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Story: Polkadot (DOT) to come up with PolkaBTC in 2021

By Steven Anderson

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Interlay is set to come up with Wrapped Bitcoin PolkaBTC in 2021.  This is expected to be a crucial step leading to a truly interoperable ecosystem.

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It is important to recollect that Interlay has released a detailed technical specification for a working POC implementation.

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Interlay are speeding up in their efforts to complete the BTC Parachain in Q1 2021.  This project is funded by a Web3 Foundation Grant.

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When PolkaBTC will be deployed, users are going to be able to mint 1:1 Bitcoin-backed assets onto Polkadot.

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PolkaBTC is hailed to be worthy because it is unique and it is strictly trustless and open.  The good thing is, there is a guarantee that it is always possible to redeem…

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At the time of the launch of PolkaBTC, the collateral will be put down in DOT and it will further be extended to stable coins or token sets to improve stability.

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In this regard, Sydney Ifergan, the crypto expert tweeted:  “I like the way Polkadot (DOT) states that to trust the PolkaBTC Bridge one needs to Trust that the Bitcoin is secure…

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There was a recent discussion in the Polkadot community about the maximum number of validators in the active set as having increased by 1 each era for 44 eras, leading to a new…

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It was also stated that in the near future, in preparation for parachains, all validators will have to rotate their session keys to add approval assignment and approval vote keys.

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It was also pointed to that more than 2.5 million weighted DOT have voted "Aye" for Referendum 12 in the last 24 hours, apparently due to linking the referendum with information…

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Also,barring any last-minute surprises, it appears that Proposal 7 will be the next Referendum. In summary, new keys are coming to Polkadot to support parachains.

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