AI models are rapidly concentrating in the hands of a few companies — the training process is opaque, data ownership is unclear, and biases are unaccountable.
Decentralized AI (DeAI) provides a path for deconstruction, and Polkadot is becoming its key technological foundation.
This map showcases the core projects building DeAI infrastructure within the @Polkadot ecosystem:
@bittensor_: AI model training network
@peaq: On-chain infrastructure supporting the operation of the machine economy
@PhalaNetwork: Smart contract platform supporting confidential computing and privacy protection
@neurolanche: Modular, composable collaborative AI model framework
@origin_trail: Trustworthy knowledge graph protocol for AI
@Acurast: Achieving confidential computing task scheduling on edge devices
Polkadot offers a heterogeneous multi-chain architecture, shared security, and cross-chain interoperability, making it an ideal platform for building scalable DeAI systems.
Of course, the future of AI should not be dominated by closed models but should be built on open protocols and trustless collaboration. #AI
Gavin Wood: Must Ethereum, Solana, and Polkadot cooperate? It's challenging, but not unsolvable!
In the blockchain world, public chain protocols like Solana, Polkadot, and Ethereum are widely seen as competitors. Competing for developers, liquidity, and users, zero-sum games seem to have become the industry’s default survival strategy. But are we really doomed to a life-and-death struggle without the possibility of mutual win? Is it possible that the future multi-chain world can cooperate like the currency systems between countries, jointly pushing cryptographic technology into the mainstream? In a conversation, Gavin Wood deeply analyzed the root of this problem. He pointed out that the challenges we face today are not just about technical interoperability, but also about the closed nature of culture and systems. Forming 'alliances' between different protocols is much more difficult than imagined because it concerns not only the code but also the politics and consensus behind each 'token sovereignty'.
Check out the important developments from last week on @Polkadot! Just in case you missed any important information! 😎
1. DOT can be used at 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia! @AEON_Community announced a strategic partnership with Polkadot to integrate DOT into its Web3 mobile payment product AEON Pay! This is an important step for the practicality of DOT entering the mainstream payment system. x.com/polkaworld_pro
2. Elastic scaling is expected to officially launch in early July! Currently, the function development has been completed, and we are only waiting for the final runtime upgrade. x.com/polkaworld_org
3. @kusamanetwork will launch the migration plan on August 15, while the Polkadot mainnet is expected to migrate in mid-September. The reserve position of DOT will move from the relay chain to AssetHub, but the asset ID will remain unchanged, and parallel chains need to update the XCM configuration path as soon as possible!
🗳️ Last week, PolkaWorld reviewed 8 OpenGov proposals — 4 from @kusamanetwork and 4 from @Polkadot.
Of which 2 are new proposals, and 2 are proposals for continued follow-up.
Here is our voting situation:
❌#536 Kusama x Arcadia: THE SPIDER (29.77K KSM) kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/536#3
Voting result: Against (NAY)
We appreciate Arcadia's artistic vision, but this proposal does not align with the current emphasis on hacker culture and ZK/privacy technology exploration in Kusama.
Cultural apparatus ≠ sustainable developer growth. Budget is too high, lacking clear technical indicators.
❌ #537 WFC: Locking a portion of staking rewards kusama.subsquare.io/referenda/537#7
👀 Vitalik is back? Is Ethereum L1 the world's ledger?
NoNo I think this is still too basic. @Polkadot is already realizing the initial vision - the world computer! In fact, most of these blockchains are distributed ledgers, which is basically the Web3 version of a spreadsheet. Their main job is to maintain and track data, perform some small calculations, just like you can use formulas in Excel to transform data or track changes over time, but ultimately they are just creating a ledger, recording a decentralized storage and data history. However, you can also build applications in Excel, but the experience is not great. Building applications in Excel is just as painful as building applications for blockchain today. It feels strange and unnatural; you have to build an entirely new set of applications under the constraints of the blockchain environment, and that is precisely because blockchains have not yet realized their functionality as computers; they are achieving distributed ledgers.
📚 Weekend Recommended Study: What is the World Computer built by @Polkadot like?
