Technical support focused on isolated L2s, I watched @Polkadot quietly engineer the first true "blockchain supercomputer" for the internet. The Polkadot 2.0.5 runtime upgrade is officially up for voting as of January 17, 2026, introducing Elastic Scaling and cutting block times to a staggering 2 seconds. With the "Revive" smart contract platform set to go live on January 27, Polkadot has finally bridged the gap for Ethereum developers to deploy native Solidity code with ten times the performance. The most game-changing move is the 2.1 Billion $DOT supply cap and the "Pi Day" halving scheduled for March 2026, which is effectively turning DOT from an inflationary token into a Bitcoin-style scarce asset. By integrating Agile Coretime, the network has scrapped the clunky auction model, allowing projects to buy blockspace on-demand and scale as easily as a cloud server. Polkadot transitioned from a "chain of chains" to a seamless, high-performance execution layer for global enterprise will feel obvious.