Parity Technologies
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We're the #Web3 innovators, core engineers, and Rust devs powering the decentralized web by developing @Polkadot. Here since 2015. Here to stay.
Joined September 2015
"Polkadot rollups scale with zero compromises on security". The second post in a three-part series on SCALABILITY on @Polkadot by @sandreim_. This one looks at the tradeoffs that protocols make when running speed and efficiency upgrades.
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.@Polkadot and @kusamanetwork Gifts are the newest, easiest way to send DOT or KSM to anyone, even if they don’t already have an account or wallet. Don’t miss your chance to learn how to create a gift from @shawntabrizi at #Sub0 Online. Happening now:
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Don't miss Parity and @Polkadot founder @gavofyork interview with @protocol about the journey from Ethereum to Polkadot, his vision for the third iteration of the web, as well as why crypto and blockchain technology will prevail:.
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⭕@Polkadot in 2025⭕. Parity CEO @bjornwgnr is optimistic from a technological perspective "with upgrades coming, new partnerships & an ever growing community". Engineering VP @pierreaubert says Polkadot is now "really decentralized & powerful enough to support large companies"
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September 23-24 join #UnfinishedLive by @thisisunfinishd to hear from @gavofyork, founder of @Polkadot, @web3foundation, and Parity, discuss a decentralized future and how new technologies can fulfill the promise of a decentralized web. To register and for details:.
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"We're all in the family now" - @IOHK_Charles on @Polkadot - @Cardano crossovers, with a mention of how "excited" he is to see where JAM goes.
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It's just 1 hour before @gavofyork's talk at the #UnfinishedLive @byUnfinished. Tune in to at 7:10pm CET to hear Parity Tech and @Polkadot founder discuss how decentralized web technologies are creating a fairer internet with trustless systems:.
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Substrate 2.0 is here! . The next major milestone in Substrate stability features tons of new pallets since v1.0, along with key features like off-chain workers. Substrate is now more powerful than ever for building custom production-ready blockchains.
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Parity Technologies is developing a generic assets parachain called Statemint as one of the first common-good chains on @Polkadot & @kusamanetwork. Providing functionality for deploying assets — from NFTs to stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies.
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Today at 5:30pm ET/11:30pm CET, tune in to the #Mainnet2021 to hear Parity's @PAMauric discuss the future of @Polkadot with @AcalaNetwork's @danreecer_, @MoonbeamNetwork's @derekyoo, and @daltonan from Signum Growth Capital. To save your spot:
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#Sub0 Online, the @substrate_io developer conference, is coming back October 13-14. Register now to hear from @Polkadot founder @gavofyork, the #substrate core developers, as well as the teams building innovative #Web3 projects. Save your spot:
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October 18th at 3pm CET, don't miss your chance to hear Parity's @uosvald and Sacha Lansky in the @Polkadot pre-hackathon community event. Tune in to learn about the #PolkadotHackathon Global series, as well as to get introduced to Polkadot and @substrate_io ecosystem:.
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July 8th tune in to the Parity & Friends meetup to hear @web3foundation's @Qinwen_Wang and @Ternoa_'s @EliottTeiss discuss tools and opportunities available for #NFT creators on @Polkadot and @kusamanetwork. Save your spot now to hear the vision for the future of #NFTs.
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Right now at '@Polkadot & @kusamanetwork Parachains' community event: Parity's @BenWhiteJamin and Santiago Balaguer with an overview of the ecosystem and parachain auction process. Tune in:
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Agile Coretime has been successfully deployed on Westend. The final test has been cleared before engineers bring this exciting technology to @kusamanetwork - and ultimately @Polkadot itself. Agile Coretime makes it easier to build applications on Polkadot.
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Ethereum-compatible SMART CONTRACTS on @Polkadot. Stage1️⃣ (soon): Smart contracts on @kusamanetwork. Stage2️⃣ (this summer): Smart contracts on Kusama get access to native assets, staking, governance + XCM. Stage3️⃣ (Q3): Smart contracts launch on Polkadot. 😍Are you excited yet?
