Polkadot Growth Strategy

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Hey everone!

Thanks for the plentiful feedback and all the outreach. There were many conversations in the last few days and I want to share some bits:

  • I published the latest version of the strategy on a dedicated portal page: Polkadot Growth Strategy
  • Hosted a Twitter Space to discuss the strategy here
  • Launched a dedicated discussion to grow the on-chain economy here
  • Hosted a Twitter Space on our Web3 Vision
    • Main takeaways: Many got onboarded into “crypto” without ever properly being introduced to Web3. They work in an industry, rather than a movement.
    • If we agree on a vision, we will attract like-minded people
    • If we agree on a vision, we have a much easier time deciding on which applications to fund through OpenGov
  • Notable Calls with ecosystem agents
    • Chrissy Hill, COO/CLO Parity: discussed integration of the North America Strategy. More news will follow soon
    • @pierreaubert, VP of Engineering Parity: discussed integrating product strategy. I will share more in the next iteration of the doc. Notably, we discussed the launch of Hub and Parity’s scope/non-scope for it. Check the chapter below for more.
    • @angie: Leading DotPlay, she shared the latest on the DotPlay Gaming strategy and implications for BD.
    • @NickD: Leading DealDesk, a DF project for funding strategic projects. We discussed how BD could be structured. I will share more on current BD needs soon.
    • Moonbearer: He recently started leading Community Development under the Marketing Bounty. Significant developments were the relaunch of the Discord and Telegram communities. We discussed giving more weight to community development efforts in the strategy.
    • Gustavo Joppert Massenna: Part of the Brazil BD team. He shared his strategy that is opening many doors in Brazil, based on an approach that is more based on consulting and innovation management rather than traditional BD. I encouraged him to open a conversation on that in the forum.

Hub Launch

Currently we don’t have a unified effort around making the Hub launch a success. Parity is working out the tech. @nico_a/Velocity are leading finance integrations. @albertov19/Papermoon are providing documentation.

Other than that, there is not yet a clear structure. I think there will be high expectations of Polkadot Hub being a successful product on Polkadot, so we should put additional effort on making sure everyone is contributing to it becoming a good launch. I will put more attention to this topic in the coming days.

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