POLKADOT JUNE starts in less than a week!
Today, we share another insight form our 3H conversation with @gavofyork (that will be premiered during the first week of June!) :
Gavin Wood co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Solidity, the EVM, and @Polkadot - keeps it it real: the move to rollups (L2s) is pushing Ethereum into an identity crisis, pulling value out of the core chain and making it more like a “rollup host” than a true smart contract platform.
This is something that Gavin and his team had theorized more than 7 years ago: "the writing was on the wall". These issues were coming, so he built something different from day one: Polkadot and the "Parachains".
Parachains aren’t a quick fix; they’re the foundation. Gavin admits it’s not perfect, but the important thing is the solid groundwork: Polkadot was always about real scalability and letting specialized chains work together, instead of patching old problems.
The lesson: What you build at the foundation is what matters, even if it’s not perfect yet. Now that Polakdot has built a strong base, there only needs to be a few tweaks here and there to enable the great products of tomorrow to be built on Polkadot
Full conversation out on June 4th, on the WHEN SHIFT HAPPENS PODCAST - to kickstart POLKADOT JUNE!