The Polkadot community released its latest major product, Agile Coretime, as part of the ongoing Polkadot 2.0 upgrade. According to the team: "This new feature represents a significant advancement in how computational resources are allocated and managed within the Polkadot ecosystem... This new approach replaces the previous auction system, in which single cores were leased for two years at a time." Accoding to the project documentation: "Agile Coretime allows for the purchase of coretime in 'bulk,' with an allocation for one month. Heavy duty parachains which need to author a block every 12 seconds (or every six seconds through Asynchronous Backing), can seamlessly 'renew' the core each month. Coretime renewal orders take precedence over new orders and provide protection against price fluctuations, allowing parachains to plan their project budget and costs more effectively. The purchased coretime can also be split up and sold in parts, down to a single block per month, allowing for secondary markets to thrive and improve the allocation efficiency of coretime."
Core usage before, with Polkadot 1.0:
After, with Polkadot 2.0 and Agile Coretime:
Privado ID, Formerly Polygon ID, Announces Strategic Merger With Disco for 'Multichain Verifiable Data and Reputation Management'
Privado ID, formerly Polygon ID, which has established proofs-of-concept with several multinational banking and financial service companies, announced a strategic merger with Disco, a pioneer in multichain verifiable data and reputation management. According to the team: "The merger will propel the development and adoption of a unified, chain-agnostic digital identity infrastructure spanning both Web2 and Web3 ecosystems, and for the first time see Privado ID become available in chains like Optimism, Arbitrum, Base and others with Privado ID's own established partnerships and scalable infrastructure." The press release stated: "By leveraging Disco’s Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs), Privado ID enhances cross-chain compatibility enabling it to expand its services across multiple EVM-compatible chains."