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We have worked hard to help develop the Ethereum ecosystem; no intention of harming it. Let's find the right solutions through collaboration.
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Want to build the future of #blockchain and #Web3? Parity is seeking out the world's best developers, marketing & comms specialists. To learn more and to apply:
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1/ Reflecting on our journey with @Polkadot, Parity's role has been an exploration in contrasts. We are passionate advocates for decentralization, yet as we've expanded our mandate, we've had to navigate the risk of becoming a bottleneck for Polkadot’s growth.
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⭐️Resilience.⭐️Performance .⭐️Generality.⭐️Accessibility.⭐️Coherence. In an exclusive interview for @ForbesDAssets @Polkadot founder @gavofyork explains the 5 criteria that determine the fundamental quality of a blockchain.
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🚨 There’s big stuff coming on the horizon for @polkadot. including some eye-catching 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 and 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 developments. Check out the thread! (1/6)
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"I thought I was the ideas guy and Gav does all the coding!". When @gavofyork sat down with @VitalikButerin earlier today, a rapt audience was treated to two of Web3's greatest minds on stage together. The full video from @EthPrague . @Polkadot @ethereum
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Today, Parity's @shawntabrizi opened up the eyes of the @Polkadotsub0 audience to "JAM" (in "How JAM changes the future of Web3"). JAM is an ultra user-friendly update to the @Polkadot Relay Chain. This video was shared by @thewhiterabbitM (thank you!).
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Don't miss an in-depth conversation on all things #Polkadot with Parity Tech and @Polkadot founder @gavofyork at #Mainnet2021.
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ink!, Parity’s @rustlang-based language for WASM smart contracts used in the @Polkadot and @substrate_io ecosystem, has just launched its biggest update to date. Learn about the most significant changes that came to ink! with version 3.0 from the blog:
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Today at 10:20am ET/4:20pm CET, don't miss your chance to hear Parity Tech and @Polkadot founder @gavofyork discuss all things Polkadot in the mainstage chat at @MessariCrypto's #Mainnet2021. To get your ticket and to learn more:
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Introducing Substrate EVM, a #Substrate module for running unmodified #Ethereum smart contracts on any Substrate-based blockchain.
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"@Polkadot is a very mature product that SCALES and matches the needs of large companies. We can partner with them and do stuff together.". - @pierreaubert (Parity VP of engineering)
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Async Backing ✅.Agile Coretime ✅.Elastic Scaling 🟠. Remember ELASTIC SCALING, the final piece of the Polkadot 2.0 jigsaw?. You can try out an early version that's being tested right now on @kusamanetwork. The @Polkadot version will be made ready in Q1 of 2025.
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Parity is focused on making it easier and more secure for node operators to run their @Polkadot and @kusamanetwork nodes. If you run a Polkadot or Kusama node, we would appreciate your feedback to help us better understand why and how you run your nodes.
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Highlights from @gavofyork's annual @Polkadot report . 2024 DELIVERED. 💥Optimising, stabilizing, and finessing the product. 💥Developing a much broader, more relevant Web3 service platform . 💥Polkadot’s extreme levels of performance means teams can now import and serve
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Community voting for this year's @Polkadot Decoded has opened! Support Parity speakers by voting for @bkchr, @kianenigma, Hernando Castano and @AbramowitzJesse's presentations under the Tech Talk category today. #polkadotdecoded
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#Sub0 Online is back Oct 13-14. Take a look at the Substrate’s journey thus far in the upcoming keynote from @Polkadot founder @gavofyork, and see what the future holds for the blockchain framework behind Polkadot and @kusamanetwork. To save your spot:
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"Polkadot effectively has native rollup functionality included at the protocol level.". Plus. ✅Rigorous processes.✅Rapid finality.✅Data availability built-in. Joyce Siqueira (@maaaaadhoney) explains all in this new blog article. ⬇️.
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🔗 Learn more about the native rollup model we've built for @Polkadot and how it’s redefining scalability and interoperability.
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#Substrate is an extensible, modular, open-source framework for building blockchains. But what does that mean? 🤔. Parity developer @ShawnTabirizi explains it all in “Hello, Substrate!” — an introduction to the blockchain framework.
