This week 👀

Turn on alerts for Manta Network (🔱,🔱) #MantaRenewParadigm. Thank me later.

In this interview, Astar Foundation Head, Maarten | Astar, explains why the Astar Network is Japan’s leading L1 #blockchain & why it's a leading Smart Contract Hub on #Polkadot & beyond! Topics: Astar 2.0, Korea, Going Global,@0xPolygonLabs, Polkadot + more!
Full interview:…

2023 was a rough year for crypto, but the builders in Polkadot never stopped and now the 2.0 upgrade is almost here!

So there's no better way to spread the news then breakdown why we think it's the future of blockchain scaling.

Ethereum Optimistic vs. zk rollups vs. DOT 2.0 👇

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Snowbridge has been merged into the Asset Hub and Bridge Hub Rococo runtimes. Deployment soon. 🚀 #ChristmasRelease

Parity Technologies Visit the Data Report for more end-of-the-year highlights and insights on:

🏛️ OpenGov
✉️ XCM
🔄 Relay Chain Stats
👩‍💻 Polkadot SDK
⚒️ Staking & Validators

dashboards.data.paritytech.io/reports/2023/i…

The #coretime parachain is running on #Rococo since some days now. Yesterday we upgraded #Rococo to use #coretime , but the XCM message send by the migration was a little bit faulty. Today we resend the XCM message that used more than 50 instructions to setup the #coretime state.

GM Polkadot Fam 🫶

Today let´s look into decentralized identity solutions on KILT Protocol with A Chain of Blocks.

I believe #DOT ecosystem should start using #KILT as the identity system for the #DOT ecosystem. It could help with KYC and reputation for #OpenGov . What do you think?

Today BlockchainBrad speaks exclusively with Giotto De Filippi, a major $DOT Activist & proponent of the Polkadot ecosystem! He's a major DOT holder/voter, Polkadot Marketing strategist & creator of #Polkadot 's Marketing Initiative ( #DOT AMI).
Interview Link👉: youtu.be/AojoYRlYsmo

Transactions on Polkadot are currently being submitted at about 250,000 per hour, or 400-450 per block. This is up from 250-300 per block last night.

Fees will not rise until about 1250 transactions per block, when blocks are considered 25% full.

🚨 Crowdloan Allocations & TDE Date 🚨

The InvArch team is excited to share a breakdown of the final crowdloan allocations - and to announce the #VARCH TDE will take place on December 30th! 🎉

👉 Crowdloan Allocations: bit.ly/InvArch_CLA

I promised REAL interviews.
I promised to do at least 100 of them with top reps in the #blockchain domain & #crypto space.
I promised to also focus on highlighting leading Founders & Builders in the $DOT eco.

I am just getting started!

Cheers to all the Founders/Builders! 🍻

1 Million transactions today on the Polkadot relay chain.

This is the highest activity day on Polkadot in history, topping out the 941,000 transactions on May 5, 2021.

The activity is due to inscriptions.

Today BlockchainBrad speaks exclusively with Giotto De Filippi, a major $DOT Activist & proponent of the Polkadot ecosystem! He's a major DOT holder/voter, Polkadot Marketing strategist & creator of #Polkadot 's Marketing Initiative ( #DOT AMI).
Interview Link👉: youtu.be/AojoYRlYsmo

🔥 Big moment in today’s OpenDev FELLOWSHIP Call! Jay Chrawnna posed a pivotal question: Can the Polkadot treasury diversify beyond DOT tokens? Don’t miss the insightful responses from Gavin Wood and Joe Petrowski . 🚀 Catch the entire conversation on The Kusamarian 🛰️

Crypto Billionaire Investor jameswo: « I hold 9 figures in @astarnetwork and more than 1% of the Polkadot supply, here is why I am betting big on Sota Watanabe and the polkadot ecosystem!»

DFG and Jsquare Founder James Wo did a lot of things right in the…

Pretty crazy to see the real-time effects of the Manta Network (🔱,🔱) #MantaRenewParadigm <> Celestia combination in real time.

All the benefits of zk-proving for L2s, with a 99% cost reduction vs. L1 DA.

Combine that with Interop proof aggregation, and you have an incredibly cost effective L2.

🔔 Mark your calendar!

🗓️ December 21st, 9:30PM EST
🔗 twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqKD…

Join our X Space to explore our exciting new partnership featuring zkSBT for Burnt. Gain insights, get answers, and discover everything about Burnt in this not-to-be-missed session.

Polkadot can now pay you in USDT!
OpenGov can pay in any asset now

Just stepped out of this month's Polkadot Technical Fellowship OpenDev Call and this is huge news.

A new `treasury.spend()` method is introduced in Polkadot 1.1 that allows spending in ANY asset

CORE FEATURES OF INVARCH

🚀 Unveiling the core features of InvArch | Chain Abstraction in one powerful infographic!

🌐Explore the future of innovation with robust functionalities designed to elevate your experience

❓About Invarch this is an #Omnichain Account Unification Network on…

Some nice content here by Emil Kietzman Dot⭕️ about Data Availability on #Polkadot 👀

Quite some stuff kickstarted and looks like you will be able to do a lot with #DOT software 👇