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Published in Polkadot Network

·Jul 18, 2022

Gov2: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised Governance

Polkadot’s first decentralised governance system was pretty interesting at the time: a tri-cameral (three-chamber) structure with a technocratic committee managing upgrade timelines, an approval-voted, elected executive “government” to manage parameters, admin and spending proposals as well as a general voting system for everything else which rewarded long-term stakeholders with increased…

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Gov2: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised Governance
Gov2: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised Governance

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Published in Polkadot Network

·Dec 31, 2021

Polkadot 2021 Roundup

The holiday season is coming around again and with the new year, let’s take a quick retrospective about what the Polkadot project achieved over 2021. By now it seems rather a tradition to begin with a look at the amount of code across the technology at the heart of Polkadot…

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Polkadot 2021 Roundup
Polkadot 2021 Roundup
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Published in Polkadot Network

·Sep 29, 2021

XCM Part III: Execution and Error Management

In the first two articles I wrote on XCM, I introduced the basics of its design and versioning structure. In this article, we will take a deeper look into its underlying design and execution model. …

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XCM Part III: Execution and Error Management
XCM Part III: Execution and Error Management
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Published in Polkadot Network

·Sep 15, 2021

XCM Part II: Versioning and Compatibility

In the first article I wrote on XCM, I introduced its basic architecture, goals and how it could be used for some simple use cases. Here we will move on to inspect one interesting aspect of XCM in depth: how XCM can change over time without introducing breakage between the…

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XCM Part II: Versioning and Compatibility
XCM Part II: Versioning and Compatibility
Polkadot

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Published in Polkadot Network

·Sep 6, 2021

XCM: The Cross-Consensus Message Format

As the final Polkadot 1.0 release, complete with Parachains draws close, the Cross-Consensus Messaging format, XCM for short, is approaching its first production-ready release. This is an introduction to the format, its goals, how it works and can be used to achieve typical cross-chain tasks. One fun fact to begin…

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XCM: The Cross-Consensus Message Format
XCM: The Cross-Consensus Message Format

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Published in Polkadot Network

·Jun 8, 2021

Kusama Parachain Auctions

The first real-world functional parachain Statemine, began processing permissionless transactions after an on-chain upgrade last week. After some smooth running over the weekend, the time is coming to move to the next stage: slot auctions. …

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Kusama

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Published in Polkadot Network

·May 17, 2021

The Launch of Parachains

The staged launch of Polkadot is about to reach another chapter. As we approach the launch of Parachain functionality and the auctions and crowd-loans behind them, let’s look at what’s coming. The launch of Polkadot began around ten months ago with the first four phases; the last — a move…

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The Launch of Parachains
The Launch of Parachains
Polkadot

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Published in Polkadot Network

·Dec 30, 2020

Polkadot 2020 Roundup

Despite being a tough year for pretty much everyone (with the possible exception of Amazon and takeaways), the Polkadot network and community is coming out of 2020 with the wind very much behind its sails. …

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Polkadot 2020 Roundup
Polkadot 2020 Roundup
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Published in Polkadot Network

·Jul 27, 2020

The Results are In

Two weeks ago we started the first vote on the fledgling Polkadot network. That vote has just ended and the results are clear. With a turnout just shy of one third of the tokens, the recent Polkadot redenomination poll was a major result for stakeholder decision-making. …

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The Results are In
The Results are In
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Published in Polkadot Network

·Jul 20, 2020

Polkadot Launch: Phases 3 & 4

Polkadot just moved into Phase 3; Phase 4 will be coming later today. Here’s what’s happening… Unlike any other blockchain to date, Polkadot’s launch process is a multi-stage affair, phased over several weeks, where pieces of new functionality are added, piecemeal, until the initial “production version” is hit. I use…

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Polkadot

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