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Sharing some facts about SCALABILITY on @Polkadot here. (and how other ecosystems compare). 🔐Polkadot extends its full security over rollups by verifying all computations on all cores without making any assumptions. ⚡️This means Polkadot rollups scale with zero compromises on
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We're happy to announce that Parity Technologies has been awarded a $5M grant by the #Ethereum foundation.
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What does the transition from a standalone chain to #parachain look like? Right now at #Sub0: @centrifuge’s Frederik Schulz dives into the migration of relevant storage, such as balances, vesting locks, proxies, and the process to verify the new state:
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Missed this year's #Sub0 Online? All the conference sessions are up on our YouTube channel now! Tune in now to hear what’s next for @Polkadot and @substrate_io from Parity and Polkadot founder @gavofyork.
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Polkadot 2.0 is about the now. JAM is about an even brighter future. "Polkadot 2.0 makes the deployment of L2s more flexible on cores. JAM is all about deploying any application on Polkadot cores, even those that don't resemble a blockchain/L2."
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Substrate 1.0 Beta is out now, opening the door to a radical acceleration in blockchain and decentralised application development.
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If you find the Gray Paper a bit too dense and granular, can we recommend a shorter version with all the important bits?. The Polkadot Wiki is a really important resource for explaining how the tech stack fits together: here's the new page on JAM🍓. ➡️
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"We don’t do scrum, agile, standups, or meetings. We use @github, and @RiotChat for communication because privacy matters (no Slack), and we adhere to "programmer anarchy," where people take the tasks they want to work on.”—@MaciejHirsz discusses @paritytech culture at @rustfest
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🚨🚨@hyperbridge just went live. Its onchain authentication mechanism - with light clients & ZK proofs - eliminates the risks involved in using third-party bridging solutions. Hyperbridge's addition to the @polkadot ecosystem is an important moment!.
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👀 Our founder and chief architect @gavofyork will be speaking at sub0, the @polkadot developers conference, Bangkok, March 12-13.
🌐 Breaking News! 🌐 We're thrilled to announce @gavofyork - Chief Architect of Parity Technologies, as our Keynote Speaker for sub0 Asia 2024! 🚀 Ready to dive into the future of Polkadot? Secure your place today, whether you join us onsite or online:
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"The new @Polkadot app will be simple enough for the crypto uninitiated or your parents to use - this mobile app will access staking rewards with a single click. We can’t wait to get this app into your hands in Q3 and get your feedback" - @bjornwgnr at @PolkadotDecoded
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🪙With enterprise adoption likely to move up a gear, particularly in the United States, stablecoins are one of the hot topics of 2025 for #Web3 . Our engineering team have been working tirelessly with other ecosystem agents to help deliver an all-time high of stablecoin issuance.
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Missed Parity's @NukeManDan in the 'Introduction to @Polkadot, @substrate_io, and Parachains'? Watch the recording to get a deeper understanding of Polkadot's 'Layer 0' vision, as well as to see how Substrate fits into the bigger picture:
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October 13-14 don’t miss #Sub0 Online, the @substrate_io developer conference, to hear @Polkadot founder @rphmeier share the latest insights into #parachains, and give an overview of what’s coming for Polkadot and @kusamanetwork ecosystem. Save your spot now:.
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Last week's spammening was a truly decentralized experience. 🇰🇿Kazakhstan.🇮🇸Iceland.🇸🇳Senegal. And pretty much everywhere in between. Thanks to @TheKusamarian @amforcag @distractivexyz and all who took part. Together, we pushed the TPS of @kusamanetwork way past the 100,000 mark
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🍓in🇩🇪 . JAM comes to Berlin this summer with @gavofyork booked for @protocol_berg (June 12-13). Expect to find some Parity devs in town that week too.
