We have described the inner workings parachain auctions in our previous article, now we are going to focus on the crowdloans. So, what is a crowdloan and why may you want to participate in the crowdloan instead of bidding directly in the auctions? Auctions recap To just briefly remind what the auctions…

As you probably know, there are multiple projects that would like to become a parachain on either Kusama or Polkadot networks. These projects will benefit from the shared security model provided by the Relay Chain and will be communicating with each other via the XCMP protocol at the same time…

Stability is something that is not certain in the crypto space. Stablecoins came up into this field with the aim of making cryptocurrencies and even the DeFi usable. Without them, it would not be easy to adopt tens of thousands new users and attract them because they fear one thing…

Ethereum is without a doubt the most mature and largest blockchain ecosystem focused on smart contracts. While Ethereum still got the most dApps and developers that are building them, it suffers from big scalability issues that will take a lot of time and pain to solve. …

This is the first article of our new series on Polkadot’s staking. Every explanation should start with some theory and a bit of tech behind it, so here you have it in some very easy-to-read and simple way. There are tons of materials in Polkadot Wiki, so if you want…

1. Imbue Network won the 40th slot on Kusama by raising 140x less KSM than Karura! Imbue Network is the winner of the 40th parachain auction on Kusama by raising 3.550 KSM in the crowdloan from only 249 contributors. As far as we know, this amount of locked KSM, which is worth 187k USD at the moment of writing, is the smallest amount necessary for the…

It is not a secret that existing markets are literally overloaded with money. Traditional financial tools such as forex, saving accounts, lending, or foreign exchange trades are largely disconnected either from blockchain networks or the fast-growing innovative DeFi ecosystem. …

1. Coinversation won the 19th auction on Polkadot Coinversation is the official winner of the 18th parachain auction on Polkadot Network by raising 143k DOT worth $1.1m. This amount of DOT was locked into the crowdloan by 1033 contributors, which will be rewarded by 22,5% of the initial supply of Coinversation as the crowdloan rewards. …

The DOT Festival on Astar continues with event #2. With twice the rewards compared to the 1st event, the bonus of this one is 2,000,000 ASTR. …