README.md

Polkadot in Mesh

Guidelines for a smooth learning journey at Polkadot from a Cardano’s developer perspective

Intro - Navigating the Polkadot Ecosystem

To quickly get you oriented with Polkadot's key resources.

For a serious deep dive on everything Polkadot, we recommend to check out Polkadot Blockchain Academy (PBA)

1. A bit of theory and comparison between different approaches

Building on Polkadot: Solutions and Comparisons

A few insightful information on general comparison of Polkadot and Cardano from a builders perspective

Staking Systems: Cardano vs. Polkadot

Easy overview on the differences and similarities of the PoS at both ecosystems

The main divergence: Account-Based vs. eUTXO

Comparing some important key differences of eUTXO and Account based models

2. Let's start getting some hands-on experience with the code

Building a Smart Contract using Ink! (Rust) and Astar

Simple guide to help you to building your first smart contract on Polkadot, using Ink!

Building a dApp with Ink!

Let's add a web interface to this smart contract

ERC-20 or Cardano Native (Fungible) Tokens

What is ERC-20 and why is it needed on Polkadot and not Cardano?

ERC-721 or Cardano Native NTFs

What is ERC-721 and why is it needed on Polkadot and not Cardano?

Building a Smart Contract using Ask! (TypeScript)

Did you know you can also write contracts in TypeScript?

A Giftcard HashMap based

Implementing a basic Giftcard in Ink! using a HashMap

A Giftcard NFTs (PSP34) based

Another Giftcard implementation but using NFTs and OpenBrush libs

... work in progress...

3. Something new, parathread

... work in progress...