Robert Habermeier
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* guide: add candidate information to OccupiedCore * add descriptor and hash to occupied core type * guide: add candidate hash to inclusion * runtime: return candidate info in core state * bitfield signing: stop querying runtime as much * minimize going to runtime in availability distribution * fix availability distribution tests * guide: remove para ID from Occupied core * get all crates compiling
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.