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A Year in Parachains, Part 4: Sustainability, IoT, NFTs, Gaming, & Metaverse

A brief overview of Polkadot's parachain landscape following its first full year since launch. Part 4: Sustainability, IoT, NFTs, Gaming, & Metaverse

A Year in Parachains, Part 3: Data, ID, Privacy, Storage, & Infrastructure

Providing a brief overview of Polkadot's parachain landscape in its first full year since launch. Part 3: Data, ID, Privacy, Storage, and Infrastructure

A Year in Parachains, Part 2: System Chains, Smart Contracts, & Social Media

Providing a brief overview of Polkadot's parachain landscape in its first year since launch. Part 2: System Chains, Smart Contracts, & Social Media

A Year in Parachains, Part 1: DeFi

Polkadot’s first year of parachains brings 79 blockchains across DeFi, gaming (GameFi), decentralized identity (DIDs), and more, showcasing Polkadot's web3 innovation and decentralization at scale.

Parachain Dispatch: December 2022

Read the latest news and technical updates from Polkadot parachains for December 2022.

First Parachain Successfully Migrates from Kusama to Polkadot

KILT Protocol's migration from Kusama to Polkadot is an important technical milestone and the first parachain migration. Polkadot's 'canary network' model allows Web3 projects to test their technology in a real-world environment before upgrading to stable production networks.

Proposal for Common Good Parachains

Introducing a proposed roadmap for future developments on common good parachains, subject to approval by Polkadot's decentralized governance community.

Introducing Encointer: Making Web3 Truly Inclusive

Encointer is Kusama’s second common-good parachain slot . In this post, we take an in-depth look at Encointer and the problems it addresses — how it can bring financial inclusivity to Web3 and mitigate Sybil attacks with a novel ‘proof-of-personhood’ system for unique identity.

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.

Making History, Again: Polkadot Auctions 1-5

Following the successful completion of Polkadot's first batch of auctions, we review what happened and look at the data.

Parachains are Live! Polkadot Launch is Now Complete

Parachains are now live on Polkadot, completing the multi-stage Polkadot launch process.

The Parachain Advantage: Exploring Polkadot's Next-Generation Model

With the recent launch of Polkadot's first five auction-winning parachains, we take a closer look at the parachain model and the value this game-changing multichain technology brings to Web3.