News There is currently an issue resulting in longer and less consistent parachain block times on Polkadot. The Polkadot Technical Fellowship is aware and looking into the problem. [GitHub ยท Where software is built](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/8414) Jonas Gehrlein, researcher at W3F, would like to discuss his new coretime market redesign proposal with any coretime purchasers. [https://x.com/GehrleinJonas/status/1919718392568701205](https://x.com/GehrleinJonas/status/1919718392568701205) ## Kusama News Referendum 519, proposing to upgrade Kusama relay chain to runtime 1.5.0 (including support for elastic scaling), has passed. It will execute Friday (9 May) morning UTC. [https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/519](https://kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/519) Referendum 521, setting a DOT/KSM asset conversion rate, is now up for vote. [Polkassembly - Referendum #521](https://kusama.polkassembly.io/referenda/521)