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Ethereum Co-Founder Gavin Wood’s Web 3.0 focused Polkadot Project Launches Initiative to Support Decentralization

December 6, 2020 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi |

Polkadot (DOT), a “decentralized” Web 3.0 compatible, blockchain interoperability initiative, has announced the launch of a new project to support greater decentralization. The Polkadot team has invited developers to join its Thousand Validators Program. The Web3 Foundation has established a Thousand Validators Program for Polkadot…. Read More

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Ethereum Competitor Polkadot, a Blockchain Interoperability Protocol, Secures Over $43 Million in Funding via Private Token Sale

July 29, 2020 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi |

Blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot has acquired around $43.7 million in funding through a private token sale. The crypto token sale, which was conducted over the course of three days from July 24 to July 27, 2020, included participation from multiple investors, who provided 3,982 Bitcoins… Read More

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Digital Asset Exchange OKEx lists Polkadot (DOT), Partners with Web3 Foundation

July 18, 2020 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi |

Digital asset exchange OKEx claims that it’s now among the first cryptocurrency exchanges to have partnered with the Web3 Foundation, an organization established to nurture and steward technologies in the fields of decentralized web software protocols. The OKEx team also confirmed that they’ve now listed… Read More

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Web3 Foundation Shelves Plans to Redenominate DOT Tokens and Increase Supply 100x on Blockchain Interoperability Platform Polkadot

May 16, 2020 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi |

A proposal to redenominate Polkadot’s DOT tokens has been shelved for the time being by the Web3 Foundation, a Switzerland-based non-profit entity that supports the growth and development of technologies and applications in the fields of decentralized web software protocols. Polkadot is a sharded protocol… Read More

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