Decoded 2024: Polkadot’s vision for a decentralized future
Polkadot Decoded 2024 in Brussels brought together top blockchain minds to explore the future of Web3. Highlights included Björn Wagner's insights on payments and Dr. Gavin Wood's vision for digital individuality. Showcasing technical breakthroughs and real-world use cases, Polkadot affirmed its leadership in the multi-chain future.
Top takeaways from the decentralization panel at Consensus
Consensus by Coindesk 2024: a blockbuster success
Empowering Decentralization: Polkadot DAO Allocates 3M DOT for DeFi Growth
With an overwhelming majority of voters in favor, the Polkadot community has chosen to allocate 3 million DOT to enhance the ecosystem’s decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape. Made through three separate proposals via Polkadot’s decentralized governance (OpenGov), this decision provides an accessible, deep layer of native liquidity to help the ecosystem flourish. It also demonstrates the power of community-driven initiatives to shape the future of decentralized finance.Hydration (formerly known as HydraDX) focuses on improving DeFi liquidity, while StellaSwap aims to optimize the efficiency of automated market makers (AMMs).
Racing Into the Future: Polkadot and Conor Daly Revolutionize Sports Sponsorship
Rev up your engagement with the Polkadot community through Conor Daly’s thrilling ambassadorship. Get insider access by subscribing to our newsletter and staying connected on social media for live updates and exclusive content.
Revamping Polkadot Governance with Polkadot OpenGov
A look at Polkadot's new governance model, Polkadot OpenGov, increasing the decentralization, agility, and efficiency of Polkadot's pioneering on-chain governance system.
Polkadot Roadmap Roundup
A proposed roadmap for upcoming developments on Polkadot. Get the latest status on asynchronous backing, parathreads, XCMv3, governance, common-good parachains and more.
Polkadot OpenGov: Polkadot’s Next Generation of Decentralised Governance
Read the proposal for Polkadot's next-generation governance system - currently known as Gov2 - to discover how it aims to advance the decentralisation of the network.
Introducing the Polkadot Staking Dashboard: The Easiest Way to Nominate and Stake Your DOT
Staking your DOT just got a whole lot easier with Polkadot’s new staking dashboard, a user-friendly interface for staking natively on Polkadot.
The Results are in
With a turnout just shy of one third of the tokens, the recent Polkadot redenomination poll was a major result for stakeholder decision-making. This number is all the more impressive considering that both the Web3 Foundation and Parity Technologies abstained from the voting.
The First Polkadot Vote…
A vote has been started that will alter the course of Polkadot and define the final denomination of its native DOT token. It affects all Polkadot stakeholders. If you have claimed your DOT on the mainnet, or you plan to, then you can — and should! — vote.
Polkadot Governance
On-chain governance and autonomous enactment give the token holders agency, the vehicle to express their opinions and the guarantees about the impact that their expression has.
An Updated Overview of Polkadot
The new paper Overview of Polkadot and its Design Considerations expands on the white paper, presenting a comprehensive and updated description of Polkadot’s design components and subprotocols. Some of these are outlined here.