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Happening now - Parity's Director of Public Relations @Ursulaok discussing the next phase of the internet on stage at @PBWSummit with @derekyoo of @MoonbeamNetwork, @hoonsubin of @AstarNetwork, @EliottTeiss of @NodleNetwork & @niceblockchain of @ParallelFi
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🤓Time for some math. 📊128,148 TPS.From 23/100 of cores.100/23 = 4.348.128,148 x 4.348 = 557,188.That's a big number for what's theoretically possible on @kusamanetwork with only minimal delay on finality. Now, imagine @Polkadot with what @gavofyork says are "beefier nodes".
Highest TPS ever recorded .→ on a LIVE production network!. 128,184 TPS on Polkadot's .lab network Kusama! 🔥🚒
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Ethereum-compatible smart contracts are a huge focus for Parity right now. But it's not the only important upgrade we're delivering for @Polkadot. Elastic Scaling, its value and a timeline in 4 images. Graphics: @maaaaadhoney / @sandreim_
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1/3. ✅ All the data.✅ All the chains.✅ Daily & monthly metrics.✅ Monthly ecosystem report. The Parity data team @dotlake_xyz has radically transformed its Polkadot data dashboard with interactive charts, like this one showing impressive XCM activity over the past two months.
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Alert: Please update your Parity Ethereum clients to 1.11.3-beta or 1.10.6-stable asap.
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Happening now at #Sub0 Online, Intermediate Stage: @Kiltprotocol’s @WilliamFreude discusses the Limited Delegated Proof of Stake consensus mechanism and its implementation for #parachains in the @Polkadot ecosystem. Tune in:
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Get started with your first cross-chain messages at #Sub0 Online: tune in to @shawntabrizi's talk at the Intermediate Stage to go through the basics of sending and receiving cross-chain messages across #parachains and the Relay Chain. Happening now:
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Congrats to @energywebx on being selected to build a prototype decentralized identity registry for Germany’s energy market 💡.
“Our work with #EnergyWeb to bring #energy infrastructure into the next #digital age is critical to @ParityTech’s vision. The fact that @dena_news selected EW for this work is a strong validation of our #blockchain-building framework.” @gavofyork
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Right now at #Sub0: @tomusdrw is presenting the current state of @substrate_io bridges to @Polkadot. Tune in to learn about the components currently available for building trustless bridges between Substrate-based chains and other consensus systems:
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Didn’t make it to #Sub0 Online live? Check out the playlist on Parity's YouTube channel to hear from @Polkadot founder @gavofyork, and learn from the talks and workshops from the @substrate_io core developers and projects in the ecosystem.
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The testing continues ahead of a full public launch. And so far the feedback is promising!. The @Polkadot Pay app. Paying with DOT will be as smooth as sipping a cup of coffee👏.
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🚨 New in the Parity blog 🚨. "A Roadmap to a More Accessible @Polkadot". @joepetrowski explains how a major future addition - Ethereum compatibility - will make it faster and easier for newcomers to get started in the ecosystem. ➡️
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We are planning to move Parity Ethereum to a DAO ownership & maintainer model. #OpenEthereum will provide the basis for cross-org collaboration to ensure the codebase gets the attention it needs to realize its full potential.
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In an hour now tune in to live Q&A on @Polkadot Staking with Parity's @kianenigma. Join us on the Polkadot Discord server (Live stage channel) starting 4pm CET 👉
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March 25th at 6pm CET join the March Parity & Friends online meetup to hear about the off-chain database from Parity’s @tomusdrw and the advanced use of the off-chain worker from @EquilibriumDeFi’s Veniamin Khrapov. Save your spot:
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1/2 We're getting ready to push out the first of two releases to @kusamanetwork that precede the full launch of Ethereum-compatible smart contracts on @Polkadot. 🥳Excited?.🤔On the fence?.🧐Need more info?. We got you covered. (See post 2 in this thread)
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1/5 Project Insights👁️. With 2025 in full swing, so are our engineers, working towards a major technical milestone for @Polkadot⛓️. Let's explain exactly why we're optimizing staking, governance and balance functionalities for an improved developer and user experience👇
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Parity is focused on making it easier and more secure for node operators to run their @Polkadot and @kusamanetwork nodes. If you run a Polkadot or Kusama node, we would appreciate your feedback to help us better understand why and how you run your nodes.
