Polkadot (DOT) awesome curated resources

Find below a curated list of awesome Polkadot (DOT) resources. This list is designed as a central library of materials where you can find various resources for Polkadot (DOT). The list includes both official resources and community-generated materials.

This list keeps getting updated with new resources every week, so make sure you bookmark it and check weekly for new awesome Polkadot (DOT) resources. The new items will have a New badge on them. If you come across any material (project, tool, learning resource, community etc.) that is not in this list, please mention it in the comments with a link and it will get added after review.

🕐 Last updated on - 15th June, 2021

🏢 Organization Resources

• Polkadot Website - Official website of Polkadot
• Polkadot Blog – Official blog of Polkadot
• Polkadot GitHub – Official GitHub account of Polkadot
• Polkadot Twitter – Official Twitter handle of Polkadot
• Polkadot Discord – Official Discord of Polkadot
• Polkadot Reddit – Official Reddit sub of Polkadot
• Polkadot Youtube – Official Youtube of Polkadot
• Polkadot Community Forum - Official community forum of Polkadot
• Polkadot Element Chat - Official Element chat of Polkadot
• Polkadot Medium Blog - Official Medium blog of Polkadot

🧑🏼‍💻 Developer Resources

• Polkadot Wiki - Polkadot wiki and documentation
• Polkadot Lightpaper - Lightpaper of Polkadot
• Polkadot Whitepaper - Whitepaper of Polkadot
• GRANDPA - Polkadot Consensus Research
• Polkascan - Polkadot blockchain explorer
• DotScanner - Polkadot blockchain explorer and search
• Kusuma - Fast, scalable development environment for Polkadot
• Roadmap - Polkadot development and launch roadmap
• Substrate - Blockchain development framework. Most of the Polkadot ecosystem is built on Substrate.
• Subscan - Blockchain explorer for Substrate chains
• Polkassembly - The place to discuss and vote on Kusama and Polkadot governance
• Cumulus - A set of tools for writing Substrate-based Polkadot parachains
• PolkadotJs - Rich javascript based framework for front-end development
• Polkadot Javascript API - Polkadot javascript API
• Polkadot-JS Apps Explorer - Polkadot dashboard block explorer. Supports dozens of other networks, including Kusama, Westend, and other remote or local endpoints.
• Polkadot Tool Index - List of tools available for Polkadot development
• Polkadot Launch - CLI tool to launch a local Polkadot test network
• PolkaWallet SDK - SDK for integrating substrate-based blockchain as a plugin
• Gossamer - Go Implementation of the Polkadot host
• Kagome - C++ implementation of Polkadot host
• Open Source Polkadot Tech Stack - A subset of the Web 3.0 Tech Stack for Polkadot
• Chainx - Fully decentralized cross-chain crypto asset management on Polkadot
• Polkadot Wallet - Polkadot supported wallets
• Polkadot Telemetry Service - Network information including what nodes are running the chain, what software versions they are running, sync status, and location etc
• Polkabot - Polkadot network monitoring and reporting using Matrix (Riot / Element) chat
• Ryabina’s Telegram Bot - A Telegram bot for monitoring on-chain events of Substrate chains
• Panic - A node monitoring and alert server for validators
• OpenWeb3/Guardian - A CLI tool and JS library to monitor on chain states and events
• Polkadash - VueJS-based starter kit for custom user interfaces for Substrate chains
• Polkadot JS Browser Extension - Key management in a chrome extension
• Polkadot-JS Common - Utility functions that are used across all projects in the @polkadot namespace
• Polkascan PRE Harvester (matching explorer for harvested data) - Transforms raw blockchain data into relational data
• Hydra: GraphQL Builder - Generate a GraphQL database from a Substrate chain’s data.
• Polka-store - A tool which scans a Substrate chain and stores balance-relevant transactions in an SQLite database.
• Substrate-graph - A compact indexer for Substrate based nodes providing a GraphQL interface

📗 Polkadot Projects

• PolkaProject - All projects building on Polkadot & Substrate
• Acala - The DeFi Hub of Polkadot
• Moonbeam - Ethereum-compatible smart contract parachain on Polkadot
• PolkaBTC - Bitcoin for Polkadot’s DeFi Ecosystem
• Darwinia Network - Fully decentralized cross-chain bridge network that is built using Parity Substrate
• PolkaFoundry - Platform for creating borderless and frictionless DeFi & NFT apps
• PolkaStarter - This is a dex (cross-chain) built on Polkadot
• Plasm Network - Ethereum compatible smart contract platform on Polkadot
• Edgeware - A smart contract chain with a community-managed treasury, decentralized proposal system, and network of DAOs
• Ocean Protocol - Data market

📈 Centralised Exchanges

• Coinbase Pro
• Binance
• Kraken

📈 Decentralised Exchanges

• Polkadex new

👩🏼‍🎓 Learning Resources

• [Article] A brief summary of everything Substrate and Polkadot
• [Article] Everything you Need to Know to Prepare for Polkadot
• [Article] What is Substrate
• [Article] Substrate in a nutshell
• [Article] Never fork again
• [Youtube] Parity Substrate & Polkadot: The Foundation for Blockchain Innovators
• [Youtube] Polkadot & Parity Substrate
• [Youtube] A Case for Substrate & Polkadot
• [Podcast] From Warp Sync to SPREE with Polkadot’s Rob Habermeier
• [Wiki] NPoS, a scheme used to select the validators implemented in the Polkadot blockchain
• [Wiki] DOT, Receive the native testnet token
• [Wiki] Parachains, Parachain Deployment and Querying
• [Wiki] Polkadot-js wiki
• [Wiki] polkadot-re-spec, Incubator for Polkadot RE specc
• [Wiki] polkadot-spec, technical description of Polkadot protocol
• [Wiki] Polkadot UI
• [Wiki] Polkadot Wiki GitHub @paritytech
• [Podcast] ZeroKnowledgeFM 58: Kicking off 2019 with Jutta Steiner
• [Podcast] ZeroKnowledgeFM 46: Gavin Wood on Polkadot, Sharding and Substrate
• [Podcast] ZeroKnowledgeFM 12: How to become a blockchain developer? We ask Gavin Wood
• [Podcast] ZeroKnowledgeFM 5: A fireside chat with a couple Parity peeps
• [Webinar] Polkadot Webinar on CrowdcastParticipating on Kusama
• [Webinar] Understanding Accounts & Keys in Polkadot
• [Webinar] Validating on Polkadot
• [Webinar] Block Production and Finalization in Polkadot
• [Webinar] Governance on Polkadot
• [Youtube] Running a Validator on Polkadot
• [Talk] Web3 Foundation and Polkadot by Gavin Wood
• [Talk] The Next Evolution of the Internet by Gavin Wood
• [Talk] Introducing Polkadot by Gavin Wood at London Ethereum Meetup, July 2017

📊 Market Data and Analytics

• CoinMarketCap - Polkadot CoinMarketCap listing
• CoinGecko - Polkadot CoinGecko listing
• CoinPaprika - Polkadot CoinPaprika listing
• Polkastakers - Polkadot staking validator
• Polkaview - Polkadot validator stats
• Polkastats - Polkadot validator stats

💡Other community Resources

• DotLeap - Community content and newsletter
• SubSocial - Decentralized social network for the Polkadot / Kusama ecosystem
• DotSpot - Place for Polkadot ecosystem projects to share their latest news
• DotJob - A job board for the Polkadot ecosystem
• Polkadot Telegram - Community telegram channel
• Polkaworld - Polkadot Chinese community
• Gitter - Polkadot Gitter

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