ink! is a programming language for smart contracts — one of several that blockchains built with the Substrate framework can choose from. It is an opinionated language that we at Parity have built by extending the popular…
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A STATEMENT FROM DR GAVIN WOOD Parity was initially founded as EthCore in late 2015 by five people (myself, Aeron Buchanan, TJ Saw, Ken Kappler and Jutta Steiner), with Björn Wagner joining the group as a co-founder a…
How we created 50K Unique NFTs for Polkadot Decoded 2022 (in one month)
October 04, 2022 in
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Blog contributors: Simon Telezhkin, Parity Technologies Visual 3D Designer Ignasi Albero, Web3 Foundation Brand Lead Hamid Alipour, Parity Technologies Fullstack Product Engineer For Polkadot Decoded 2022, we came up…
On the occasion of ink! surpassing 1,000 stars on Github, we take a deep dive into the smart contract programming language. ink! is a programming language for smart contracts — one of several that blockchains built with…
Introducing Substrate Marketplace: Your One-Stop Resource for Substrate Pallets
June 29, 2022 in
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The Substrate Developer Hub has just received a major update aimed at improving the Substrate learning and building experience. In addition to a completely revamped documentation experience , we’ve launched Substrate…
Klaytn Building Metaverse Platform On Substrate in Collaboration with Parity
May 25, 2022 in
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Created in 2019 and based out of Korea, the Klaytn blockchain has achieved significant adoption with a vibrant and growing community around DeFi and NFTs, having partnered with the Bank of Korea and being integrated…
Parity Signer 5.0 Beta: Parity’s Advanced Air-Gapped Wallet Gets a Major Update
May 02, 2022 in
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Parity Signer , Parity’s advanced smartphone-based cold storage solution for Substrate-based blockchains, has just received its most comprehensive update to date. The 5.0 beta release is now available for download in the…
Introducing Square One: Your Starting Point to Building on Substrate, Polkadot, and Kusama
April 28, 2022 in
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Square One is a new initiative from Parity offering ecosystem direction and a customized support route across Substrate resources for new and early-stage builders. There are many ways to build on Substrate, and the…
ink! 3.0: Parity’s Rust-Based Language for WASM Smart Contracts Gets a Major Update
March 16, 2022 in
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ink!, Parity’s Rust-based programming language for writing Web Assembly (Wasm) smart contracts, has just launched its biggest update to date. ink! is used by developers in the Polkadot and Substrate ecosystem to build…
SBP Graduates highlights teams that have successfully completed the Substrate Builders Program and launched a parachain on Polkadot. This post takes a look at the third project to win a parachain auction on Polkadot…