Polkadot launched a stand-alone blockchain today, although the network is not considered the project's mainnet yet.
Polkadot sits under the wing of blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies, and the Web3 Foundation, a type of incubator for decentralized tech.
The Polkadot protocol aims to provide compatibility across different blockchains.
"There could be more than one chain candidate before it officially transitions to mainnet," said Peter Mauric, head of public affairs at Parity Technologies.
Calling the exploratory product "Kusama," Polkadot did not refer to this as a testnet, but as a "Canary network."
"Polkadot's first chain candidate, which may well become the Polkadot mainnet, has been launched," Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot builder Gavin Wood explained in a May 26 blog post.
The recent network launch is part of a gameplan to establish a mainnet blockchain.
"CC1 is our first candidate for the Polkadot mainnet," Wood said.
Polkadot calls on Proof-of-Authority consensus, or PoA, during networks' early phases.
Earlier in 2020, Polkadot unveiled Kusama integration with Chainlink, another project working on the interoperability side of the industry.
Polkadot Mainnet Not Yet Live, Just a Mainnet Candidate
Published on May 26, 2020
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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