Proposal for Common Good Parachains
Introducing a proposed roadmap for future developments on common good parachains, subject to approval by Polkadot's decentralized governance community.
Staking Update: June-July 2022
Updates to the Polkadot and Kusama staking systems for the months of June and July, 2022. Featuring a new validator community page on the staking dashboard.
Polkadot OpenGov: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised Governance
Read the proposal for Polkadot's next-generation governance system - currently known as Gov2 - to discover how it aims to advance the decentralisation of the network.
Introducing the Polkadot Staking Dashboard: The Easiest Way to Nominate and Stake Your DOT
Staking your DOT just got a whole lot easier with Polkadot’s new staking dashboard, a user-friendly interface for staking natively on Polkadot.
Staking Update: May 2022
Polkadot’s nomination pools are live on Kusama! Learn about upcoming changes, bug fixes, and the new staking UI for both nominators and validators.
Staking Update: April 2022
Polkadot staking just got better with bags-list support and the rollout of nomination pools on Westend. Discover how these updates impact your staking rewards.
XCMv2 Audit Completed by Quarkslab
XCMv2 has now been audited for a second time to discover any potential cross-chain security or fairness issues, including logical bugs, denial-of-service, and incorrect lock/unlock or burn/mint on both chains
Staking Update: March 2022
Nomination pools allow Polkadot users to pool funds and participate in staking as one entity. Learn how they work and explore the latest staking updates.
Staking Update: February 2022
Polkadot activates its nomination bags-list, improving staking scalability and paving the way for future upgrades in validator and nominator participation.
Staking Update: January 2022
Polkadot’s latest updates include bags-list activation, nomination pools, and system extrinsics for staking maintenance. Discover how these features enhance staking.
Introducing Encointer: Making Web3 Truly Inclusive
Encointer is Kusama’s second common-good parachain slot . In this post, we take an in-depth look at Encointer and the problems it addresses — how it can bring financial inclusivity to Web3 and mitigate Sybil attacks with a novel ‘proof-of-personhood’ system for unique identity.
Polkadot v1.0: Sharding and Economic Security
This post is about the technology powering Polkadot. Polkadot is a sharded blockchain with heterogeneous shards.