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Polkadot Chief Promises Freedom From Ethereum’s ‘Economic Enslavement’

Polkadot creator (and Ethereum co-founder) Gavin Wood says Ethereum is actually closer to Bitcoin than many of its adherents would freely admit.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)

Tech

Chefe Polkadot promete liberdade da 'escravização econômica' de Ethereum

O criador do Polkadot (e cofundador do Ethereum ) Gavin Wood diz que o Ethereum está na verdade mais próximo do Bitcoin do que muitos de seus adeptos admitiriam livremente.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)

Videos

Polkadot’s Gavin Wood: DeFi Regulation Is ‘a Good Thing’

Gavin Wood, CEO of smart contract blockchain Polkadot, which issues its native token DOT, discusses why regulation is good for DeFi, adding it would force projects and platforms to be truly decentralized, and it would weed out projects with more centralized elements.

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Markets

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.

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Tech

Polkadot Goes Live as Web3 Foundation Pushes Prospective Mainnet

Polkadot is now live, following the launch of its first “chain candidate” (CC1).

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Tech

'Very Near Launch': Polkadot Founder Gavin Wood Details Network Rollout

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood outlined the “five or six” steps the network will be taking as it moves to a full launch, some four years after first being conceived, during his Ready Layer One presentation.

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood

Markets

'Power to the People': Privacy Was the Rallying Cry of Berlin's Web3 Summit

It may seem trivial in some cases, but digital anonymity is no joking matter to American whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden.

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'Expect Chaos': Polkadot to Launch Experimental Kusama Network This Summer

Polkadot will be launching an experimental "canary network" called Kusama for early application testing and development.

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Markets

Ethereum Co-Founder's Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claims $1.2 Billion Valuation

Polkadot has closed on a private token sale that it says values the blockchain interoperability project as a tech unicorn.

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Ethereum Startup Parity Launches DIY Blockchain Tool Substrate

Parity Technologies has launched a beta version of Substrate, a tool that lets users create custom blockchains for decentralized applications.

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