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The @kusamanetwork is entering a new phase of experimentation with three major bounties launching today. With a focus on Proof of Personhood, Zero-Knowledge technology, and Art & Social Experiments, marking the next stage of Kusama’s evolution. Read the full story: medium.com/web3foundation…

6) The experiment is live. If you’ve been waiting for a moment to step in, this is IT.

5) In the meantime, the governance team will post the referenda to set_curators within ~a week. For more information on the vision, please check out Ref 498 kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/498

1) Yesterday, the @Web3foundation kicked off the Kusama Vision program, breathing life into the Second Age of #Kusama. We brought together an amazing set of 15 curators and 6 advisors who are stepping in to carry the vision forward.

Some Polkadot validators show 0% commission, but have been changing their commission to 10% only when payouts are calculated. Please be careful when nominating validators. See here for a list of some known validators doing this, how to detect it and avoid it, and other discussion: forum.polkadot.network/t/validators-f…

Polkadot Digest 06 January 2026 Polkadot News The referendum to close UX Bounty and return the funds to the treasury is in the decision period and is currently passing polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1816

Today we are announcing we won't run another cohort of Decentralized Voices. Over its cohorts; DV became a collective-action hack: lowering the coordination barrier for serious participation, creating a focal point where scrutiny and norms could actually form & building countervailing power in #OpenGov by making rationale visible and reputationally consequential. In that sense, DV aimed at robustness, not necessarily popularity: strengthening governance through clearer assumptions, surfaced disagreements & tighter feedback loops. Cohort 5 will be the last one for now and it is not a verdict on the people (you were the point). It’s a capacity shift as we enter a new phase and priorities reallocate. To everyone who participated in the program across all cohorts; thank you so much.. we are proud of you and grateful for all your contributions 🤍 Read announcement here: medium.com/web3foundation…

Technology was meant to extend human agency. Somewhere along the way, it learned to extract it instead. In an age of acceleration, Polkadot returns to the root: technology as a tool for liberation, not control. → polkadot.com/philosophy

@bbeats1 @gov_futures @VitalikButerin Amazing work!

Inspired by @VitalikButerin's d/acc work & the general trend of 'gov is dead so why bother' this year, I want to introduce gov/acc gov/acc is an open research program focused on outlining the problems we're facing in web3, as a starting point for accelerating gov R&D 🧵👇

Web3 Summit returns to Berlin. June 18-19, 2026. A new format. A new experience. A new way to connect and build. Sign up for updates: web3summit.com

Web3 Foundation is sunsetting the Decentralized Nodes program. After 3 successful cohorts over the past year, the current cycle (ending in January) will be the last. We’re grateful to every operator who participated and helped strengthen Polkadot and Kusama. 👇 medium.com/web3foundation…

Introducing the Cross Ecosystem Roundtable Talk! A new conversation space bringing together SMEs from multiple blockchain ecosystems, starting with @Cardano and @Polkadot, to openly discuss challenges that several ecosystems with decentralized treasury frameworks are facing. This first session will focus on a key question: How Can Decentralized Treasuries be Made Sustainable Long Term? The aim is to build a clearer shared understanding of the challenges involved, what “sustainability” means in this context, why it matters, and how different communities are currently approaching it. The discussion will also look at whether sustainability should even be the goal, and what ideas or examples might already point in a promising direction. From the Cardano side: @adamKDean, IT Consultant at @DripDropz_io @BeatriceAnihiri, Founder of @Konsensis @Encrypt2, GM Ecosystem at @emurgo_io @HinsonSIDAN, Co-Founder of @DeltaDeFi From the Polkadot side: @Zendetta, Governance Lead at @Web3Foundation @alice_und_bob, Ecosystem Developer in Polkadot @Lemonjelly72, Governance Specialist Ugur, on-chain Governance Researcher Tune in live to follow the session, share your thoughts, and interact with the table members throughout the discussion 🧵

Really enjoyed giving this talk. It was maybe my most honest attempt to connect the invisible thread: from movements that organize under authoritarianism to defiance becoming systems In places where speech costs everything, you learn to design for silence, friction, and exit.