Parity Technologies

As DeFi Grows, Investors Look to Polkadot to Be the Next Ethereum

In a cryptocurrency ecosystem where the programmable-money juggernaut has long been Ethereum, Polkadot, a project that has been quietly developing an alternative solution since 2016, is ready to take on the blockchain world.

Markets  ·  17 November 2020

Parity Upgrades Polkadot’s Underlying Tech to Make Custom Blockchain Building Easier

Polkadot developer Parity Technologies has released the second version of its blockchain building kit Substrate 2.0, including 70 composable modules.

Tech  ·  23 September 2020
CoinFlash

Polkadot Releases Rococo, Its Test Environment for Interoperable ‘Parachains’

Polkadot has released its first testnet, Rococo, for its parachain network. The testnet will commence with three parachains, Parity Technologies said.

Tech  ·  6 August 2020
Polkadot

Polkadot Raises $43M in 72-Hour Private Sale: Source

A second private sale of the Polkadot token (DOT) has netted some 3,982.07 BTC worth an estimated $43.3 million as of press time, according to sources.

News  ·  27 July 2020
Russia

Russia’s Supreme Court Makes ‘Landmark’ Vote With Blockchain System From Kaspersky Lab

The court for the first time used a blockchain-based system to record votes in a web-hosted plenary session Friday.

Tech  ·  12 June 2020
Ethereum

Parity’s Gavin Wood Takes a Swipe at Ethereum

Gavin Wood, an original co-founder of Ethereum, took a few good swipes at the second-largest cryptocurrency he helped create at Consensus: Distributed.

Tech  ·  11 May 2020
Polkadot

IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot

IoT platform Nodle announced it is switching from the Stellar blockchain to a custom build on Parity Technologies’ Substrate network.

Tech  ·  31 March 2020
DeFi

Polkadot to Use Chainlink Oracles for Interoperability Network

Polkadot will be the first non-ethereum blockchain to integrate Chainlink.

Tech  ·  25 February 2020
Security Tokens

Polymath Moves Security Token Platform Off Ethereum and Onto Parity’s Substrate

As part of the transition, Parity has agreed to build certain business-logic features on Polymesh’s base layer.

Tech  ·  20 November 2019
Security

Parity Updates Tech to Let You Turn Old Phones Into Cold Storage Crypto Wallets

Parity adds support for Polkadot in the latest beta version of its mobile cold wallet app.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 October 2019
Parity Technologies

Amberdata Discovers ‘RPC Call’ Bug in Parity Ethereum Client

A new code release of the Parity ethereum client was released on Thursday to patch a security vulnerability found by blockchain startup Amberdata.

Markets  ·  29 August 2019
Polkadot

Web3’s Gavin Wood Launches Kusama Network to Test Polkadot Protocol

The Web3 Foundation launched a live experimental version of the Polkadot network on Friday. Here's what Kusama will be testing.

Markets  ·  23 August 2019
Ethereum

Developers Behind Ethereum App Aragon Weigh Launching a Second Network on Polkadot

Developers behind ethereum-based application Aragon are investigating the use of Parity Technologies' Polkadot Network to launch a smart contract framework.

Tech  ·  1 February 2019
Ethereum

Ethereum Startup Parity Launches DIY Blockchain Tool Substrate

Parity Technologies has launched a beta version of Substrate, a tool that lets users create custom blockchains for decentralized applications.

Markets  ·  20 December 2018
Polkadot

Parity to Help Zcash (the Currency) Gain Independence From Zcash (the Startup)

The Zcash Foundation is partnering with an ethereum startup on a project that could boost interoperability across the crypto ecosystem.

Business  ·  30 October 2018