ELVES, our protocol built on a groundbreaking idea, significantly reduces computational demand. It also strikes a perfect balance between security, decentralization, and scalability. In the following video, hosted by Chen-Da, one of our top research scientists at Web3

Santa has elves, Polkadot has ELVES. The response to the video on the ELVES protocol we released a few weeks ago was tremendous. Since many of you requested to learn more about the protocol in an accessible way, we’re now adding new content to help you understand its inner

For years, @Polkadot has had world-class infrastructure, shared security, modular execution, strong guarantees, and multi-chain by design. But let’s be fair: we didn’t make it easy to start building. Contracts on one chain. Assets on another. Staking + governance somewhere

Let's look back at some of the highlights from Web3 Summit 2025, captured by @samouraicoop✨

It's time to learn all about the Elves protocol in under three minutes, with one of our researchers at the Web3 Foundation, Chen-Da, on YouTube. 📺 https://t.co/uEy7qjSv7I

Polkadot Digest 04 December 2025 Polkadot News “Polkadot People Initiative: Incentives for Mass Polkadot Activation Campaign,” requesting over 3 million in USDC/USDT from the treasury, is approved and will be enacted later today

Polkadot Digest 03 December 2025 Polkadot News @Polkadot People Initiative: Incentives for Mass Polkadot Activation Campaign has entered the confirmation period and is expected to pass later today

“Every wall has ears.” In Syria, that meant you could never speak freely. Karam's story is a reminder of what governance looks like when surveillance, speed, and centralization converge. Polkadot's OpenGov is built as the opposite architecture: no rulers, no admin keys, no

Welcoming @holstblock as our new Governance Coordinator at @Web3foundation Eric will be helping support Decentralized Voices, Kusama Vision & a bunch of other governance experiments.

Polkadot Digest 02 December 2025 Polkadot News @Web3foundation has published its Polkadot OpenGov voting guidelines, which are centered on cost-effectiveness and accountability. Read the full article here

4/ Proposers are encouraged to engage early for support with benchmarking costs, clarifying deliverables, structuring milestones, planning integration or market strategy, and preparing proposals for community deliberation.

3/ Minimum standards for W3F support include: - On-chain verified proposer identity - Immutable scope and budget - Concrete, measurable deliverables - Itemized, benchmarked budget - Milestone-gated disbursement - Public discussion lead-time and responsiveness to feedback

2/ Proposals submitted to OpenGov should demonstrate: - Cost-effectiveness: Itemized budgets, vendor quotes, and benchmarking. - Expertise: Verified capability and relevant experience. - Accountability: Milestone-based payouts, immutable scope and budgets, and on-chain

1/ The Web3 Foundation’s OpenGov Proposal Voting Guidelines provide clarity on what proposals need to demonstrate, minimum standards for consideration, and guidance to support cost-effectiveness, expertise, accountability, and ecosystem-level impact. Read more:

Polkadot Digest 01 December 2025 Polkadot News Polkadot Asset Hub and Bridge Hub runtime upgrade to 2.0.3, which accommodates the Ethereum network’s hard fork on Dec 3rd and also enables additional cross-chain use cases, is passing unanimously

Polkadot Digest 28 November 2025 Polkadot News Last call to vote on your favourite project from the 230+ @Polkadot Builder Party hackathon submissions

Polkadot is removing the ceilings that have limited yield protocols for a decade. In this @StakingSummit presentation, Torsten from @paritytech shows how Polkadot Hub unifies staking, assets, and high-compute smart contracts, enabling strategies EVM-only chains simply can’t

Relive the Polkadot Builder Party with the full playlist of talks covering developer tools, ecosystem updates, and Polkadot products. Watch it here: https://t.co/IE2QCLhLxr.

Polkadot Digest 27 November 2025 Polkadot News “Polkadot People Initiative: Incentives for Mass Polkadot Activation Campaign” is in the decision period

Polkadot Digest 26 November 2025 Polkadot News Track the progress of enabling the Elastic Scaling feature on @Polkadot Asset Hub here

⏳5 days left to vote for your favorite @Polkadot Builders Party project! Cast your vote now before it’s too late. 👉 https://t.co/FiDJCzCJor