Polkadot parachain auctions and early DeFi ecosystems (2019–2022)

1. Polkadot mainnet begins with Relay Chain genesis

   May 26, 2020Labels: Relay Chain, Sudo

   • Investopedia

2. DOT redenomination sets new token unit scale

   Aug 18, 2020Labels: DOT, Token redenomination

   • Kraken
   • Poloniex

3. Kusama parachain auctions begin as live test

   Jun 15, 2021Labels: Kusama, Parachain auctions

   • CoinDesk
   • Kusama Guide

4. Karura wins first Kusama parachain slot

   Jun 22, 2021Labels: Karura, Acala team

   • Cointelegraph
   • KuCoin

5. Polkadot governance approves parachain auction rollout plan

   Oct 13, 2021Labels: Polkadot governance, Parachain rollout

   • Cointelegraph
   • ForkLog

6. Polkadot enables crowdloans and parachain registration

   Nov 5, 2021Labels: Crowdloans, Parachain registration

   • Polkassembly
   • Polkassembly

7. First Polkadot parachain auction opens

   Nov 11, 2021Labels: Polkadot auction, Candle auction

   • Moonbeam
   • Cointelegraph

8. Acala wins first Polkadot parachain auction

   Nov 18, 2021Labels: Acala, Parachain winner

   • CoinDesk
   • Moonbeam

9. Moonbeam wins second Polkadot parachain auction

   Nov 25, 2021Labels: Moonbeam, EVM compatibility

   • Moonbeam
   • Moonbeam

10. Astar wins third Polkadot parachain auction

    Dec 2, 2021Labels: Astar, Smart-contract platform

    • ForkLog
    • Moonbeam

11. Parallel Finance wins fourth Polkadot parachain auction

    Dec 9, 2021Labels: Parallel Finance, DeFi lending

    • CryptoSlate
    • ForkLog

12. Clover wins fifth auction, closing first batch

    Dec 16, 2021Labels: Clover Finance, Auction cohort

    • ForkLog
    • Moonbeam

13. First five winning parachains onboard to Polkadot

    Dec 17, 2021Labels: Parachain onboarding, Relay Chain

    • Moonbeam
    • Investopedia

14. 2022 auctions expand Polkadot DeFi and infrastructure set

    Feb 5, 2022Labels: HydraDX, Interlay

    • CoinMarketCap