Polkadot Digest 11 Mar 2025

Polkadot News

Gavin Wood demoed running DOOM on JAM last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJcw5FMSjQs

For a high-level overview of JAM, please see the Polkadot Wiki: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/learn-jam-chain

Referendum 1484, proposing to increase the size of the validator active set from 500 to 600, is now up for vote. https://polkadot.polkassembly.io/referenda/1484

An interview between Max Rebol of Harbour Industrial Capital and Gavin Wood was published in the South China Morning Post. https://x.com/harbour%5Find%5Fcap/status/1899266719451058314

The DOT staking rate has increased markedly over the last week, now standing at 53.37%. https://staking.polkadot.cloud/#/overview

There are two candidates this round for Kappa Sigma Mu. https://ksmsociety.io/explore/candidates