📢 Check out the latest progress on the DOT quick unbonding feature (shortened from 28 days to 2 days)!
@Polkadot is advancing an important optimization proposal for the staking system — RFC-0097: Staking Unbonding Queue. This proposal aims to introduce a "quick unbonding" mechanism that reduces the unbonding period for DOT from 28 days to 2 days.
The development team initially planned to implement the quick unbonding feature on the existing staking pallet, but upon learning that the current staking system will be replaced by a new staking-async module and that this change will take effect after the migration to Asset Hub, the team decided to shift the development focus to adapting to the staking-async module.
Current progress: Based on the quick unbonding mechanism proposed in RFC-0097: Staking Unbonding Queue, the core functionality has been completed in PR #8298 and has passed the initial code review!
PR #8298 is a significant development milestone as it marks the first integration of RFC-0097 proposal content into the staking-async module.
However, during the integration testing process, it was discovered that the logic for rebonding (re-staking) after unbonding was missing, and the team is currently collaborating with the RFC authors and the Staking team to design a long-term solution.
Once the direction is clarified, the community will be updated promptly!
👉 Development progress link: github.com/paritytech/pol…
