diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index de33df4..946bc00 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ You should follow these high quality ecosystem agents to keep up to date with wh - https://twitter.com/alice_und_bob - https://twitter.com/LeemoXD -- https://twitter.com/itsbirdo_ +- [https://twitter.com/itsbirdo_](https://twitter.com/itsbirdo_) - https://twitter.com/ParaNodes - https://twitter.com/GldnCalf - https://twitter.com/BillLaboon @@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ These resources are for you. ### Tooling +- [Getting Started Script](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/blob/master/scripts/getting-started.sh) + + This script installs all the prerequisites required to start development with the Polkadot SDK. + + You can execute the script in one line like so: + + ```sh + curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/master/scripts/getting-started.sh -sSf | sh + ``` + - [The Polkadot SDK](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk) All development in Polkadot basically revolves around the Polkadot SDK. This project is composed of sub-projects: Substrate, Polkadot, Cumulus. The Polkadot SDK includes useful binaries for doing development. diff --git a/playbook.md b/playbook.md index ab7bac2..7823a25 100644 --- a/playbook.md +++ b/playbook.md @@ -4,8 +4,34 @@ The minimum set of information you need to be able to explain Polkadot to others ## What is Polkadot? +- Polkadot is a scaling solution for Web3 applications. +- Polkadot scales through data and execution sharding, allowing for parallelized throughput. +- Polkadot provides shared security and interoperability to services build on it. +- Polkadot creates abundant, flexible, and high quality blockspace. +- Polkadot uses a novel "cynical" rollup to provide fast finality while using minimal resources. + ## Why choose Polkadot? +- On average, blocks are finalized in under 30 seconds. + - Compare that to optimisic rollups which may take up to a week! +- Executing and scaling on standard "gaming" hardware. + - Compared to expensive and centralized machines needed for vertical scaling or ZK. +- 50+ active roll-ups building +- Billions of dollars of economic security provided to itself and applications running on it. + ## What can you do on Polkadot? +- Build applications which execute automatically (without initial user input). +- Build applications with full control over block construction and transaction execution. +- Build applications which dynamically scale up and down execution cores. +- Build applications which execute at sub-second +- Build applications where end-users pay no transaction fees. + ## Where is Polkadot leading? + +- Among the highest Nakamoto coefficients in the blockchain ecosystem. [[Source][1]] +- 2nd largest developer community + +## Resources + + [1]: https://nakaflow.io/