We're the Web3 innovators, core engineers, and Rust devs powering the decentralized web by developing @Polkadot. Here since 2015. Here to stay.
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Domain names are resolved by organizations you cannot audit, running infrastructure you cannot inspect, under terms they can change without notice.
Information asymmetry is there by design. The system works because users have no choice but to trust it.
On @Polkadot, .dot names are registered in smart contracts. The registry is public. The resolution logic is auditable. The name belongs to whoever holds the key.
No registrar. No black box. No terms to change.
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When content is tied to a server, whoever runs the server controls access.
@Polkdot indexes content by hash, not by server location. Anyone with the identifier can retrieve it. No single platform controls access.
Storage expires when you no longer need it, and renews when you do.
Static sites, media assets, and application data. Available, censorship-resistant, and retrievable by anyone.
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The same companies that extract your data also own the compute that processes it. When data flows through a centralized server, one entity controls what gets logged, stored, and sold.
On @Polkadot, data does not pass through a server to reach the network.
Cryptographically signed statements propagate peer-to-peer. No single node sees the full flow. No single entity decides what gets logged. The code is open source and independently verifiable.
• No blockspace consumed.
• No permanent record.
• No single node is in control.
Publish credentials, off-chain computation updates, and indexing data directly to the network without running a server or trusting one you don't control.
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Current identity verification hands your personal data to centralized entities and hopes they protect it. @Web3Foundation documented data being compiled and sold without people ever actively using the services that profit from it.
Your identity online should be pseudonymous by default and never traceable. Proof of Personhood replaces the data handover with a cryptographic proof.
Prove you are human. Reveal nothing else.
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When apps and platforms are free, you are the business model.
@Web3Foundation estimates $6,563 extracted per US user per year and $393,785 over a person’s digital lifetime.
Playground . dot is where you start building the alternative.
At Web3 Summit, we’re unveiling a prototype build environment for devs and everyone curious to build and deploy Dapps on @Polkadot in <1 hour. No prior experience. No fees. No setup.
1. Start with a working app.
2. Mod it with AI tools.
3. Deploy to a live sandbox environment.
Your prototype gets a .dot domain and shows up in the shared showcase at the Summit for everyone there to find, mod, and build on.
June 18–19. Berlin.
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For a decade, we have been building the platform. The next chapter is what gets built on top.
And there is no better place to test what that looks like than the Web3 Summit. Decentralized apps, private by default, and open to everyone.
June 18–19. Berlin.
web3summit.com/
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Parity Technologies retweeted
Great post from @byteboro about what Parity has been working on and what will be shown at Web3 Summit...
forum.polkadot.network/t/pre…
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Development still speeding up in the @paritytech open source repos.
note: this is data from public repos only, and as my post on the forum mentioned today, we will be continuing to open source more stuff all the way up until @Web3summit !
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Every app you use adds to a profile you never consented to. Clicks, purchases, and searches are linked across platforms through a single visible identity.
@Web3Foundation identified 129 companies across banking, insurance, AI, and advertising that build their business models on personal data.
@Polkadot's account derivation is a native feature of Substrate's sr25519 cryptography. One root identity. App-specific accounts are generated automatically. No manual selection, no cross-app profile.
Your activity stays yours.
We are building user ownership at the infrastructure layer.
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Monolithic chains run everything in one shared environment. Same constraints, congestion, and limitations for every application built on top.
@Polkadot's modular design separates execution domains. Each rollup chain defines its own logic, governance, and state. Shared security and interoperability come included.
Building with the Polkadot SDK means:
• Isolated execution domains.
• Shared security via NPoS and ELVES.
• Native cross-chain communication through XCM.
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Most developer experiences begin with friction:
Install this. Configure that. Read the docs.
At Web3 Summit 2026, Playground . dot starts differently.
Start with a working app. Modify it. Experiment. Deploy your own version in ~30 mins.
Decentralized hosting. Data. Domains. Private accounts by default.
Parity engineers will be on hand to guide and help, but the idea is that even a total novice could deploy a fully decentralized app.
Build. Deploy. Vote. Climb the leaderboard.
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See you there: web3summit.com/
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Bulletin Chain is a specialized storage chain in the Polkadot ecosystem.
Data is submitted via authorized extrinsics, indexed with Blake2b-256 hashes, and retrievable by content hash from IPFS or directly from the node.
