According to @alice_und_bob, smart contracts are set to land on Kusama in 4 days from Dec 25, 2025, implying an expected date around Dec 29, 2025, for the feature’s activation on the network; source: @alice_und_bob tweet dated Dec 25, 2025. This announcement establishes a concrete near-term event window that KSM market participants can track for timing and on-chain activity around the rollout; source: @alice_und_bob tweet dated Dec 25, 2025. KSM is Kusama’s native token used for transaction fees and staking on the network, anchoring any usage tied to smart contract execution; source: Kusama Network. No additional technical details or release notes were included beyond the 4-day timeline noted in the post; source: @alice_und_bob tweet dated Dec 25, 2025.

According to @alice_und_bob, Polkadot Hub is scheduled to launch EVM and PVM smart contracts with 2-second block times on 20 January 2026, confirmed by Torsten Stüber on the Polkadot forum, source: twitter.com/alice_und_bob/status/2001820191009939565; forum.polkadot.network/t/revive-smart-contracts-status-update/16366. Kusama is planned to roll out first at the end of December, providing an earlier staging milestone ahead of the Polkadot Hub release, source: twitter.com/alice_und_bob/status/2001820191009939565. The system will support fully interoperable EVM and PVM smart contracts, and current tests are passing, source: twitter.com/alice_und_bob/status/2001820191009939565. Torsten Stüber stated the Polkadot smart contract platform Revive is entering its final release phase and shared a detailed status update with concrete release dates on the Polkadot forum, source: x.com/torstenmove/status/2001788882363265466; forum.polkadot.network/t/revive-smart-contracts-status-update/16366. These dated milestones set clear timelines that DOT and KSM market participants can reference for planning around the end-of-December Kusama rollout and the 20 January 2026 Polkadot Hub upgrade, source: twitter.com/alice_und_bob/status/2001820191009939565; forum.polkadot.network/t/revive-smart-contracts-status-update/16366.

According to @alice_und_bob, governance, staking, and native KSM are migrating to the Kusama Hub today, as stated on X on Oct 7, 2025. According to @alice_und_bob, if the rollout proceeds smoothly, the Polkadot Hub migration is planned for next month, providing sequential timeline catalysts for KSM and DOT, per the same X update. According to @alice_und_bob, traders should focus on confirmation of today’s migration completion and any official scheduling updates for next month’s Polkadot Hub plan, as flagged on X.

According to @alice_und_bob, Kusama has experienced a surge in competition for Polkadot's parachain compute cores, which are considered the network's most limited resource. In recent months, a scalper acquired all available cores and resold them to projects at significant premiums, directly impacting the cost structure for teams looking to deploy on Kusama. To address this, technical updates have been implemented to make hoarding and reselling more difficult. These changes could increase volatility in KSM token prices and influence trading strategies as core access tightens and project deployment costs fluctuate. Source: @alice_und_bob.