Polkadot’s Gavin Wood Proposes Reduced DOT Issuance and 500ms Blocks

Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood has called for a reduction in DOT issuance to enhance fiscal responsibility and scarcity. In parallel, Polkadot Technical Fellow Bastian Köcher outlined plans to cut block time from 12 seconds to 500 milliseconds, potentially boosting throughput and transaction capacity. The Sub0 Symbiosis conference trailer for November in Buenos Aires was released, and Kusama’s August 24 stall prompted a detailed post-mortem. In governance, adjustments to DOT inflation via the Hard Pressure & Stepped Supply model passed, while proposals for a Medium Pressure model and other funding initiatives failed. Treasury approvals include 2.64 million DOT for USDC/USDT acquisition and nearly 10 000 DOT for Polkawatch. Grayscale filed an S-1 for a Polkadot ETF, and Bifrost surpassed 20 million DOT in liquid staking. Ecosystem updates feature Asphere’s no-code rollup deployer, Crust partnerships for decentralized storage, and educational incentives from Coins.ph. Polkadot launched a rewards app with Inter Miami CF and sponsored TOKEN2049’s Origins Hackathon. These developments underscore growing institutional interest, network upgrades, and stronger token demand—key factors for traders evaluating DOT’s mid- to long-term outlook.