01-31, 13:05–13:25 (Europe/Zurich), Beam Stage
Polkadot went through many changes in 2024, including the removal of parachain auctions, the adding of asynchronous backing to decrease block time and increase throughput, and improvements to on-chain governance.
In this talk, we will discuss the changes that are planning to be made to Polkadot in 2025. Some of these include: the addition of EVM compatibility - albeit with major improvements - to a system parachain, elastic scaling to allow parachains to use more throughput on a dynamic basis, and a unified address format useful across all parachains.
Bill Laboon is the Director of Education and Governance Initiatives at Web3 Foundation. Before this, he was a lecturer in the Computer Science Department of the University of Pittsburgh, teaching courses in software quality assurance, software engineering, and blockchain technology. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on a variety of topics, including cryptocurrency, software quality, and the ethics of software development. He is the author of two books: A Friendly Introduction to Software Testing, an undergraduate textbook; and Strength in Numbers, a near-future novel set in a world in which cryptocurrency has eliminated traditional money. Bill has a BS in Computer Science and Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as an MS in Software Design & Management from Carnegie Mellon University.