Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the "meta-protocol," Polkadot. In this episode, he talks about:

• his vision for Polkadot and the problems he set out to solve when conceiving it
• why he considers Polkadot a meta-protocol
• the implementation of parachains and parathreads, how they are defined and how they differ
• parachain auctions and candle auctions
• how DDoS attacks can be prevented on parachains
• initial parachain offerings and how they differ from initial coin offerings and avoid the regulatory problems that were so common with ICOs
• on-chain governance on Polkadot and how it works
• how immediate implementation of proposals that pass consensus will prevent forks
• his answer to those who point to Parity's history with security lapses as cause for concern about Polkadot's security
• how he sees Polkadot co-existing with Ethereum
• whether Polkadot is working toward composability
• how the Web3 Foundation and Parity plan to use their collective stake of DOTs within the network
• how he plans to address the possibility that DOT could be labeled a security
• how he imagines Polkadot will serve the enterprise world and how Polkadot will benefit enterprise blockchains

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Episode links: 

Gavin Wood: https://twitter.com/gavofyork

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