Parachain Auctions Podcast: Astar Among the Polkadots

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We’re bringing back Sota Watanabe, Astar Network Founder, and Maarten Henskens, VP of Growth. In previous conversations we learned about their winning project Shiden, an early Kusama auction winner.

Join Brian as the Astar team informs us of their multi-chain smart contract platform, the future of Polkadot / Kusama and last but not least the tradition in Japan of eating KFC at Christmas.

Recorded November 12th, 2021

00:57 – Introducing Sota Watanabe and Maarten Henskens

01:30 – Behind Astar’s name change

02:52 – The Kusama/Polkadot synergy…

12:19 – …and their differences

18:34 – Community and team growth

25:40 – Interest from Japanese investors and users

27:40 – Astar’s roadmap over the coming months

28:55 – KFC’s popularity at Christmas in Japan

29:25 – The future of the Kusama/Polkadot relationship

32:30 – What comes after Shiden’s lease expires?

33:35 – Learnings from other parachain teams

34:50 – Where to stay up to date

Learn more about Astar: https://astar.network/

Medium: https://medium.com/astar-network

Sota: https://twitter.com/WatanabeSota

Maarten: https://twitter.com/henskensm

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