Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to Give Lecture Series as Part of UC Berkeley Blockchai...
University of California, Berkeley and Parity Technologies are joining forces on several blockchain fronts, including educational development and awareness, by leveraging Parity’s expert team and the Substrate framework as knowledge-building resources. UC Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator Partners with Parity to Promote Blockchain Adoption To bring more resources to the University of California, Berkeley community and Blockchain Xcelerator, Parity Technologies and the academic institution are expanding existing ties by forming a resource-rich educational framework for the 2020-2021....
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UC Berkeley, once known for its activism and progressive atmosphere, is now also major player in blockchain education. Blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies has joined forces with the University of California, Berkeley to strengthen the institution’s blockchain curriculum and promote adoption among students and the community. For the 2020–21 academic year, Parity Technologies will work with UC Berkeley’s faculty and students in curriculum preparation, project ideas and other initiatives to strengthen the blockchain learning experience. Parity will also advise students and....
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood has announced a more than $770 million development fund just weeks before the network’s parachain auctions are set to go live. Polkadot (DOT) founder Gavin Wood has unveiled a $777 million development fund ahead of the network’s parachain lease auctions. Wood tweeted on Oct. 17 that Polkadot’s treasury has allocated more than 18.9 million DOT (worth roughly $777 million at the time of writing) to a development fund that will be disbursed through community governance. Wood gave broad suggestions as to how the funds might be spent, stating the capital will be mobilized....
Polkadot’s parachain auctions are bound to be successful and will ensure a decentralized Web3 by connecting different blockchains together. When Gavin Wood co-founded Ethereum, he stated that it would “allow people to interact in mutually beneficial ways without anyone needing to trust each other.” In theory, such a platform would pave the way for Web3, characterized by decentralized or distributed network architectures, that would lay the groundwork for a truly open internet where we would not have to blindly entrust our data to monopolistic corporations or get permission from them in....
In a recent Realvision interview, the developer Gavin Wood explains how Polkadot reimagines the innovation ecosystem from the ground up. Wood also discusses how the Polkadot protocol is both similar but also different than Ethereum, the second-largest crypto asset by market valuation. Polkadot: A Bet Against Maximalism Innovation involves the pioneering and actualization of a creative new way of doing something. For famed blockchain programmer Gavin Wood, Polkadot is the platform that unlocks the potential of swifter blockchain innovation. By building a platform of platforms, or 0-layer....
I saw Gavin Andresen throughout the day, mostly while he was giving a presentation. Though I was lucky enough to sit down with Gavin and Mike (Hearn) during lunch. However their 'tech speak' went a bit over my head while I quietly observed and ate the delicious dinner that had been prepared by the venue. It was not until the Blockchain.info after-party that I managed to get Gavin on his own for a little while for a chat and an interview. What do you hope the audience got from your presentation? Gavin Andresen: "Whenever I do a presentation, I'm hoping that I don't bore them, hoping that I....