Rococo, Kusama, Polkadot, where is the Parachain Slot?

Since the last time Polkadot announced the rules for the parachain slot auction, the market has been waiting for the official landing of this matter. The parachain slot auction is likely to be the most positive news that Polkadot can determine this year. But for the official auction start time, the official has not yet determined. Everything has to wait until Gavin Wood believes that all programs and codes are infallible before getting the exact start time. Prior to this, Polkadot still maintained its previous cautious style, which was a parachain. A set of rigorous testing, verification and implementation systems have been designed for the launch of the online and even the landing of the slot auction. According to the latest news from Polkadot founder Gavin Wood, the parachain will be officially released at the end of this quarter.

So where did this matter go? Can you deduce the approximate start time of the auction? We need to review the relevant routes of Polkadot and its testnet in recent months. 

First, follow the three phases 0/1/2 of the parallel link diagram published by Polkadot earlier. The current focus of work is Phase 1: Testing the security of parachains and focusing on improvements. In the past few months, Polkadot has focused on testing and accessing Rococo1 to ensure the stable operation of the network after accessing Kusama and Polkadot. In addition, supplementary adjustments have been made in accordance with the different stages of ecological development proposals, and many good aids have been made to high-quality projects. In addition, relevant components of technological development have been developed and constructed simultaneously, becoming popular leaders such as DeFi, cross-chain middleware, and public chain projects. Optimistic infrastructure options. Only by doing solid work can we enter Phase 2, which is the final stage, to realize the launch of the polkadot parachain.

We also sorted out the main work content, and the specific content is as follows:

At the end of 2020, technological development and ecological construction will be promoted simultaneously

October

#POLKA contract development center Patract Hub established to provide development support for WASM contracts

Because the way to participate in the Polkadot ecology is in the form of bidding, the number in the early stage is small, the competition is high, and the development difficulty and iteration speed are slow, especially high-cost pledge maintenance is required, which is unattainable for many projects. In response to this reality, the Polkadot Parachain Contract Solution Provider has established a contract development center, which is similar to the Ethereum platform and provides contract developers with a large number of free development tools and services, and only a few project parties need to join The DOT mortgage can deploy applications that conform to its own business logic. It is understood that the platform mainly provides development support for native WASM contracts, and at the same time promotes the development of new contract languages.

Such a job may seem very popular, but it actually demonstrates Polkadot's tolerance and wisdom. This strategy lies in Polkadot's understanding that only by attracting more people will he be able to become a chain of ten thousand chains. .

November

Promote the consensus code of the Parachain V1 version through the test experiment of extending the test network to more nodes. After the test is stable, it will be deployed on Rococo.

#Develop Lottery module so that users can participate in Polkadot network governance

# Cumulative support for 30+ proposal projects for ecological construction Kusama's treasury expenditure exceeds 2 million US dollars

Since the launch of the Kusama network, Kusama Treasury has actively supported ecological construction. As of November 2020, proposals in different fields including website development and operation, promotional productions, wallets, payments, NFT galleries, etc. have been supported. This also makes the Kusama network always Maintain a high level of activity.

December

#RococoV1Achieving a new round of optimization testing begins

Robert, the co-founder of Polkadot, announced the development progress of the parachain and mentioned:

• The V1 (production level) parachain code has all been standardized in the guide, and most of the Rust implementation has been completed, with only a few subsystems to be implemented.
• The message passing function (HRMP) between parachains has been implemented, and parachain messages are passed through the relay chain.
• The V1 testnet of Rococo, a parachain testnet, has been implemented. Teams developed on Polkadot can use this testnet for testing, and then go online on Polkadot's mainnet.
• The code base is being audited.

Next, network optimization and testing will be carried out, the auction module will be improved, and the parachain will be officially launched on Kusama and Polkadot, and the development and launch of parallel threads will be carried out simultaneously.

#Poka launches a 1,000-person validator plan to create a more decentralized network

Through the foundation's nomination to help start the validator program, contribute to the shared security of Polkadot, support the power of the entire network, and create more decentralization.

#Rococo-V1 is up and running One step closer to the goal

On December 23, Polkadot co-founder Robert announced that the latest version of Rococo-V1 based on the parachain consensus was officially launched and the code will run on Polkadot and Kusama. This version of the code base prepares production code for the parachain consensus. Compared with the previous V0 version, it adds a cross-chain parachain mechanism and a more robust and extensible software architecture. The launch of Rococo1 has played a key role in paving the way for the launch of the Parachain functions of Polkadot and Kusama networks. It's one step closer to being truly deployable on Kusama and Polkadot.

