[Screenshot 2024-10-15 at 16.45.06] This post discusses renaming “parachains” to a more widely accepted and known term. The intent is to reflect the evolving nature of the Polkadot ecosystem while improving visibility and accessibility. Why Consider a Name Change? I understand that renaming “para…

I think the word ‘trustless’ is counterintuitive to the general public who may not have a good technical vocabulary. It’s also a bit paradoxical because the term actually means shifting trust from a 3rd party to various cryptgraphic and game theoretical aspects of the protocol. I think “Polkadot S…

@burgui is not about structure or function here. It is about what is pushed to a Polkadot core. It’s rollup data. If that rollup data comes from a chain, a contract, or something else is up to the specific documentation to explain the details. Polkadot is a roll-up chain, and JAM will be no differen…

@shawntabrizi @tomi , I am not discussing how to market Polkadot to different categories of customers. I agree about “Secured by Polkadot” and all, and I remember pushing this last year via social media. Here I am discussing a major rename and shift in mentality when speaking at events, to investors…

I would be in favor of using the term rollup, but this change creates a bit of a conflict for me. As far as I know Polkadot is a layer 0 and its parachains would be on layer 1. I believe that currently the rollups we know of are built on layer 2. I asked Polkadot AI about this and he gave me this …

I strongly believe that updating the terminology to “rollup” will significantly increase Polkadot’s visibility in the broader blockchain ecosystem. 100% yes i strongly agree with your strong belief. There’s no doubt people havent swarmed into polkadot purely because they dont understand these ne…

[image] gsanjaime: As far as I know Polkadot is a layer 0 and its parachains would be on layer 1. I believe that currently the rollups we know of are built on layer 2. The “layers” narrative is quite nontechnical. Positioning DOT as a Layer 0 was supposed to emphasize the fact that smart co…

[image] shawntabrizi: But practically speaking, the rollup story that Ethereum has been building toward makes Ethereum look at lot more like DOT. But this is just not true. Ethereum was not built for securing other chains. Rollups are a bandage for lack of proper sharding. Polkadot implemente…

While it may sound somewhat unfounded, I’ve always considered parachains to be a distinctive feature of Polkadot. In my view, rollups seem more like a workaround to improve Ethereum – something that Polkadot has conceptually built in from the start. Hence, I have a certain preference for the term “p…

“Satellites” would be a good name that make perfect sense to new commers and a term that no one in the blockchain space hasn’t used

Renaming "Parachains" to a More Generic Term

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Renaming "Parachains" to a More Generic Term

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