Storage expires after the retention period. Renew it if you need it. Let it go if you don't.
Store static sites, media assets, and application data with built-in availability and censorship resistance.
Not everything needs to live on-chain forever.
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Full nodes verify every state transition and store the entire chain history. That's significant overhead for most applications.
Polkadot's light clients verify state using only cryptographic proofs and block headers.
A mobile wallet built with PAPI and smoldot verifies account state through Merkle proofs against block headers. Verification happens inside the app itself. No third-party node. No infrastructure to run or trust.
• Works across multiple chains simultaneously.
• Runs inside the application itself.
• Minimizes trust by default.
Secure blockchain access without the overhead.
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There are rooms where the conversation moves faster than anywhere else. The Louvre salon at @ProofofTalk is one of them.
Tomorrow, Parity's VP of Engineering @pierreaubert sits down with @ChiZhangData, @provenauthority, and @StuartHaber to ask the hard questions:
How do we prove who is actually behind every interaction when AI agents start acting, transacting, and communicating on behalf of people?
Personhood, Provenance, and Verification in the Agentic Age.
May 21
PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT: When AI agents start acting, transacting, and communicating on behalf of people and institutions, how do we prove who is actually behind every interaction?
Chi Zhang @ChiZhangData (Co-founder & CEO, @GoKiteAI), Evin McMullen @provenauthority (Co-Founder & CEO, @billions_ntwk), Pierre Aubert @pierreaubert (VP of Engineering, @paritytech), and Stuart Haber @StuartHaber (Chief Cryptographic Officer, @SuremarkDigital) sit down for a talk with Mohamed Ezeldin @Mo_Ezz14 (VP & Head of Animoca Labs, @animocabrands) discussing:
Personhood, Provenance, and Verification in the Agentic Age.
Drawing from their experience, they will discuss how decentralised identity systems can prove someone is human, eligible, or trustworthy without exposing their full identity or relying on Web2 gatekeepers.
Challenge! They will have to name 1 under-discussed threat from agentic AI, from synthetic users and bot networks to agent impersonation, credential fraud, and the collapse of trust online.
Be in the room.
tickets.proofoftalk.io/passe…
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In 2014, Gavin Wood wrote the blueprint for a web where people own their digital lives. Not platforms. Not governments. People.
Parts of the space lost sight of that.
This June, Parity CEO @gavofyork returns to Web3 Summit to share his vision for the next decade of a free internet.
See you in Berlin.
web3summit.com/
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Did you know Web3 had a founding document?
gavwood.com/dappsweb3.html
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Yes, I've read it
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I knew it existed
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News to me
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It started with Bitcoin
15 votes • Final results
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Pierre Aubert, our VP of Engineering (@pierreaubert), is speaking at @proofoftalk this June.
Taking place at the magical Louvre, Paris, where 2,500 leaders will convene. There are no ‘pay to speak’ ops at Proof of Talk; every voice in that room earned its place.
Pierre has spent his career building systems that actually work at CERN, Google, and now Parity. The focus now is on turning blockchain infra into something people can use without complexity.
If you're lucky enough to have secured your ticket, make sure not to miss this one.
proofoftalk.io/speakers/
May 21
PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT: When AI agents start acting, transacting, and communicating on behalf of people and institutions, how do we prove who is actually behind every interaction?
Chi Zhang @ChiZhangData (Co-founder & CEO, @GoKiteAI), Evin McMullen @provenauthority (Co-Founder & CEO, @billions_ntwk), Pierre Aubert @pierreaubert (VP of Engineering, @paritytech), and Stuart Haber @StuartHaber (Chief Cryptographic Officer, @SuremarkDigital) sit down for a talk with Mohamed Ezeldin @Mo_Ezz14 (VP & Head of Animoca Labs, @animocabrands) discussing:
Personhood, Provenance, and Verification in the Agentic Age.
Drawing from their experience, they will discuss how decentralised identity systems can prove someone is human, eligible, or trustworthy without exposing their full identity or relying on Web2 gatekeepers.
Challenge! They will have to name 1 under-discussed threat from agentic AI, from synthetic users and bot networks to agent impersonation, credential fraud, and the collapse of trust online.
Be in the room.
tickets.proofoftalk.io/passe…
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