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awesome-polkadot

An opinionated list of awesome resources in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Goal

The problem I found with other awesome lists is that there are so many links and resources, that quality is lost to the noise, and approachability becomes overwhelming.

Unlike other awesome lists, this is NOT meant to be a comprehensive list for all options available in the Polkadot ecosystem. Instead, this will be a very opinionated and unapologetic list of resources which I find useful and that I use myself.

You can feel confident that if you use these same resources, they will work and provide a great experience.

If you find any problems with any of the resources in this list, please open an issue.

Education

Here are my favorite resources to get you caught up with all things Polkadot.

Developer educational resources can be found in the Developer section below.

The Basics

If you are just getting started in the Polkadot ecosystem, the following resources will be super useful to begin your journey to learn about and understand Polkadot.

  • The Polkadot Homepage

    This is the official homepage for the Polkadot Network. Follow the story of Polkadot told by this site and learn the basics.

  • The Decisions of Polkadot

    This is a presentation that I gave describing the philosphies, goals, and decisions of developing the Polkadot Network. Obviously there is little bit of bias here, but I think this is a great resource, not to understand what Polkadot is today, but what Polkadot is in general.

More Advance Resources

Now that you have covered the basics of Polkadot, it's time to dive a deeper.

  • Demystifying JAM

    JAM is the next evolution of the Polkadot protocol, which is still under heavy development at the time of writing. This blog post was written by Polkadot Core Developer, Kian Paimani and will walk you through the evolution of the Polkadot protocol from Polkadot 1.0, 2.0, and finally the future plans with JAM.

  • Plaza - Smart Contracts on Polkadot

    In this blog post, Polkadot's co-founder Rob Habermeier outlines his vision for a scalable Polkadot system chain, which includes key resources of the Polkadot network like Assets, Staking, and Governance, with an additional programmability layer of EVM smart contracts.

Community

If you are looking to immerse yourself with the best parts of the Polkadot community, check out these resources.

The terms Circles, Catalysts, and Champions, comes from the book The Starfish and the Spider.

Circles

Circles are the decentralized communities where you can directly participate in discussions about the past, present, and future of Polkadot.

Catalysts

You should follow these high quality core contributors to keep up to date with the latest developments of the Polkadot protocol.

Champions

You should follow these high quality ecosystem agents to keep up to date with what is going on in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Users

Are you looking to be an end user of Polkadot or services built on Polkadot?

Check out these resources to get yourself Onboarded.

Wallets

My favorite Wallets in the Polkadot Ecosystem:

Developer

Are you a software developer interested in building in the Polkadot ecosystem?

These resources are for you.

Tutorials

  • Rust State Machine

    Onboard yourself to the Rust programming language with this tutorial specifically tuned for teaching the basics of Rust and Blockchain development.

  • Substrate Kitties

    Build your first Polkadot SDK Pallet which functions as a simple NFT Marketplace where you can create, transfer, buy, and sell NFT Kitties.

Courses

Contributing