Gavin Wood is back as the CEO of Parity, after stepping aside for three years (since 2022). He is set to resume office as CEO by August ending. In-case you’re wondering, “why now?” “What difference will it make?” Leverage! That’s the simple answer, the architectural framework is ready, the market is ready! It’s only right the CEO stirs the ship. Wondering what changes within the parity? Nothing, it’s business as usual but with room for evolving of course.
Following input from core teams and ecosystem contributors, a decision has been made to prioritize attracting existing third-party providers to Polkadot Hub to facilitate the porting of top Ethereum dapps and enhance functionality for Polkadot rollups. As PVM does not offer full compatibility with many of these providers, the Parity team is strategically prioritizing delivery of a 100% EVM compatible solution with support for legacy Solidity versions by mid-December. For this, they have chosen REVM, a fast, well-maintained, and frequently audited Ethereum implementation trusted by major projects like Foundry, Hardhat, and Optimism.
Parity Technologies announces the gradual rollout of EVM-compatible smart contracts on Polkadot. This initiative aims to encourage developers and projects built on Ethereum to leverage Polkadot’s strengths to build high-performance applications.
Parity Director of Product Engineering Karim Jedda’s generative art collection Attractors is minting for free now on KodaDot. Only the luckiest mints will result in a stable and colorful design, in fact some are coming out completely black, so you may want to try minting more than one.
🗓️ Thursday 11th July 11:05 CEST 📍Polkadot Decoded Main Stage Polkadot Decoded 2024 kicks off with keynotes from Parity CEO Björn Wagner, followed by Chief Architect Gavin Wood. Neither have let slip what they'll be talking about, so you'll just have to be there. In-person (paid) and virtual (free) tickets are still available.
🗓️ Friday 31st May 2024, 11:00-11:45 CDT 📍 ACC Spotlight Stage, Consensus 2024, Austin Web3 Foundation CEO Fabian Gompf and Parity Technologies Interim COO Chrissy Hill discuss their passion for decentralization and how Web3 projects can empower communities.