@Polkadot & @Kusamanetwork Ecosystem Agent π‘οΈ Web3 π πͺ. Co-founder @PolkadotMexico_ π²π½
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Gavin presented JAM at the National Technological University of Buenos Aires π¦π·π§
Thank you Gavin for talking to us, we hope to see you soon in Mexico π²π½
Thanks @AcademyPolkadot for organizing these events in the universities π
Proof of Ink - Kappa Sigma Mu π¦ββ¬
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Soon.
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Digital cash should provide us the same liberties as physical cash does.
One institution failing was enough to cut most of a country off from its own money.
Why does Polkadot focus on decentralisation and resilience? So that no single institutionβs failure can reach that far.
Money should work the way the internet was meant to. Open, always on and owned by no one.
Digital cash should provide us the same liberties as physical cash does.
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Nothing unusual happens in your day. You commute, work, shops watch TV.
By bedtime, 68 organisations may have collected, generated or inferred data about you.
Which model household is your day closest to? π
web3.foundation/your-day-in-β¦
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On Tuesday, Paraguayβs central bank seized Ueno Bank.
By Wednesday, close to 2 in 3 Paraguayan adults could not access their own money. At the same time the central bank said the Ueno case was isolated and did not point to broader problems in the financial system.
A short case study in what happens when money has a single point of failureπ
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The Web3 Foundations own @BillLaboon on The Breakdown w/ @davidgokhshtein to discuss data-harvesting practices, the influence of AI, and the need for a more human-focused internet.
ποΈInterview starts at 19.00 mins.
Election Fallout: What Now for Bitcoin? | The Breakdown EP818 teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/2nQYOrqByβ¦
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An app that holds keys is an app that can leak them.
Apps built with the Product SDK never touch keys. They ask the host for a signature, and the host checks every chain call and signing request before anything leaves.
docs.polkadot.com/reference/β¦
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what to we need to prevent the oncoming (and to be honest, already happening) onslaught of mass global surveillance and the fragility of the global monetary system?
private comms
private storage
privacy with convenience
p2p where it counts
global availability and local understanding
(actually) private money - there are things out there that say private but are still under the discretion of the watchful eyes
real humans online, where you can see them
and the ability of anyone to build integrations and improve the system for their friends, or everyone, all protected by cryptography.
read the above again. does it sound like something you want? does it sound good? do you want to protect yourself, your friends, you family with technology like this as we enter an entirely new age of the internet? i know i do.
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A brief recap of what @PolkadotMexico_ performed at @uanl from November 29th to 31st
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Five years ago today, the first parachain (Statemint, now known as Asset Hub) onboarded to Polkadot.
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Which chain am I on? Which token pays the fee?
Most users canβt answer that, and they shouldnβt have to.
With the Product SDK, apps hand chain connections and signing to the host. The app asks, and the host connects, shows the request and signs. Early-stage and open source π·
github.com/paritytech/producβ¦
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Why should proving you're over 18 require revealing your full date of birth?
Digital services often ask people to disclose more information than needed to establish a specific fact.
But you can design these interactions differently. π§΅
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Web3 does not need to become Web2 to reach more people.
The challenge is building products with the social depth and usability people are used to, while preserving their sovereignty.
That is the opportunity behind Polkadot Products.
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We live in the information age, the age of the sovereign individual, but the services available to us are not aligned with that.
@gavofyork argues that Polkadotβs core technology is now ready to deliver the applications people will actually use in this new age.
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You might be surprised by how much your home knows about you. Your TV. Your car. Your smartwatch. Even your kids' devices.
Everyday technology can reveal more about your life than you realise.
Take our interactive Your Day in Data experience to see what this could look like in a household like yours.
π No answers collected. No data stored.
Discover your day in data π
web3.foundation//your-day-inβ¦
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Already write Solidity? Revive brings Solidity compilation for PolkaVM to the @Polkadot ecosystem.
Revive compiles Solidity contracts to run on PolkaVM, Polkadot's RISC-V virtual machine. Your contracts can work with the assets and apps on Polkadot Hub, without having to learn a new language.
Keep the tools you use, with a Hardhat plugin and an npm package. It's experimental and open source, published for developers to test, build on and shape:
π github.com/paritytech/revive
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Four stories. Four different ways personal data can slip out of our control.
In just a few weeks, we've seen mass surveillance, third-party breaches, commercial data exposure, and misuse of privileged access.
Here's what happened. π§΅
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Bitcoin showed an open network can agree on who owns what, with no bank in charge.
Humanity on @Polkadot takes on the next problem: recognising that an account belongs to one real person without anyone learning who they are.
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As per an investigation carried out on behalf of the Polkadot Community Foundation, it was found that the Fearless Wallet browser extension had been compromised and had been leaking users' private keys since February 2025.
This vulnerability does NOT impact Nova Wallet.
However, Nova Wallet users who have also input their Seed Phrase/Private Key into the Fearless Wallet browser extension should immediately move their funds out of any wallets that they believe may have been affected.
We recommend that everyone review the quoted announcement from the Polkadot account and take the necessary action if you have used the Fearless Wallet browser extension.
If you believe that you are affected by this, you should create a new wallet in Nova Wallet and transfer your assets to that new wallet. You can find steps on how to do this here: docs.novawallet.io/nova-wallβ¦
To be clear, this vulnerability does not impact the Nova Wallet iOS or Android apps.
As always, we recommend that users treat their Private Keys/Seed Phrase with great care, and ideally use a dedicated Hardware Wallet, such as Polkadot Vault, to ensure that their Seed Phrases are not compromised.
Security Alert for Fearless Wallet
Fearless Wallet is a third-party application, built and maintained by an independent team.
Following an investigation by the Polkadot Technical Fellowship on behalf of the @PCF_org, it was found that the Fearless Wallet browser extension had been compromised and had been leaking usersβ private keys since February 2025.
If you have used the Fearless Wallet browser extension, please create a new keypair with a different wallet and move your funds as soon as possible.
Remember to never share your private keys.
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Security Alert for Fearless Wallet
Fearless Wallet is a third-party application, built and maintained by an independent team.
Following an investigation by the Polkadot Technical Fellowship on behalf of the @PCF_org, it was found that the Fearless Wallet browser extension had been compromised and had been leaking usersβ private keys since February 2025.
If you have used the Fearless Wallet browser extension, please create a new keypair with a different wallet and move your funds as soon as possible.
Remember to never share your private keys.