Introduction to Polkadot
summary
Polkadot positions itself as a networking protocol that runs a central relay chain which coordinates many parallel parachains (independent blockchains) to achieve much higher throughput and interoperability. It provides shared security and bridges to legacy chains like Bitcoin and Litecoin so they can be opted in without changing them. Runtime upgrades use WebAssembly to enable on-chain governance, the network is multi-client (Parity, ChainSafe in Rust and Go), and a live testnet with ~30 validators is progressing through POC stages toward interchain message passing.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 1:17Introducing Polkadot
- 4:52INTEROPERABILITY
- 6:14THINKING BEYOND TOKENS
- 7:09Share Security
- 8:27Building Blocks: Technology
- 9:32Design Principles
- 10:29One Parachain
- 10:40Moving to a blockchain network
- 11:41Another View
- 12:19Where are we now?
- 13:20What's Next?
- 14:1730+ Teams Building on Polkadot
- 14:46Get in Touch
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