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Smoldot development financing Q3/2023
Smoldot is an alternative implementation of the Polkadot client focused on using as little CPU, memory, and bandwidth as possible. It can be embedded within a web page, and thus allow end users to connect directly to the Polkadot network. If you have watched the recent Polkadot decoded conference, smoldot was mentioned in several talks, and Gavin Wood's roadmap overview emphasized the importance of light clients. Smoldot is a critical component in order to properly fulfill the goal of building a decentralized blockchain. It is one of the most dynamic client-engineering-related projects. You can find a link to smoldot's repository here: https://github.com/smol-dot/smoldot/ It must be emphasized that smoldot is not a prototype. It was initially started in December 2019 within Parity Technologies and has been financed through treasury proposals since February 2023. Since its inception, all of its goals have been fulfilled consistently and on relatively short time frames. It is robust and ready to be used in production. This treasury proposal concerns the continuation of the financing of the development of smoldot.
Current Progress and Comments:
The continuation of Smoldot, originally created by Parity and with Tomaka at the helm, it’s an alternative implementation of the Polkadot client with focus on a small size for full nodes and light weight implementations. Both crucial for truly decentralized applications. As such, funding it is of great importance as it paves the way for user centric web3 applications without the RPC requirement.
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