Polkadot is a scalable sharded chain and the first protocol that provides a secure environment for cross-chain composability of applications and protocols across multiple shards.
By parallelizing transactions, Polkadot solves major scalability issues that have thus far hampered blockchain development. Polkadot also introduces a highly advanced, open governance system that will allow the network to innovate and grow at a much more rapid pace than legacy networks. Applications from decentralized finance and energy to gaming and communications will thrive on Polkadot, challenging the centralized platforms of Web 2.0. Polkadot was created in 2016 by Gavin Wood, the co-founder and CTO of Ethereum and creator of the Solidity programming language.
Polkadot’s codebase, networking, on-chain governance, and validator environment can be experienced today on Kusama Network, Polkadot’s wild cousin. Kusama is a standalone, lower barrier-to-entry network built as a blockchain environment where developers can try out new features before they are introduced to Polkadot.
Chainlink is the industry standard for building, accessing, and selling oracle services needed to power hybrid smart contracts on any blockchain. Chainlink oracle networks provide smart contracts with a way to reliably connect to any external API and leverage secure off-chain computations for enabling feature-rich applications. Chainlink currently secures tens of billions of dollars across DeFi, insurance, gaming, and other major industries, and offers global enterprises and leading data providers a universal gateway to all blockchains.
Learn more about Chainlink by visiting chain.link or reading the developer documentation at docs.chain.link
The Chainlink Labs Channel Partner strategy is intended to outline a joint approach between Chainlink Labs and select accelerators, launchpads, incubators, devshops, and software tools to promote the user adoption and growth of the web3 ecosystem. Chainlink Labs and the channel partners will collaborate to accelerate and nurture the web3 ecosystem in key areas including gameFi, NFTs, developers, and startups.
Chainlink Labs is the leading provider of secure and reliable open-source blockchain oracle solutions, enhancing smart contracts by connecting them to a wide range of off-chain data sources and computations, such as asset prices, web APIs, IoT devices, payment systems, and more. We are dedicated to the development and integration of Chainlink as the standard decentralized oracle framework used by smart contracts across any blockchain.
