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Polkadot is a revolutionary blockchain infrastructure designed to enable the next generation of the web where users control their own data and identity. It creates this infrastructure by providing a way to connect different, independent blockchains together in a single network, allowing them to interoperate, exchange data, and process transactions with the benefit of shared security provided by the Polkadot Relay Chain. It also allows interaction with non-blockchain systems and established blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
With a transaction speed of up to one thousand transactions per second, Polkadot solves the major problems that hampered blockchain adoption to date and enables blockchain applications from decentralized finance (DeFi) and energy to the Internet of things (IoT) and gaming.
Polkadot is built using Substrate, a modular framework for building blockchains. Chains built with Substrate can easily connect to the Polkadot ecosystem.
Polkadot is a project of Web3 Foundation.
Before being integrated into Polkadot, the technology can be tested on the experimental platform Kusama, which has been built with (almost) the same code.
DOT - the native Polkadot tokens - serve several functions. They:
Polkadot is the brainchild of Gavin Wood, co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum.
29 May 2021 3 minute read 5 comments koekwaus
For a long time, I have been a customer of the ING bank, the biggest bank in the Netherlands by market cap and an established and trusted bank among many Dutch citizens. I mostly send money from and to other bank accounts in my own country or other E...
25 May 2021 1 minute read 2 comments carlaincomin
During the recent fall through all crypto markets your portfolio may have lost some decent percents of its value. I hope you had diamond hands which were strong enough not to sell emotionally charged. As the markets consolidate again it seems to be a...
21 May 2021 1 minute read 14 comments Defiant Pathfinder
I always tell my colleagues that trade what you see not what you think or what you hear but i know some people are too defiant. They always ignore that advise, but when the tables turns, the market will prey upon them. I foresaw this day coming befo...
20 May 2021 1 minute read 5 comments Defiant Pathfinder
Hi guys i am back again with another episode on why i think Polkadot is a good investment which can payout handsomely in a few years to come. So i am going to do a short analysis considering all the factors necessary for a good investment asset and...
20 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Ankr Network
Moonbeam and Polkadot Developers Will Now Easily Build Web3 Products With Instant API Access to Major Blockchain and Defi Protocols. We are pleased to announce that Ankr has integrated with Moonbeam — an Ethereum-compatible smart contract paracha...
20 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments moon333
Hi dear friends, hope you are well and welcome to the new update on Polkadot (DOT).The previous trade setup of Dot produced more than 63% gains: After more than 63% rally: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/DOTUSDT/FvdNlM1K-Polkadot-DOT-finally-co...
20 May 2021 1 minute read 4 comments Havall✨
Hey! Yesterday we witnessed one of the most abrupt collapses in the history of the young crypto market and the reasons are different, you could almost define the current situation as "bad timing". Let's try to list, in order, the causes of this sudde...
18 May 2021 3 minute read 1 comment Equilibrium
Navigating the market under smart algorithmic control, Equilibrium’s risk model determines multiple impactful parameters: cost of borrowing, bailsmen rewards, and how and when the bailout liquidity pool gets tapped. So how does it work? We’ll unpack...
18 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments surpassinggoogle
Upcoming Polkadot DEFI Crypto - Paralink Network. Polkastarter IDO. Whitelisting Tutorial. $PARA 100X? #paralink #polkastarter #ido Paralink Network will introduce $PARA to the public in a polkastarter IDO in a few days. It whitelisting application...
15 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Novasky
NFT market is getting hot lately. And ETH has managed to acquire a lot of small and large companies selling the digital items on it's ecosystem. Nobody thought that Polkadot could be getting it's own NFT marketplace. But that is now possible due to t...
