According to @alice_und_bob, there are 8 days left at the Polkadot Builder Party and submissions remain open for the bleeding edge track, signaling an active developer window within the Polkadot ecosystem, source: X post by @alice_und_bob dated Nov 10, 2025. This provides a concrete near-term deadline that DOT-focused traders can add to their catalyst calendars for ecosystem monitoring, source: X post by @alice_und_bob dated Nov 10, 2025. DOT is the native token that secures the Polkadot network and underpins parachain activity, source: Polkadot.network documentation. Developer activity is a tracked indicator of network health and is systematically reported by the Electric Capital Developer Report, offering a framework for monitoring Polkadot during hackathon periods, source: Electric Capital Developer Report 2023. For official updates as the deadline approaches, traders can monitor the Polkadot X account referenced in the post, source: link to x.com/Polkadot in @alice_und_bob’s post.