#60+Test online, ready to connect to Polkadot's blockchain 100+

Dot pledge innovation,-your DOT will not be transferred to anyone", Polkadot founder Gavin pointed out that participating in the parachain auction, that is, participating in the parachain (slot) lease is called "Crowd-loaning". Crowd-funding is similar, but you don’t have to actually hand over your hard money in exchange for tokens. It is just a loan. You lock your DOT for a certain period of time, and you can get it back after unlocking. Your DOT. The point is that the locking process takes place on the Polkadot relay chain. You don’t need to transfer money to the project party, so you don’t have to worry about the project party running away. The Polkadot protocol itself guarantees that these coins will be released after the lockup period is over. Back to your hands. This kind of lock-in does not involve transfers. By the end of the year, Polkadot has become the number one network for value staking.

New Year 2021 The specific slot auction time is still unknown

January

#Infrastructure testing work continues, auction time is approaching

Some official information related to slot auctions:

• The parachain function is currently being tested on the test network Rococo.
• The parachain function can be launched after the completion of development and testing.
• Slot auctions will begin soon after the Parachain function is launched.
• Parachain slot auctions on Kusama will be conducted before Polkadot.

The market speculates that if all goes well, the Kusama slot auction will be held in March this year, and the Polkadot slot auction will be held in April.

#Rococo V1 The first slot was obtained by Plasm. Open the slot registration and access the new process

Rococo V0 is the prototype, and V1 is the latest version of the Parachain consensus, the same code that runs on Polkadot and Kusama. In this sense, it is of great significance to obtain the first Rococo V1 parachain and will have the opportunity to be the first to test the waters of Kusama and Polkadot.

#Official announcement of the registration process of the Parachain testnet Rococo V1 slot

The requirement to participate in Rococo V1 slot registration is to maintain at least one Rococo V1 validator and at least one parachain collector, and fill out an application form, and then wait until the official approval and distribution of ROC tokens, you can successfully obtain the Rococo V1 slot , Officially started the test of parachain!

#Ecological access will be strongly prepared, ready to go

Over 17 projects including Karura, Phala, and Robonomics are ready to bid on Polkadot and Kusama parachains.

February

#Rococo Parallel link entry and network testing work

• There are 8 parachains connected to Rococo, including Tick, Trick, Track, Plasm, Acala, KILT, Phala, PolkaBTC.
• Solve the problem of slow block production in parallel chains. Promote the rapid addition of more parachains.

See whether Rococo is increasing the number of connected parachains and whether the connected parachains are producing blocks normally, which will directly affect the specific time of the auction.

Important work and market expectations in March

The number of parallel links in the Rococo testnet reached 10. Once you are satisfied with the code operation, RococoV1 will be launched on the Kusama network, along with the Kusama auction, which is the slot auction and crowd lending system. This may happen in the next month or two.

Once everything on Kusama runs as the project party expects and the overall security of external auditing is achieved, the deployment from Kusama to Polkadot will be realized. The tentative goal of the official website is to be completed by the end of the quarter.

After all the work is completed, there will be the initial version of XCMP, which is a cross-chain messaging protocol. This is a way for these parachains to send information to each other. They can communicate. The initial plan is to deliver the first version in the first quarter and optimize the off-chain version of XCMP in the first half of this year.

There are also some new technologies: SPREE (Secure Protected Runtime Execution Enclaves), which is called the execution space of the safe and protected operating environment in Chinese. It is very worthy of attention. It can guarantee the safe execution of blockchain shards in different fields and the shards in the field. , Is a key technology that can take into account the various transactions and transactions of homogeneous and heterogeneous shards in the polkadot network.

From Rococo to Kusama and then to Polkadot's progress, Polkadot officials are very cautious about the pace of project construction. In the noisy blockchain world, Polkadot can be regarded as a clear stream of technology that has been silently and deeply cultivated. Objectively speaking, Polkadot is able to calm down, not be disturbed by external sounds, and promote the development of the parachain one step at a time. We have reason to keep the biggest surprise expectation. Even if the launch time is delayed, it will definitely come.