Polkadot
Gavin Wood on the Problem With Layer 1s
Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood explains the lack of desire to build projects that are valuable in the long-term. Plus, why developers are seeing "huge amounts of money go behind L1s that...probably don't have much of a future."
Polkadot Creator on Permissionless Code Deployment
Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood breaks down the development of JAM and its ability to deploy code beyond smart contract code. Plus, how JAM can provide an environment that can host financial, voting and governance applications.
Are Crypto Communities 'Sticky'?
Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood takes a deep dive with Bullish CEO Tom Farley into the "stickiness" of crypto communities and why he thinks the flag carriers of the communities have limited value.
Bitcoin Is a Cryptocurrency and 'Not a Blockchain Technology': Gavin Wood
Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot creator Gavin Wood breaks down the nature of bitcoin.
The Protocol: 'Private Jet Brandization' Is One Way Polkadot Burnt Cash
Crypto twitterati showed no mercy as Polkadot published a transparency report detailing spending on $87 million of DOT tokens – a lot of it on marketing. PLUS blockchain tech news and project highlights from the past week.
Polkadot’s $245M Treasury Would Last 2 Years at Current Spending Rate
The blockchain spent $87 million in the first six months this year, with marketing activities accounting for the majority of expenses.
Bitcoiners, Solana Acolytes Crash Ethereum Conference in Denver – for a Reason
Last week's ETHDenver conference drew a significant presence from developers and reps of blockchain ecosystems beyond Ethereum, taken as a sign of just how influential the second-largest distributed network has become.
Deloitte Taps Polkadot Ecosystem's Kilt Blockchain for Digital Shipping Logistics
Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd will be the first to implement Deloitte's KYX – Know Your Client and Know Your Cargo – system.
Google Cloud Pushes Deeper Into Blockchain Data, Adding 11 Networks Including Polygon
Google’s cloud-computing business has stored historical data on Bitcoin since 2018, claiming the service provides faster access than can be obtained directly from the blockchain.
Circle Launches Native Version of USDC Stablecoin on Polkadot
Parity Technologies CFO Fahmi Syed discusses Circle launching the native version of USDC in the Polkadot ecosystem of parachains. EDITOR'S NOTE: Syed also responds to questions over Polkadot's developer metrics. The GitHub data cited in the interview refers to people actually contributing to the Polkadot repository itself. However, according to Santiment data, when tracking all projects built on Polkadot, it has the second-highest developer count after Ethereum.
