Chapter 7
Finding the Polkadot Blockchain
IN THIS CHAPTER
Uncovering the growing Polkadot ecosystem
Diving into nominated proof of stake
Getting started on Polkadot
Voting in new distributed democracy
Earning DOT for participating as a nominator
The Polkadot blockchain is now being called a layer-0 protocol. A layer-0 protocol is responsible for maintaining the integrity and security of the underlying data structure and for enforcing the rules and consensus mechanisms that govern the system.
The Polkadot blockchain provides the underlying infrastructure for building decentralized applications (dApps) and other distributed systems on top of them. In the case of Polkadot, it’s a blockchain of mini specialized blockchains. Polkadot also is a green blockchain that uses a new kind of consensus called nominated proof of stake.
Polkadot and its ever-growing ecosystems are rapidly evolving. But despite this rapid growth, the platform has some incredibly approachable, user-friendly tools. ...
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