Polkadot’s Treasury Future Direction Over the past few days, there has been strong discussion in Polkadot around treasury bounties, especially the Marketing Bounty. While this may look like a single issue, it has revealed larger problems in how bounties are funded, managed,

Just blink, and it’s done. 500ms block times are coming to Polkadot. What does this mean, and how will it change the network? In the latest Polkadot Fellowship call, Bastian Köcher(Bastian Köcher), a Rank 6 member of the Polkadot Fellowship, shared that the code for 500 ms block times

$1.6B has moved through XCM in the last six months, driven by 27,000 users with an average transaction time of 49 seconds. What is XCM, and how have these messages flown across rollups in 2025? Let's take a look. [1/7]

Happy New Year 2026! 🚀 Starting this year, I’ve compiled a comprehensive guide on where to find the latest Polkadot news, data, and ecosystem updates. 🧵 (1/10)

The Imaginary Zero-Commission Validators A Polkadot Forum user recently pointed out that a so-called zero-commission validator is earning around 47 DOT per day. This isn’t an isolated case. Similar patterns have been observed where validators earning 78, 98, or even 117 DOT per

Long Live DeFi on Polkadot 2026 has kicked off strong, with Hydration crossing 100,000 account holders. With $211M in TVL, the Hollar stablecoin supply has surpassed 15M, and is now connected across 30 chains. A strong start to the year, let’s see what 2026 brings for

DOT faces no real competition after 27 January. 🔴BTC: 1 block every 600sec 🔴LTC: 1 block every 150sec 🔴ETH: 1 block every 15sec 🔴Cardano: 1 block every 20sec 🔴Cosmos: 1 block every 7sec 🔴Polkadot: 1 block every 2sec

Polkadot Is Dead It has Zero Transactions. You’ve probably heard this before. Here’s the truth: Polkadot processed over 588.5M transactions in 2025. Dead chains don’t do that. And 2026 isn’t about promises, it’s about products. What Polkadot Already Delivered Before

I have some DOT. What can I do with it? A Reddit user asked, I have some DOT. What are the things I can do? You can do a bunch of stuff. Let's take a look ▪️Be a voice in OpenGov Polkadot’s OpenGov puts real power in the hands of the community. By voting with your DOT, you