Polkadot Parachains Go Live, Capping Yearslong Tech Build for Ambitious Blockchain Project

Dec 20, 2021

After several years in development, Polkadot, an underlying framework for connecting various blockchains, now has five live parachains, or “parallelized chains”: Acala, Moonbeam, Parallel Finance, Astar, and Clover. Polkadot will ultimately offer 100 parachain slots. “The Hash” team discusses where this update puts Polkadot in the layer 1 blockchain conversation as it competes with Ethereum.

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