Published inPolkadot NetworkPolkadot Roundup MMXXIVIt’s that time again… I put away my text editor for a day or five and crack open Medium. The nights are cold, the days are short, the fire…Dec 24, 202411Dec 24, 202411
Published inPolkadot NetworkGov2: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised GovernancePolkadot’s first decentralised governance system was pretty interesting at the time: a tri-cameral (three-chamber) structure with a…Jul 18, 20221Jul 18, 20221
Published inPolkadot NetworkPolkadot 2021 RoundupThe holiday season is coming around again and with the new year, let’s take a quick retrospective about what the Polkadot project achieved…Dec 31, 20218Dec 31, 20218
Published inPolkadot NetworkXCM Part III: Execution and Error ManagementIn 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…Sep 29, 20212Sep 29, 20212
Published inPolkadot NetworkXCM Part II: Versioning and CompatibilityIn 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…Sep 15, 20211Sep 15, 20211
Published inPolkadot NetworkXCM: The Cross-Consensus Message FormatAs the final Polkadot 1.0 release, complete with Parachains draws close, the Cross-Consensus Messaging format, XCM for short, is…Sep 6, 20214Sep 6, 20214
Published inPolkadot NetworkKusama Parachain AuctionsThe first real-world functional parachain Statemine, began processing permissionless transactions after an on-chain upgrade last week…Jun 8, 20212Jun 8, 20212
Published inPolkadot NetworkThe Launch of ParachainsThe staged launch of Polkadot is about to reach another chapter. As we approach the launch of Parachain functionality and the auctions and…May 17, 202112May 17, 202112
Published inPolkadot NetworkPolkadot 2020 RoundupDespite being a tough year for pretty much everyone (with the possible exception of Amazon and takeaways), the Polkadot network and…Dec 30, 20202Dec 30, 20202