If you were to buy a Polkadot World Computer, its components would be as follows:
🧩 Multi-core CPU → PolkaVM (based on RISC-V + execution sharding) 📦 Operating System → CoreVM (runs Web3 applications like Docker) 🧠 Kernel → JAM 🗂️ Permanent Storage → ParityDB / NOMT 🧬 Memory System → Distributed Data Lake 🤝 Consensus Mechanism → “Elves”-style economical rollup
Polkadot is no longer competing with chains but is creating a new world computer. ⚙️🕸️
Web3 should not just be “new wine in old bottles,” nor should it merely be a transfer of financial tools; it is a profound reshaping of computer architecture, identity control, user sovereignty, and internet infrastructure. From Web2 to Web3, from chains to applications, from products to communities, let’s explore together what future world computer Polkadot is trying to build. 《你听说过“世界计算机”吗?Polkadot 正在把它做出来!》 #Polkadot
Polkadot Weekly Report | Elastic scaling will go live in early July! DOT can be used at 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia!
Polkadot Good news! DOT can now be used at 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia! AEON announces a strategic partnership with Polkadot to integrate DOT into its Web3 mobile payment product AEON Pay, achieving large-scale application of DOT in real scenarios. In summary: this is not just an integration, but an important step for DOT's practicality to enter the mainstream payment system. Users can now use DOT for online shopping, offline consumption, dining, and entertainment expenses. The AEON payment network covers 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia and plans to expand into Africa and Latin America, promoting the widespread adoption of crypto payments in emerging markets!
🚨@Polkadot Major Deflation Proposal Passed in Fellowship Vote, Ushering in a New Era of DOT Value Capture!
The latest RFC-0146 proposal has officially passed, which will directly burn 80% of transaction fees from the Polkadot relay chain and system parachains (such as Polkadot Hub), leaving only 20% to incentivize validators and collators.
🔸 Relay Chain: Fees that would originally enter the treasury will be burned, responding to the 'Minimal Relay' direction. 🔸 System Chains: Collator rewards will decrease from 100% to 20%, with the remainder burned. 🔸 Significance: Establishes a unified fee rate model, compensates for Coretime usage, and promotes the implementation of DOT deflation logic.
This proposal involves minimal code changes, yet the benefit mechanism is clear and strong— the more active the network, the scarcer the DOT, directly benefiting all token holders.
📌 Full proposal: RFC-0146 polkadot-fellows.github.io/RFCs/proposed/…
🚀 The DOT token economy is quietly being restructured. Are you ready? #dot
@hydration_net referendum #100 has been officially released, proposing to whitelist all referendums related to the launch of GIGAETH, clearing the final obstacles for the mainnet launch.
If the proposal passes, four key features will be unlocked on the day of GIGAETH's launch:
🔹 Support for the free exchange between native ETH, wstETH, and GIGAETH 🔹 Native ETH can be used as collateral to borrow stablecoins 🔹 GIGAETH can be used as collateral to participate in lending 🔹 GIGAETH can join Omnipool to participate in liquidity mining
@Polkadot DeFi is about to reach a critical moment, GIGAETH will become an important bridge connecting the ETH and DOT ecosystems, stay tuned!
The in-depth experience post for 《FIFA Rivals》 is here!
This is a brand new mobile game officially licensed by FIFA.
Gameplay Experience: Easy, Smooth, Friendly
The biggest impression upon first playing is: Simple, Fun, Easy to Get Started
Unlike traditional football games that are complex and hardcore, 《FIFA Rivals》 focuses on a 'line-drawing' control style: draw a path with your finger, and the players will pass or shoot according to your planned route. It's very suitable for casual players and also for complete beginners!
The vertical screen design is another highlight. Unlike the wide-angle view of horizontal football games, it allows you to focus more on localized situations on the field, creating a sense of 'strategy card + real-time operation' fusion.
The animation style adapts excellently to mobile devices.
Don't expect it to have the realistic modeling like 《FIFA Mobile》, but you can feel the designers' ultimate pursuit of 'smooth experience' in its lightweight animation style.
Compared to those games that require high mobile performance, 《FIFA Rivals》 is clearly more 'user-friendly' and runs more smoothly on mainstream devices.
