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Polkadot parachains launch

First Group of Parachains Now Launched on Polkadot

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The first 5 projects winning Polkadot Parachain auctions, Acala, Astar, Clover, Moonbeam, and Parallel Finance were officially launched on the network. They are focused on DeFi and will serve to enhance Polkadot’s scalability. In the blog post published on Dec. 18, the Polkadot team said that the...

Polkadot parachains auctions

Polkadot's 3rd Parachain Slot Auction Winner Is Astar

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The winner of Polkadot's 3rd auction became Astar Network, which is a multichain dapps hub. As announced, the protocol will be onboarded at a block with the other first 5 winners on Dec. 18. Previously known as Plasm Network, Astar supports Ethereum, dapp staking, and Layer 2...

Polkadot Kusama parachains

Polkadot and Kusama Rise Before the Release of Parachains

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Blockchain platform Polkadot stated that parachains are ready to go live. Parachains are blocks that connect with Polkadot's central chain called Relay Chain. They are meant to expand the blockchain's environment, building scalable multi-chain architecture Currently, Polkassemmbly holds voting over...

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