2026 will be about #Web3 products.
But products only become real once the underlying infrastructure is finished.
In 2025, @Polkadot 2.0 crossed that threshold with three upgrades that work as a system:
â Agile Coretime
â Asynchronous Backing
â Elastic Scaling
What Async Backing actually unlocks:
- parachain blocks backed every ~6s (vs ~12s before)
- ~4Ă more execution time per block
- up to ~8Ă more usable blockspace for parachains
The key shift: from waiting to pipelining, meaning :
While one block is being checked, the next is already being built. This is similar to how modern CPUs increase throughput with parallel stages.
Then the other pieces complete the picture:
- Agile Coretime introduces a market for blockspace (reserve capacity predictably, or buy on-demand).
- Elastic Scaling determines how that capacity is allocated, that way a single parachain can use multiple cores and scale throughput as demand rises.
This is why #Polkadot starts to look less like a âsingle execution laneâ and more like a multi-threaded computer built for real applications: DeFi, games, social, IoT ... really anything with spiky or real-time demand.
And itâs not just theory: @kusamanetwork (Polkadotâs canary network) sustained 143,000+ TPS in a Dec 2024 live stress test. And that was using only ~23 out of 100 cores, leaving significant headroom.
If 2025 was about finishing the foundation, 2026 is where the product era gets interesting.
Lets Build !
I am planning to apply in OpenGov to become the fifth Polkadot registrar.
Today, Iâm releasing an all-in-one identity web application (beta version) for @Polkadot.
With this tool, you can:
- Transfer DOT to the People Chain
- Set, update, or clear your on-chain identity
- Request judgement (if my application is accepted)
- Review your own identities and browse all public identities on Polkadot
Everything in one place. Simple, fast, and intuitive.
-> https://t.co/xraQxqLwJp
Here is how to use it đ