List of Flash News about Kusama rollout
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2025-12-19 01:01 |
Polkadot Hub to Add EVM/PVM Smart Contracts and 2-Second Blocks on Jan 20, 2026; Kusama First in Late December — Trading Focus on DOT, KSM
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. |