What are Parachains in the Polkadot Ecosystem?
Parachains are sovereign blockchains running in parallel within the Polkadot and Kusama networks. Polkadot and its canary network Kusama are built with the same design, consisting of a central Relay…
Oracles – The Internet of Blockchains
We discuss how blockchains’ inherent inability to connect to the real world limits their use and how oracles provide the solution by acting as middleware to their connection to the…
Ren Protocol: Interview with COO Michael Burgess
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is one of the most expansive sectors in the crypto space. So-called “wrapped tokens” are an important DeFi building block. They allow cross-blockchain transactions. An overview of…
Blockchain Interoperability: Towards a Connected Future
Interoperability is the ability of software to exchange information between different ecosystems. In the case of blockchains, it has the potential to break the silos and to create a network…