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    Polkadot

    Polkadot ($DOT) is a heterogeneous multi‑chain technology that allows independent blockchains to exchange information.

    Quick Facts

    • Polkadot is a Layer 1 blockchain
    • Polkadot utilizes a “nominated proof-of-stake” (NPoS) consensus mechanism
    • Polkadot is purpose built with fundamental scalability, powered by its NPoS consensus mechanism; it has a theoretical limit of 166.666 Transactions Per Second (TPS)
    • Polkadot’s average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) is $0
    • Polkadot’s White Paper 📄

    Technical Specifications

    (as of 4/10/22)

    Performance Data

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    Metric
    Value
    Active Transactions Per Second (TPS)

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    Max Theoretical TPS

    166.666 TPS

    Average Cost Per Transaction (CPT)

    $0 USD

    Block Height

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    Environmental Impact

    ∙ Polkadot has the lowest total electricity consumption and total carbon emissions per year of the six so-called proof-of-stake blockchains studied

    Bridges

    ∙ Darwinia ∙ Snowfork

    Github Activity

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    Value
    Repository Name

    polkadot

    Stars

    5.6k

    Watchers

    471

    Forks

    1.2k

    Contributors

    181

    Merged Pull Requests

    3646

    Closed vs Total Issues

    1039 out of 1481

    Financial Ecosystem

    (as of 4/10/22)

    Metric
    Value
    DOT Price

    $17.94

    Market Cap

    $17,721,341,233

    Ecosystem Ranking by Market Cap

    #13

    Token Trading Volume – 24hr

    $890,554,804

    Total Value Locked (TVL)

    $4,029,860

    Liquidity

    $50.840M

    Number of Active Wallets

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    Number of Unique Wallets

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    Circulating Supply

    987,579,314.96 DOT

    Total Supply

    1,103,303,471 DOT

    Node Count

    297 validator nodes

    Inflation Rate

    9.99%

    Key Projects

    Polkadot projects

    AcalaAcala
    Acala

    DeFi

    MoonbeamMoonbeam
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    Moonbeam

    Parachain

    CentrifugeCentrifuge
    Centrifuge

    DeFi, DApp

    EdgewareEdgeware
    Edgeware

    DAOs

    Learning Resources

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    What is Polkadot?What is Polkadot?
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    What is Polkadot?
    Video TutorialsVideo Tutorials
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    Video Tutorials
    A Polkadot-for-Beginners Guide and Intro to BlockchainA Polkadot-for-Beginners Guide and Intro to Blockchain
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    A Polkadot-for-Beginners Guide and Intro to Blockchain
    Polkadot — FigmentPolkadot — Figment
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    Polkadot — Figment

    Social Media

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    Twitter ~1.2M followers
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    Discord ~21.3K members
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    Reddit ~39.7k members
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    Telegram ~37K members

    Company Info

    • Legal Name: Polkadot from the Web3 Foundation
    • Founded: 2016
    • HQ: Zug, Switzerland
    • Current employee count: 11-50 people

    Key People

    • Gavin Wood
    • Arnold Pham
    • Robert Habermeier

    Funding Ecosystem

    • Fund: Polkadot Parachains Launch $250M Fund To Grow Ecosystem
    • Studio: Submit data!

    Investors

    • LongHash Ventures, Cognisa Capital, Hashkey, Placeholder, Mapleblock Capital, AU21 Capital, IOSG Ventures, Fundamental Labs, Kenzi Wang, Alcazar Capital, 8 Decimal Capital, High Naut Capital, CoinFund, James Sowers

    On this page

    • Polkadot
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    • Technical Specifications
    • Financial Ecosystem
    • Key Projects
    • Learning Resources
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    • Company Info
    • Key People
    • Funding Ecosystem
    • Investors