This is a complete audiobook of the treasury-funded book: Polkadot for Beginners, a non-technical guide to Decentralization, Blockchain, and Polkadot by Gbaci.

It is ideal for beginners who want to get a snapshot of what blockchains are and get introduced to the technological design of Polkadot. However, there is surely something for everyone.

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This episode covers the last chapter of the book, Participating in the Network and Technical Appendix. Featured sections include: *How to participate in securing the network and governance; *What it means to be an ambassador. *How to stay up-to-date

This episode covers Chapter 5: Participating in the Network. It explains one of the core value propositions of Polkadot, Interoperability. Featured sections include: *Parachain slot auctions & crowdloans; *Parathreads and how they operate; And brief overview of some Parachains including Acala, Moonbeam, HydraDX, Kilt etc. Comments, feedbacks and constructive criticisms are welcomed. Lets have it!

Chapter 4: Governing the Network. It covered the following aspects: *what is Governance for? *What is the governance structure? *How are decisions made? *What is the lifecycle of a proposal? *How are votes calculated? *What happens after a referendum? *Criticisms of Polkadot Governance *Bounties *Spending proposals *Tips and *Funding the treasury. Please subscribe

This episode covers Chapter 1, 2 and 3 of the book: Polkadot for Beginners: a non-technical guide to decentralisation, Blockchain and Polkadot by Gbaci. Chapter 1 introduces Polkadot as a whole, chapter 2 explains the network’s relay chain, its use case and architecture while chapter 3 explains how the network is secured. Don’t forget to subscribe and drop your questions, comments and criticisms. Enjoy!

This episode covers: The How of Decentralization. Some of the featured explanations include: What a blockchain is and how it works; The evolution of blockchains; What a protocol is; What a smart contract is; and the rise of cross-chains. If this is your first time tuning in to the show,

I highly recommend that you listening to the previous 2 episodes

To catch the audiobook in its entirety

Enjoy!

We will be continuing with the

Second part of the Audiobook recording of:

Polkadot for Beginners: a non technical guide to Decentralization, Blockchain and Polkadot

By Gbaci

The segment covered in this episode is: The Philosophy of Decentralization

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In this episode and the subsequent 6 to 7 episodes, you will be listening to an audiobook recording of a Polkadot treasury-funded book:

Polkadot for Beginners: a non-techincal guide to Decentralization, Blockchain

and Polkadot

By Gbaci, Narrated by Abdulaziz

Please subscribe so you won’t miss the rest of the book.

Polkadot is a next-generation blockchain protocol that unites an entire network of purpose-built blockchains, allowing them to operate seamlessly together at scale. Because Polkadot allows any type of data to be sent between any type of blockchain, it unlocks a wide range of real-world use cases. This episode is a recording of Polkadot's lightpaper, enjoy!

This episode takes you into the biography of polkadot founder and what led to his interest in blockchain; his education, work experiences, lifestyle and hobbies. The resources where pulled from his personal website, polkadot site, parity, web3 and wikipedia. Don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss out on more contents like this