OpenDev Core Polkadot Call - October 2025
•October 21, 2025
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Why It Matters
Fixing the staking bug and completing testing reduces financial risk to validators and helps ensure a smoother, lower-risk Polkadot migration; finalizing inflation controls and onboarding tooling will shape token supply dynamics and network growth.
Summary
Core Polkadot developers reported a successful Kusama migration overall but disclosed a staking bug that omitted some validators’ self-stake from reward calculations; a fix is queued for production and a retrospective refund via the Kusama treasury is being proposed. Staking testing for the upcoming Polkadot migration (targeted for Nov. 4) is progressing well, and runtime work is being finalized. Two community initiatives—capped inflation and an onboarding queue—are code-complete pending review and audit, with discussion underway about how the inflation cap should account for token burns. Operational improvements (clearer dashboard error messaging) and timing for code releases were also highlighted.
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