How decentralized is your parachain?
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Polkabeat helps users understand the risks associated with using each parachain on Polkadot. Read the blog.
NOTE: This site is in BETA and the data listed below is currently being reviewed by the community. Please use the contact form below to suggest changes.
How to read Polkabeat
| Parachain | Parachains listed in order of auction won, grouped by token liveness, and prioritized by decentralization |
| Open Source | ✅ the node/client software is open source, allowing any user to verify and compile the code themselves ❌ the node/client software is closed source |
| Sudo Removed | ✅ sudo has been effectively removed: either the pallet has been removed, or sudo privileges are given to a democratic body such as the treasury or democratically-elected council ❌ sudo is given to a single account or multisig |
| Permissionless Collators | ✅ anyone can be a collator with enough stake ❌ collators are selected by the founding team ⚠️ collators are open to participants vetted by the founding team or council or other centralized group |
| Democratic Council | ✅ councillors can be elected by token holders ❌ councillors are selected by the founding team “N/A” means that there is no council |
| Token Listed | ✅ the token is tradable on exchanges and markets ⏳ the token is not yet tradable on exchanges Note: when a token is not listed, the parachain is considered not fully launched, and no scrutiny should be given as users do not risk getting their assets frozen or censored. |
| Parachain | Open Source | Sudo Removed | Permissionless Collators | Democratic Council | Token Listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Centrifuge | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 🟢 HydraDX | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 🟢 Phala Network | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| 🟢 KILT | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Acala | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Moonbeam | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Astar | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Parallel Finance | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Clover Finance | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Efinity | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Interlay | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | N/A | ✅ |
| Nodle | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | N/A | ✅ |
| Unique Network | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A | ✅ |
| Litentry | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Polkadex | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bifrost | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Darwinia | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kylin Network | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | N/A | ✅ |
| Aventus | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Crust Network | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Zeitgeist | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | N/A | ✅ |
| Pendulum | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| AlephZero | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | N/A | ✅ |
| Composable Finance | ❌ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Equilibrium | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| OriginTrail | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Coinversation | ⚠️ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Totem KAPEX | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Integritee | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Watr | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| OAK Network | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Bitgreen | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Ajuna Network | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Frequency | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| OmniBTC | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Bittensor | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Subsocial | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Manta Network | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| Hashed Network | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
| T3rn | ✅ | N/A | N/A | N/A | ⏳ |
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changelog
v0.1.3-beta
- fixed Integritee’s decentralization status (only a shell parachain on Polkadot, live on Kusama)
v0.1.2-beta
- prioritized fully decentralized parachains
- corrected Pendulum and Centrifuge collators status
- corrected Unique Network’s open source client status
v0.1.1-beta
- simplified “token listed” category into listed and not yet listed
- grouped and prioritized parachains with listed tokens
- readability improvements for listed and not-yet-listed token groups
- added Zeitgeist to listed tokens group
v0.1-beta
- launch