Card + Collection System, Create Your Dream Team
Although I'm not a football fan, the card collection gameplay has brought back the joy I had playing trading card games in the past. You can freely combine players and optimize your lineup. In the future, with the integration of NFTs and on-chain assets, there may even be a true 'Web3 Ownership' mechanism.
Not just a game, but also a signal of the fusion between Web3 and traditional brands.
The launch of 《FIFA Rivals》 signifies that top IPs like FIFA are beginning to enter the on-chain gaming space in a 'tangible form'.
Mythical has also chosen to build the game's digital economy on the Polkadot rollup, reflecting that Web3 infrastructure is gradually entering mainstream narratives.
Although the current version has not fully opened on-chain features, its launch is a signal: chain games are not just tools for making money, but are gradually becoming the next generation of platform-based content in mainstream entertainment.
Have you heard of the “world computer”? Polkadot is making it happen!
Following yesterday’s article, PolkaWorld continues to share with you the recent thoughts of Shawn, head of Parity developers. If you want to check out the first half of the article (Web3 is more than just a ledger! Polkadot redefines the vision of the world computer!) In today’s world of blockchain that is overwhelmed by all kinds of “L2”, “DeFi” and “AI hype”, Polkadot quietly adheres to a more ambitious goal: not to create a faster chain, nor to compete for narrative dividends with short attention spans, but to build a world computer that truly belongs to everyone.
Web3 is not just a ledger! Polkadot redefines the vision of the world computer!
Recently, at a wonderful event organized by the WebZero team, Shawn shared a different kind of speech. This time, there were no fancy slides or rehearsed scripts; it was more about an instantaneous clash of ideas and sincere sharing. Shawn admitted that the content this time was not a speech prepared long in advance but rather a series of reflections and insights he had recently about the entire blockchain industry, Web3 philosophy, and the world computer concept. He led us to revisit people’s initial imaginations of the 'world computer' since the birth of Ethereum, pointing out how the industry has gradually deviated from this vision over the past few years, turning towards 'ledgers,' 'financialization,' and 'composability.' And now, with the emergence of JAM, we may finally be able to return to that starting point—redefining 'what truly is a world computer.'
🚨Attention, brothers! The GIGAHydration 200 DOT incentive program is about to launch!
You should all remember that on May 26, Polkadot referendum #1542 approved 5,000,000 DOT to enter the Hydration sub-account!
Currently, Hydration is initiating a proposal requesting the Technical Committee to conduct a whitelist referendum to ensure a seamless connection of GIGAHydration related processes! This proposal specifically includes:
- Hydration returning 3,000,000 DOT to the Polkadot treasury
- Extracting 2,000,000 DOT to the Hydration Treasury
- Minting 2,000,000 DOT equivalent vDOT
- Launching the vDOT→GIGADOT DCA plan
- Deploying the first batch of GIGAHydration Farming
First batch of Farming: Duration 3 months, with a BOOST POT; every 3 weeks, HDX holders will vote to decide the reward acceleration pool.
Funding plan: These 2 million DOT will be injected into liquidity in phases over 6 months.
If the proposal passes and gets the whitelist from the Technical Committee, the GIGAHydration event will officially kick off on June 27!🏄♀️ #dot
💥Latest progress! @paritytech has completed the migration plan from the relay chain to AssetHub on Westend! The migration dates for Kusama/Polkadot have also been confirmed!
Check out the latest developments compiled by PolkaWorld for everyone, and why this is important!
The AssetHub of Westend has successfully migrated staking and governance functions. This marks Polkadot's official transition from a complex relay chain to a lightweight relay chain architecture. As of the publication date, the @subscan_io block explorer has been the first to complete the migration adaptation!
The subsequent schedule is as follows:
• @kusamanetwork: Staking, governance, and balances will migrate to AssetHub on August 15. • @Polkadot mainnet: Expected to migrate in mid-September. • The reserve location of DOT will move from the relay chain to AssetHub, but the asset ID remains unchanged; parallel chains need to update the XCM configuration path as soon as possible.
In the past 30 days, Polkadot's Mythos has accounted for $1.6 million in L2 fee revenue, capturing 13.8% and ranking third! Surpassing the OP Mainnet ($1.1 million)!
It is important to note that Mythos is a chain focused on gaming and entertainment, featuring projects like @FIFARivals and @PlayNFLRivals.
