Gavin Wood is an English computer scientist, co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Polkadot $DOT and Kusama. The main goal of the Polkadot project is to create a single financial space without borders within the multi-blockchain.

Parachains are blockchains independent of the main Polkadot network with their own tokens and the ability to implement almost any necessary functionality. Parachains also have all the advantages of the main Polkadot network, that is, they can interact with other blockchains.

The first nine winners of Polkadot parachain auctions:

Acala Network;

Moonbeam;

Astar Network;

Parallel Finance;

Clover Finance;

Efinity;

Composable Finance;

Centrifuge;

Hydra DX.