Here are a few things to know about Gavin Wood:
1) The Polkadot mainnet launched in May 2020, and parachains began connecting in December 2021.
2) Gavin Wood is one of Ethereum’s co-founders and was the Ethereum Foundation’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
3) When researching a public blockchain, don’t focus only on the founder’s reputation—also look at how the ecosystem is actually being used.
$DOT is Polkadot’s native token, which can be used for staking and governance voting. It’s currently 1.241.