What does its success indicate?
✅ Gaming is the most genuine source of user demand ✅ High-quality content + Web3 business model = Charging capability
Although Base still ranks first, Mythos is the dark horse worth paying attention to. Because @FIFARivals has just launched, and the Fat Penguin game has yet to start~ #mythos
🥳Good news! Westend's AssetHub has now launched staking and governance features! This is an important step for the @Polkadot testnet!
These key features previously operated on the relay chain and have now been fully migrated to AssetHub — marking the realization of a unified system architecture.🛠️
Next up: @PaseoNetwork, @kusamanetwork, and @Polkadot 👀
❗ Why this is important👇
Polkadot is evolving towards a minimalist relay chain and Polkadot Hub. Key functions like governance and staking are being deployed to where they truly belong: the application layer.
🧭 Check real-time data at @subscan_io: assethub-westend.subscan.io #Polkadot
💥Good news! DOT can be used at 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia!
AEON announced a strategic partnership with Polkadot to integrate DOT into its Web3 mobile payment product AEON Pay, enabling the large-scale application of DOT in real-world scenarios.
🔻 In summary: This is not just an integration, but an important step for the practicality of DOT entering the mainstream payment system.
Users can now use DOT to pay for online shopping, offline consumption, dining, entertainment, and other daily expenses. The AEON payment network covers 20 million merchants in Southeast Asia and plans to expand to Africa and Latin America, promoting the widespread adoption of crypto payments in emerging markets!
💡 Why is this crucial?
- The payment use of DOT has been scaled in real life for the first time - Enhances the "token value" and user stickiness of DOT - AEON leverages Polkadot's security architecture and cross-chain capabilities to build a more reliable and scalable payment infrastructure
AEON's vision is: AI-driven, fully chain-supported, real-world Web3 payment framework. The participation of Polkadot takes "next-generation crypto finance" a step further. #dot #Polkadot
Big news! Polkadot is expected to complete the migration in mid-September! Elastic expansion is entering the final stage!
The June Polkadot Technical Fellowship Call still has a huge amount of information. PolkaWorld compiled the highlights of the monthly live broadcast of the Polkadot Technical Fellowship hosted by Alice und Bob, covering the JAM protocol, Kusama and Polkadot system function migration, the next step of elastic expansion, the internal disagreement of the Fellowship, and the upcoming on-chain identity system PoP (Proof of Personhood). Here are the important developments you can’t miss! JAM progress: v0.7 is about to be released, and the economic measurement mechanism has entered the testing stage Gavin said that he has been rewriting the JAM gray paper almost full-time recently (v0.7 will be released), with the focus on making the economic metering mechanism closer to the real hardware time. The new mechanism will draw on some of Polkadot's current practices and make JAM more realistic in resource management and cost calculation. It is expected that this part of the development will last at least one month.
20.4 MB/s data bandwidth (12 cores) Maintain 6 seconds low latency Elastic throughput capacity reaching tens of thousands of TPS
Rollups are no longer limited to a single execution thread, but can truly 'elastic scale' and dynamically allocate on-chain resources according to the load.
This provides the best balance of performance and cost for high-frequency applications such as games, DeFi, and social networks.
More importantly—none of this requires leaving the Polkadot main chain ecosystem, introducing additional security assumptions, or relying on a centralized data availability layer.
This is not just a simple 'scalability enhancement', but a revolution in symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for blockchains through Polkadot's native multi-core architecture. #Polkadot
Gavin Wood: USDT is a highly regulated centralized bank! The more compliant, the more it deviates from its original intention?
While people were still debating how hot the narrative of meme coins was, Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot founder Gavin Wood made a stark judgment in a podcast: 'The crypto industry has strayed from its original mission.' In the 124th episode of When Shift Happens, Gavin engages in a long and profound reflection: from the failure of governance mechanisms to the replication of financial tools; from questioning Ethereum L2 routes to examining the design intent of the JAM system; from the disillusionment with the fantasy of a 'free society' to a sharp critique of casino culture. This is not just an interview; it's more like a declaration: as the crypto industry moves towards vulgarization, can we still regain the initial ideals? He doesn't provide an answer but proposes a direction.