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Polkadot's Wood Acknowledges Legacy EVM Design's Role But Ties Future to Upgrades

Speaking at Consensus 2021, Parity Technologies founder Gavin Wood discussed changes to Polkadot, using WebAssembly as a smart contract and how legacy blockchains are not fit...

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May 26, 2021 at 1:13 a.m. UTC

May 26, 2021

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As DeFi Grows, Investors Look to Polkadot to Be the Next Ethereum

In a cryptocurrency ecosystem where the programmable-money juggernaut has long been Ethereum, Polkadot, a project that has been quietly developing an alternative solution sinc...

By Daniel Cawrey

Nov 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Nov 17, 2020

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Parity Upgrades Polkadot's Underlying Tech to Make Custom Blockchain Building Easier

Polkadot developer Parity Technologies has released the second version of its blockchain building kit Substrate 2.0, including 70 composable modules.

By William Foxley

Sep 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 23, 2020

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Polkadot Releases Rococo, Its Test Environment for Interoperable 'Parachains'

Polkadot has released its first testnet, Rococo, for its parachain network. The testnet will commence with three parachains, Parity Technologies said.

By William Foxley

Aug 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC

Aug 6, 2020

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Polkadot Raises $43M in 72-Hour Private Sale: Source

A second private sale of the Polkadot token (DOT) has netted some 3,982.07 BTC worth an estimated $43.3 million as of press time, according to sources.

By William Foxley

Jul 27, 2020 at 9:44 p.m. UTC

Jul 27, 2020

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Russia's Supreme Court Makes 'Landmark' Vote With Blockchain System From Kaspersky Lab

The court for the first time used a blockchain-based system to record votes in a web-hosted plenary session Friday.

By Anna Baydakova

Jun 12, 2020 at 3:04 p.m. UTC

Jun 12, 2020

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Parity’s Gavin Wood Takes a Swipe at Ethereum

Gavin Wood, an original co-founder of Ethereum, took a few good swipes at the second-largest cryptocurrency he helped create at Consensus: Distributed.