{"id":51173,"date":"2021-10-14T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T08:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=51173"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:15:28","slug":"polkadot-announces-readiness-to-launch-parachains-on-mainnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/polkadot-announces-readiness-to-launch-parachains-on-mainnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Polkadot announces readiness to launch parachains on mainnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polkadot developers said they are ready to deploy parachains on the platform. This will mark the final phase of the multi-stage mainnet launch process, which began on May 26, 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5 years after the vision of a heterogeneous multichain framework was first outlined in the Polkadot Whitepaper, parachains are now ready to launch on Polkadot. Motion 118, to schedule the first auctions, has passed council &#038; now gone to public referendum.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8pt3aT4vO3\">https:\/\/t.co\/8pt3aT4vO3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Polkadot (@Polkadot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Polkadot\/status\/1448348274537156611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Parachains are a variety of specialised blockchains that connect to the \u201crelay\u201d chain of Polkadot and form the multi-chain aspect of the platform\u2019s architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Sub0, the Parity Technologies engineers behind Polkadot, together with project co-founders Gavin Wood and Robert Habermeier, said that all technical barriers to parachain launch have been cleared.<\/p>\n<p>The code is ready for deployment and has undergone an audit, they noted.<\/p>\n<p>Developers reminded that parachains have been operating on the Kusama testnet since July 2021. In total there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/polkadot-to-start-selling-parachain-slots-on-kusama-network\">11 auctions<\/a> for slots and 12 \u201cparallellised\u201d blockchains are functioning there.<\/p>\n<p>Habermeier emphasised that code readiness and maturity are not the same thing. Therefore Parity recommended restricting the number of parachains loaded onto Polkadot to 75% of their Kusama count until the final tuning of the technical base.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendations were included in a validator-passed motion to start auctions for parachain slots from November 11.<\/p>\n<p>For participation, bidders will need unbonded DOT tokens, the developers reminded.<\/p>\n<p>The price of the Polkadot native token reacted with gains. At the time of writing, the asset had risen more than 20% in the last 24 hours, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\">CoinGecko<\/a>. At its peak, it rose above $43.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/T7n7r3GZfZRGz7dN43Q0B3sSG5HBznpxat2d5zPOOTgqldW8nWW1ZxUeVe_POCPeYAB0NfwILfbs9vFM6z7AyqmKc_qZVCXArQrFS5Loe9qB856Ya3AS9RqwqO1uhubr9p3iYmJf=s0\" alt=\"Polkadot announces readiness to launch parachains on mainnet\"\/><figcaption>Data: CoinGecko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The current price is $41.23, about 16.5% below the May 2021 all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May 2021, Gavin Wood announced the start of the final phase of Polkadot&#8217;s mainnet launch.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polkadot developers said they are ready to deploy parachains on the platform. 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