Tag: Polkadot
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Monthly Wrap-Up January 2025: Launching Incognitee for DOT on Polkadot Asset Hub, Recapping 2024 & Releasing the Roadmap
Last month, we focused on preparing and releasing Incognitee on Polkadot Asset Hub, thus enabling the use of DOT for private transactions and messaging. Since it was the start of a new year, we also published a recap of 2024’s highlights and released the roadmap for 2025. Scroll through and discover what Integritee’s been up…
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Incognitee — The Start of Full Privacy for DOT
Incognitee is the first and currently only solution offering enhanced privacy with convenience for Polkadot. From anonymous transfers to anonymous voting and messaging, our solution aims to empower users with control over their digital footprint. Private transactions obfuscate the details of transactions, including the amount and parties involved. This ensures that even metadata remains confidential while…
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The Evolution of Smart Contracts: What’s Next?
Smart contracts are self-executing contracts that eliminate the need for intermediaries, offering transparency, trust, and efficiency. Let’s take a look into what the future has in store regarding this technology and its evolution. Powered by blockchain, smart contracts are immutable and irreversible, ensuring the integrity of transactions in various sectors. Even if you’re not related…
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Cross-Chain Interoperability: Major Issues & How to Tackle Them
There are now numerous blockchains besides Bitcoin. Popular examples include Ethereum, Polkadot, Solana, and Binance Chain. And although blockchain was designed to be decentralized, ironically, most function as isolated silos, and are quite centralized. Each has its own unique structure, token, and consensus mechanism, and “communication” between different ecosystems has to be created on a…
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Different Types of Crypto Wallets: All You Need to Know
Crypto wallets are a necessary tool in the world of digital assets and exchange, as they’re the gateway to managing, storing, and transacting digital tokens. There is now a wide range of different types of wallets, each with pros and cons. In this article, we delve into their advantages and downsides. Private and public keys,…
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Monthly Wrap-Up July 2024: Talking at Decoded, Launching Treasury Proposals, Publishing Articles & More
Business Updates Integritee at Polkadot Decoded 2024 Last month, Integritee’s co-founders, Alain Brenzikofer, and Waldemar Scherer, were in Brussels attending this year’s Polkadot Decoded. Besides connecting with fellow developers and innovators, we took the stage to present Incognitee, our ongoing project where privacy is key. Several people showed interest and asked for more details regarding…
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Monthly Wrap-Up June 2024: Incognitee Bug Bounty Launch, Polkadot Treasury Proposal & More
Business Updates Tech4Trust Accelerator Program: Integritee in the Finish Line Earlier last month, we got to the finish line of the Tech4Trust Accelerator Program, and our CEO Waldemar Scherer attended the Award Ceremony. Although we didn’t make it to the top 3 winners, we are excited and proud to be an alumni member of T4T,…
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DePINs: Harnessing the Power of Connectivity to Build Real-World Applications
Crypto is the first thing that comes to mind when discussing blockchain. But as we know, this technology has countless other uses; they’re just not as tangible as digital money. However, a new trend is emerging — and becoming the talk of the town among venture capitalists: DePINs, short for Decentralized Physical Infrastructures. In simple…
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DEXs on Polkadot: Leveraging the Power of Substrate & Shared Security
Ever wondered about the differences between the DEXs built on Polkadot and the ones launched in other blockchain ecosystems? Let’s dive into the structure of some Substrate-based trading platforms and understand why they have different unique designs. There are two major types of platforms to exchange crypto. Centralized Exchanges (CEXs) are controlled by a central…
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Slot Auctions vs Coretime: What’s Changing for Polkadot Projects
Parachain slots were allocated on Polkadot via slot auctions, but those are going to be replaced with a new method: enter Coretime, Polkadot’s new parachain allocation system. In this article, we explore the concept and how it works. Until now, Polkadot’s architecture can be broken down into the Relay Chain, parathreads, parachains, and the elements…