In the words of Dr. Gavin Wood ... "Bitcoin pioneered resilience. Ethereum generalized it. Polkadot took it one step further with scale." Here’s how Polkadot rollups are pioneering Web3 for the world. The Internet was first created for the public, but built in private. Centralized architectures enabled the monetization of personal data. Powerful organizations emerged and built the internet that everyone depends on today. Single points of failure. No privacy. No transparency. The Fix: Create a resilient system accessible to everyone and not controlled by small groups- Enter Polkadot and its ecosystem of rollups (parachains). Natively integrated. Flexible. No compromise on decentralization or security. Polkadot Rollup Key Features: Shared security. Cut costs, boost security, and enable features e.g. cross-chain functionality. Native interop. Seamless integration into the Polkadot eco. Perfect for app chains and network effects between projects. Customization (Polkadot SDK). Builders can quickly deploy apps, maintain autonomy over their chain, and tap into modularity to meet requirements. Performance. Fast blocktimes/finality and huge throughput from Polkadot's architecture and upgrades such as Async Backing, Agile Coretime, + more. And it's all decentralized (resilient) thanks to finality & OpenGov on the Polkadot Relay Chain. Compare that to alternative stacks ... Performance stats (so far): → 143K TPS (Polkadot SDK on Kusama) → 173 Nakamoto coefficient → 100% on-chain governance → 0 Relay Chain downtime since 2020 launch But Polkadot today is not the end goal. Not even close. Builders are iterating, pushing on-chain performance to the limits, then setting new limits, incorporating compatibility with other Web3 tech stacks, and more. See apps currently live on Polkadot or, if you have a project of your own, explore the tech and funding opportunities in the eco: