Update on cargo-pvm-contract: a Rust SDK for smart contracts cargo-pvm-contract is a Rust toolchain for writing smart contracts that compile to PVM and run on Polkadot through pallet-revive. The project has been in active development for a while and has reached a point where it’s worth sharing a pub…

[image] smiasojed: [Bytecode size - token-shaped contracts] Benchmark provenance: Rust SDK from cargo-pvm-contract main at commit 2eec1fe; Solidity (PVM) compiled with the resolc new_york branch and Solidity (EVM) with solc 0.8.30. Numbers are from a single run on 2026-06-16 and will shift as…

We didn’t spend much time on that since the final update. The issue we had is the same as all other teams leaving Polkadot. Honestly, most teams will have much better time forking any of the “products” that you developed, deploying to Ethereum or Monad, than helping you to develop it on Polkadot Hu…

So you’ve tried nothing and nothing worked. Whats the point of leaving sour comments on real achievements on a real, deployed and working solution? I congratulate @smiasojed and the Team. This is a fantastic achievement. Please don’t let yourself get frustrated because of bad faith comments. Keep i…

You know that up to today, Moonbeam still has more users than Polkadot Hub, right? Comically, Parity is the team who refused to listen, and then spent multiple years to develop a custom solution, and now… still after 6 months of your product launch, there’s still less than a few thousand contracts …

The main purpose of this post is to announce the Rust SDK. Regarding PVM vs EVM on the numbers: Per-call PoV: Rust SDK DSL beats native EVM on ERC-721 mint (−22%) and ERC-1155 create (−9%); within a few % of EVM on simpler workloads. Per-call ref_time: ~5–16% over EVM today in interpreter mode on …

Update on `cargo-pvm-contract`: a Rust SDK for smart contracts

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Cyrill June 17, 2026, 11:25am 3

Hey Wei, how is your compatibility hub going? Can’t wait to see it live on Polkadot to completely crush revive on security on performance. Or is it still in the design phase?

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