This Tuesday marks one of the most complex live upgrades ever attempted on a blockchain.
@Polkadot's Asset Hub migration isn’t just complex; it’s industry-defying.
As Jan Jan, Technical Program Manager at Parity, put it:
“This project is incredibly hard, and the margin for error is zero. It’s only possible thanks to a world-class team of engineers and partners standing by across the globe."
Most live database migrations fail.
📉 In traditional tech, 70–80% of production migrations fail. Polkadot is doing it on-chain, in real time, and at full scale.
What’s moving?
💸1.6 billion $DOT (~$5 billion USD)
🧑🤝🧑50 000+ stakers
🧾1.5 million accounts
🫙2 million+ storage entries
Every single bit of data has to transfer flawlessly.
This isn’t just a data move.
We’re migrating core infrastructure and functionality, the logic that powers staking, balances, and assets, all at once.
ZERO room for error.
The migration will run for 5–8 hours, with:
🖥️ A live migration dashboard
⚙️ Collators tuned for high throughput
📡 Real-time incident & comms coordination
Every second monitored. Every packet accounted for.
And the timing? No coincidence.
Once the migration is complete, smart contracts on Polkadot will follow.
Liquidity is already flowing in, and Circle is preparing USDC for the next stage.
Watch history unfold.
📅 Migration begins Tuesday, 8 AM UTC
📊 Follow along →
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