Today on the podcast we welcome Lucas Vogelsang, Co-Founder and CEO of Centrifuge whose Kusama project, Altair, just won the 9th parachain slot auction. For the first time ever, the team with fewer high bids wins! Lucas chats with us about the stress, excitement, and inevitable chaos as they attained their Kusama parachain slot. Recorded September 29th, 2021

RMRK, the NFT protocol that broke the Kusama network... twice!

In 2016, Gavin Wood launched the Polkadot project, a paradigm shifting effort to create a scalable and interoperable platform that uses a novel concept called parachains. With the opening of the parachain auctions in 2021, teams all around the world have been competing for a chance at winning a coveted parachain slot. 

On this show, you’ll hear from leaders and innovators building parachains on Polkadot and it’s sister project, Kusama. Whether this is the first you’ve heard of parachains, or you’re a defi aficionado, come with us behind the scenes as we explore the technology of the future, today.