Gavin Wood – DIGIT INFO

Gavin Wood’s biggest hope: Free crypto transactions and Web3 tech worldwide

DIGIT — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:01:18 +0000

We need to “divorce Ethereum from Ether” to onboard the six billion Web2 users, Wood told Cointelegraph during an exclusive.

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Proof-of-Ink by Gavin Wood: The tattoo that secures your Web3 privacy

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:01:13 +0000

The Web3 individuality mechanism will require a unique, algorithmically generated tattoo to prove digital citizenship.

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Polkadot’s founder announces steps toward full decentralization with new governance model

DIGIT — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:21:10 +0000

Gavin Wood said that he seeks to transform the Polkadot blockchain into a full technocracy.

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Ukraine Crypto Donations: Government Now Accepts Over 70 Crypto Assets

DIGIT — Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:30:04 +0000

Crypto payment processor Coingate and International Business Settlement (IBS) have started an arrangement with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) that enables well-wishers to send donations to Ukraine via more than 70 different crypto assets. Calls for Widening List of Accepted Crypto Donations Lithuania-based crypto payment processor Coingate recently said it has begun an arrangement […]

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Data shows Polkadot crashes after reaching $1B open interest — Will it happen again?

DIGIT — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 19:34:43 +0000

DOT price crashed both times after its futures open interest clipped $1 billion. Should traders expect a correction now that OI is over this figure?

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Polkadot unveils $770M development fund ahead of parachain auctions

DIGIT — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:12:39 +0000

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.

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Polkadot to debut parachain auctions after governance vote

DIGIT — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:27:00 +0000

The first series of auctions will begin on Nov 11 and run until Dec. 9

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Polkadot – Vitalik’s Nightmare or a Blockchain Dream Come True?

DIGIT — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:30:43 +0000

Although it’s possible to draw comparisons between almost any two blockchain development platforms, comparing Ethereum with Polkadot is almost an inevitability. Not only on the technical level – they use a comparable architecture and proof-of-stake consensus to achieve scalability – but because Vitalik Buterin and Dr. Gavin Wood also have a shared history in Ethereum. […]

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Blockchain Innovation Done the Polkadot Way According to Gavin Wood

DIGIT — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:30:10 +0000

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 […]

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Crypto Firm to Launch Polkadot ETP on Swiss Exchange SIX

DIGIT — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:30:38 +0000

21Shares AG, a Zurich-based investment provider, is launching what is being dubbed as the world’s first Polkadot exchange-traded product, or ETP. The DOT ETP will be listed on the Swiss exchange SIX on Thursday, February 4, said the company in a statement on Tuesday. DOT is the native token of the Polkadot network. DOT has […]

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