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Even if you don't understand all of this brilliant graphical explanation from one of our longest-serving engineers, you can see how @Polkadot users will be able to access all the fun stuff more easily next year compared to now.
how are we scaling the polkadot "L1" (L0??). we're using a novel solution - unique to polkadot (as far as i know!) - and simply move all polkadot features to a polkadot native/enshrined rollup; all polkadot rollups share the same economic security as the relay chain, so this is
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🍓JAM🍓. ⭐️A trustless supercomputer that runs services without servers. ⭐️The basis of a Web3 cloud. @gavofyork @Polkadotsub0 .
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🚇 The unstoppable freight train that is Agile Coretime makes its next stop at @kusamanetwork!. In this @Polkadot forum post, we provide the latest snapshot of where we're at - and do check the link to the FAQs which are 𝑫𝑬𝑻𝑨𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑫. ➡️
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Tomorrow at 9am MST, tune into @binance live to hear from Parity’s @shawntabrizi and representatives from @MoonbeamNetwork, @MantaNetwork, @polychaincap, and @BinanceLabs on Programming Privacy into #Web3 and @Polkadot.
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What will interoperability look like on @Polkadot and what role will cross-network bridges and oracles play?. Hear the latest from Parity Core Developer Tomasz Drwiega at the #PolkadotDecoded conference on December 3rd. Save your spot 👇.
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"I love that guy - it looks like he's had a lot of coffee to drink!" - @paulbarron is a @shawntabrizi fan😂.
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Today at 5pm GMT-3 (10pm CET) don't miss @paritytech's @ursulaok and @Polkadot ambassadors @LorenaFabrisok and Hernan Borelli discuss the latest on the upcoming launch of the parachains on @kusamanetwork and other news from #PolkadotDecoded. Crowdcast will be held in Spanish 👇.
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Substrate is helping power an explosion of DeFi applications being built for @Polkadot 🔥. So what does Polkadot’s growing DeFi landscape look like? Get an ecosystem overview in this latest post from the Parity blog. @substrate_io.
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Our past bugs have fundamentally changed how we work. Here are our completely redesigned, security-first smart contract development processes. We welcome questions, feedback, and contribution on our security processes.
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October 13-14 join #Sub0 Online to hear @AcalaNetwork’s @XiliangChen, @AstarNetwork’s @hoonsubin, @MoonbeamNetwork’s @AlanSapede, and @Web3Foundation’s @joepetrowski discuss building parachains with @substrate_io. To register and to learn more:
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JAM: A more scalable and usable version of @Polkadot. It's coming sooner than you think. .
🚀 Exciting milestone for JavaJAM! . We just started our first internal testnet of the JAM protocol! 🎉. #polkadot #graypaper #jamprotocol #jam #kusama
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"Not everything in Web3 is particularly in line with Web3. Corners are cut" - @gavofyork opening his #JamTour presentation in Cambridge
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Four months of successive growth in DOT funds in the @Polkadot Treasury. Check out ALL the ecosystem and Relay Chain data at Same URL, new cleaner look.
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We have investigated reports of some Parity Ethereum nodes not syncing and believe there may be an attack underway. New releases v2.6.8-beta & v2.5.13-stable protect against this. *Please update ASAP.*
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After more than 3 years of research and development, we're thrilled to announce that @polkadotnetwork is live! . Web 3.0 is coming.
Polkadot is live!. “Polkadot allows every coder to also be a businessman. They just place an algorithmic service online and it's a self-sovereign, autonomous, economically strong business. The world, in some sense, belongs to coders.” –– @gavofyork.
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March 22 at 6:30pm CET, tune in to @Polkadot #Web3Talks to hear Parity's @ph_lux discuss decentralized solutions for the energy sector. Save your spot to learn how blockchain is transforming the energy market, and what is Polkadot's role in this process:
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Today at 5:30pm CET, don't miss your chance to hear @Polkadot founder @rphmeier discuss all things Privacy on Polkadot, and dive into rollups, bridges, and shared security. To tune in to @ZKValidator's 'Privacy on Polkadot' 👇.
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