Shawn Tabrizi
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* initial implementation of lifecycles and upgrades * clean up a bit * fix doc comment * more rigid lifecycle checks * include paras which are transitioning, and lifecycle query * format guide * update api * update guide * explicit outgoing state, fix genesis * handle outgoing with transitioning paras * do not include transitioning paras in identifier * Update roadmap/implementers-guide/src/runtime/paras.md * Update roadmap/implementers-guide/src/runtime/paras.md * Update roadmap/implementers-guide/src/runtime/paras.md * Apply suggestions from code review * Use matches macro * Correct terms * Apply suggestions from code review * actions queue * Revert "actions queue" This reverts commit b2e9011ec8937d6c73e99292416c9692aeb30f73. * collapse onboarding state Co-authored-by: Gavin Wood <gavin@parity.io>
Preamble
This document aims to describe the purpose, functionality, and implementation of the host for Polkadot's parachains functionality - that is, the software which provides security and advancement for constituent parachains. It is not for the implementer of a specific parachain but rather for the implementer of the Parachain Host. In practice, this is for the implementers of Polkadot in general.
There are a number of other documents describing the research in more detail. All referenced documents will be linked here and should be read alongside this document for the best understanding of the full picture. However, this is the only document which aims to describe key aspects of Polkadot's particular instantiation of much of that research down to low-level technical details and software architecture.