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Smart contracts are self-executing contracts with the terms of agreement between buyer and seller being directly written into lines of code. They are decentralized applications that run on a…

DiD is short for Decentralized Identity, something that’s become increasingly popular with the rise of regulatory norms surrounding the crypto space — and, as a result, the blockchain industry. As…

Rollups have become the primary way for teams to increase the throughput of Ethereum. Or it'd be more accurate to say, increase its ability to handle transactions by outsourcing some of the work. Currently, there are two types of rollups in the market: optimistic rollups and zk-rollups. In this...

GMP (General Message Passing) is a mechanism that boosts blockchain interoperability through secure, seamless communication between networks

Introducing Machine Composability: The key to powering Smart Cities and the Economy of Things, shaping how machines, vehicles, and devices interact seamlessly in the decentralized peaqosystem.

Welcome to the inaugural article of our series “Exploring Collaborative Use Cases across Ethereum, Cosmos, and Polkadot.” This series aims to shed light on the innovative possibilities that arise…

Explore the exciting journey of NFTs, recent changes, and the question on everyone's mind: What Happened to NFTs? Dive into the world of digital assets with us.

Tokenized real world assets are a trending topic in the blockchain technology space, seemingly poised to become the next major narrative.

We recently identified and addressed an issue within our IBC pallet implementation. Specifically, we identified an incompatibility with the response of success acknowledgements coming from…

Blockchain systems are, by nature, purely deterministic in providing the cryptographic properties that ensure their functionalities. Without real-world data, our decentralized systems would be…

The AI boom is fueled by data, and Web3 is the perfect solution to making sure this data is sourced in a fair and compliant way. Read this post by Sheridan Johns and Leonard Dorlöchter to learn why.

Last week, our team was at Token 2049, a leading crypto conference bringing the crypto industry together in Singapore. Among other things, we finally revealed what Astar Supernova was about. Thanks to everyone who joined us, the organizers, for a tremendously well-executed conference with...

Six months have passed since the Shanghai Upgrade, and the much-talked-about LST Wars show no signs of abating. With a colossal market capitalization, this sector stands as a hotly contested…

Web3. What is it? How did we get here? Was there a Web2? And a Web1? Why is it exciting? Answers to all of this and more, in this short and sweet piece, taking you on a journey through the webs.

A parachain is a type of blockchain that connects to a larger blockchain network, known as the Polkadot network. Unlike traditional blockchains, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum…

Explore the multifaceted role of a Community Delegate in Moonbeam. Understand how they influence decisions and foster community engagement.

The following article explores some of the latest news about the future of Polkadot and provides a variety of resources for our community members to stay up to date with all things Polkadot and OAK…

More than ten years since the launch of Bitcoin, new layer-1 chains continue launching with their unique ways of addressing the Blockchain trilemma. It has become increasingly clear that the future doesn’t belong to just one ecosystem but that we’ll live in a Multichain future, where each chain...

Do you know this feeling? You want to try out that new blockchain that has just launched. But you are already deep in another ecosystem? Downbad. Cross-chain bridging is among the biggest pain points…

When Ethereum, the earliest smart contract platform, was born, most decentralized applications could only be deployed on Ethereum. With the flourishing of the public chain ecology and the development…