Polkadot in Mesh

Guidelines for a smooth learning journey at Polkadot from a Cardano’s developer perspective

Intro - Navigating the Polkadot Ecosystem

To quickly get you oriented with Polkadot's key resources.

For a serious deep dive on everything Polkadot, we recommend to check out Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA)

1. A bit of theory and comparison between different approaches

Building on Polkadot: Solutions and Comparisons

A few insightful information on general comparison of Polkadot and Cardano from a builders perspective

Staking Systems: Cardano vs. Polkadot

Easy overview on the differences and similarities of the PoS at both ecosystems

The main divergence: Account-Based vs. eUTXO

Comparing some important key differences of eUTXO and Account based models

2. Let's start getting some hands-on experience with the code

Building a Smart Contract using Ink! and Astar

Simple guide to help you to building your first smart contract on Polkadot, using Ink!

Native Tokens or ERC-20

What is ERC20 and why is needed on Polkadot

Building a dApp with Ink!

... work in progress ...

3. Something new, parathread

... work in progress...