Can Gavin Wood's Polkadot 'Make Blockchain Great Again'? - Ep.202

Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the "meta-protocol," Polkadot. In this episode, he talks about:

his vision for Polkadot and the problems he set out to solve when conceiving it

why he considers Polkadot a meta-protocol

the implementation of parachains and parathreads, how they are defined and how they differ

parachain auctions and candle auctions

how DDoS attacks can be prevented on parachains

initial parachain offerings and how they differ from initial coin offerings and avoid the regulatory problems that were so common with ICOs

on-chain governance on Polkadot and how it works

how immediate implementation of proposals that pass consensus will prevent forks

his answer to those who point to Parity's history with security lapses as cause for concern about Polkadot's security

how he sees Polkadot co-existing with Ethereum

whether Polkadot is working toward composability

how the Web3 Foundation and Parity plan to use their collective stake of DOTs within the network

how he plans to address the possibility that DOT could be labeled a security

how he imagines Polkadot will serve the enterprise world and how Polkadot will benefit enterprise blockchains

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Episode links:

Gavin Wood: https://twitter.com/gavofyork

Polkadot: https://polkadot.network

Kusama: https://kusama.network

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