What we’re about
Welcome to Polkadot and Kusama, Zug! This is a community for both technical and non-technical people to learn about, discuss, and hack on the Polkadot and Kusama networks.
Polkadot is a next-generation, sharded, multi-chain network founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, cofounder and former chief technology officer of Ethereum and creator of the Solidity programming language. Polkadot is a metaprotocol solving many challenges that has hindered the growth of legacy blockchains, including scalability, governance, security, and interoperability. Polkadot is a project fostered by the Web3 Foundation and built by industry-leading developers like Parity Technologies. Applications from decentralized finance and energy to gaming and communications will thrive on Polkadot, challenging the centralized platforms of the current web.
Kusama is a scalable network of specialized blockchains built using Substrate* and nearly the same codebase as Polkadot. The network is a development environment for teams who want to move fast and innovate exclusively on Kusama, or fine-tune and prepare for deployment on Polkadot. Kusama was founded in 2019 by Gavin Wood. Kusama is a platform built for radical change agents to take back control from big tech, spark innovation and push the limits of what’s possible.
*Substrate is the development framework for building custom blockchains that can connect to the Polkadot or Kusama network. Learn more at http://substrate.io
This group will follow Polkadot's development and learn about Polkadot and Kusama’s technology, recent developments in the ecosystem, developing custom, application-specific blockchains called parachains, and building decentralized applications.
===Resources and Getting Connected===
• Learn more about Polkadot: http://polkadot.network
• Polkadot vision video with Polkadot founder, Dr. Gavin Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcOKXAOh4Xw
• Learn more about Kusama: http://kusama.network
• Developer? Learn more about Substate at http://substrate.io and http://substrate.dev
• Stay up-to-date with our email newsletters: https://info.polkadot.network/subscribe
Upcoming events (1)
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📅 Date: 26 November 5.30pm - 9pm
📍 Location: Reiffergässli 4 6300 Zug, SwitzerlandGet ready to dive into the vibrant world of Polkadot, the Largest Smart Account Ecosystem on the EVM, and Polimec going Multi-Chain at our highly anticipated Crypto Nights!
🎤 Agenda:- 5.30 pm: Opening
- 6:00 pm - 6:10 pm: Radha Dasari (Technical Education Lead at Web3 Foundation) - Polkadot Updates
- 6:10 pm - 6:30 pm: Lukas Schor (Co-Founder Safe) - Smart Accounts (EVM)
- 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm: Joe Petrowski - A new EVM Smart Contract Ecosystem on Polkadot
- 6.50 pm - 7.00 pm: Polimec goes Multi-Chain - Are you ready, anon?
- 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm: Networking
🍷 Drinks: Enjoy a selection of free drinks.
Join us for an evening filled with learning, networking, and fun. Whether you're a blockchain enthusiast, an early-stage investor, or just curious about the decentralized world, Crypto Nights promises to be an event you will want to attend.
Secure your spot now and be part of the future of digital innovation!
Register today!
