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Polkadot to Release Network Upgrade on January 20th
Polkadot has introduced changes on Kusama that reduce execution latency and enable immediate reuse of Ethereum developer stacks. The update improves performance and developer experience by streamlining execution and compatibility. Equivalent changes are scheduled to be activated on Polkadot on January 20.
Event date: January 20, 2026 UTC
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Yesterday’s Kusama runtime upgrade delivered two major leaps:
→ Block times slashed from ~6 s to <2 s via Elastic Scaling
→ Revive: a unified smart contract platform running PVM & EVM
Solidity contracts can be deployed unchanged, and devs can use familiar Ethereum tooling. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/2005967783994224794/photo/1
→ Block times slashed from ~6 s to <2 s via Elastic Scaling
→ Revive: a unified smart contract platform running PVM & EVM
Solidity contracts can be deployed unchanged, and devs can use familiar Ethereum tooling. https://twitter.com/Polkadot/status/2005967783994224794/photo/1
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This unlocks lower execution latency, and immediate reuse of Ethereum dev stacks on Kusama.
Equivalent changes are scheduled on Polkadot on jan 20, 2026.
Equivalent changes are scheduled on Polkadot on jan 20, 2026.
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