OpenGov is all about putting governance in the hands of the community. In this category, we explore how Polkadot's unique governance model empowers users to propose, vote, and shape the future of the network. From referendum mechanics to decision-making processes, these articles break it all down so you can better understand how Polkadot's decentralized governance works—and how you can get involved.
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The referendum for Polkadot version 1.4.0 upgrade was approved by the community, this upgrade will improve several things in the Polkadot network. The main one being: to allow assets in a pool to use special payment and to improve how bridges work by adding support for Ether. It will roll out on February 26 this year.
Hyperbridge has put up a proposal in collaboration with Bifrost, to launch a Polkadot liquidity campaign across multiple chains outside of the Polkadot ecosystem. The targeted chains for the liquidity campaign includes Arbitrium, Base, BNB and Ethereum Mainnet. The requested amount is 795,000 DOT which will serve as incentives to liquidity providers, rewarded in vDOT. This proposal is geared at increasing the DOT liquidity and mindshare across multiple ecosystems which will in-turn funnel liquidity and users back to the Polkadot ecosystem.