Polkadot Wrap-up 2022: Sharings from 23 Ecosystem Leaders

2022 marked a crucial milestone for the Polkadot & Kusama Network Ecosystem: the first 5 years of development. To celebrate this key anniversary on the verge of 2023, Dotinsights & SubWallet invite 23 top leaders in the ecosystem to share about their projects’ progress in 2022 and their visions & plans for 2023.

1/ Moonbeam Announcements concluded 2022 with record-breaking 1.5M addresses & 14M transactions.
For 2023, @purestakeco CEO & Moonbeam Founder Derek Yoo emphasizes that there will be more cross-chain integrations & activities.

2/ 2022 was remarkable for @RmrkApp as 22,000 land blocks on @SkybreachNFT were sold out.
According to Founder @bitfalls, making RMRK EVM-compatible & extending support for #NFTs on all Polkadot chains are 2023 top priorities.

3/ For Astar Network, everything has just started. Founder Sota Watanabe takes pride in their one-of-a-kind #dApp Staking that provides basic income for builders. 2023 will be full of amazing partnerships with global tier-1 companies.

4/ From Web3 Foundation Team, Common Good Parachain Lead Joe Petrowski says 2022 was a building year. Many innovations are scheduled to launch in H1 2023, such as Bridge Hub parachain, new collectives on Collectives & DEX on #Statemint.

5/ If 2022 is all about #DecentralizationMatters, then 2023 will be the year of strategic growth for Polkadot, claims Substrate Builders Program Manager Joshua Cheong
More focus on community contribution & development.

6/ Polkadot Ecosystem Success Manager Mattias Petter Johansson from

Parity Technologies reveals the grand mission of team Pioneers: to make

Polkadot unstoppable. That is, to enable collaboration & have the currently running programs adopted by the ecosystem

7/ Bifrost Finance ended 2022 well: with ~250,000 KSM staked, Bifrost is leading KSM liquid staking in terms of market share. Head of Strategy @Titi1P hints that more liquid staking derivatives & #DeFi utilities are in store for 2023.

8/@justinphamnz, Co-Founder & CEO of Bit.Country & Metaverse.Network chooses Metaverse-as-a-Service as his 2022 word of the year. In 2023, devs can create games for their #Metaverse users when the framework goes live on @BC_Pioneer.

9/ 2022 brought many challenges & lessons alike, but the Phala Network team continued building, says Co-Founder Marvin Tong. Phala will focus mainly on developing Phat Contract & reaching Web2 users in 2023.

10/ Securing 2 parachain slots on Polkadot & Kusama Network was a great 2022 achievement for @oak_network, and so was auto-compound staking release.
More partners & cross-chain expansion for 2023, shares Head of Growth @dawufi

11/ Founder Sam proudly shares that @ImbueNetwork kept promises to their community in 2022 by building hard. Imbue made history as the first parachain to launch on Kusama Network with 0 funding.
Stay tuned for their 2023 updates!

12/ For @InvArchNetwork, Co-Founder @XCAstronaut states that 2022 was beyond belief. From @YoudleDAO to #INV4 Protocol, every update was warmly received by the community
Multi-sig solution & DAOist CDK coming in 2023, watch out!

13/ 7000+ ID graphs were created on MyCryptoProfile for use in PhalaWorld, what a success for the Litentry team in 2022.
Growth Director @TeunHabraken reveals that the launch of Identity Hub is scheduled for Q1 2023!

14/ 2023 is growth building for Ajuna Network, shares Co-Founder Nicholas Douzinas. By bringing in developers, game studios & new products, Ajuna aims to create a whole new gaming experience for both Polkadot & #Web3 users in general.

15/ According to Gear Technologies, Chief Ecosystem Officer @Pavel_Salas, the team spent 2022 preparing for the launch of the stand-alone Vara Network in 2023. Stress-testing Vara will be a top priority after the launch.

16/ Number of networks using Subsquid increased 10x in 2022, and now 70+ active devs are using Squids! Incredible numbers by Co-Founder & CEO @dizhel
Get ready to earn rewards for providing resources for on-chain data in 2023.

17/ 2022 might be very intense but Founder @AlexSiman discloses that l @SubsocialChain has plans lined up for 2023. More integrations with Polkadot & Kusama Network projects to become the ultimate decentralized social network solution.

18/ In the very first year, SubWallet became the 1st Polkadot wallet available in both Browser Extension & Mobile App with 35K+ installs from 100+ countries.
Co-Founder & CEO @hieudaosw insists on development acceleration in 2023.

19/ Nova Wallet doubled their team size in 2022 to deliver non-stop, from 65+ network integration to #XCM transfer to OpenGov support on mobile. Another app in the works & more features coming in 2023, CEO Anton Khvorov suggests.

20/ In 2022, DAOists from @ChaosDAO came together to create a multi-sig wallet administered by pure proxy. The Phunky One ☯️🦍👑🍀looks forward to ChaosDAO becoming the primary authority in the governance space in 2023.

21/ Almost 18 members from different backgrounds with a shared passion for blockchain gathered to create @TFAlphaDao, whose community has surpassed 1K members. In 2023, Co-Founder @LordGLMR & team hope to deliver @MoonpetsApp Metaverse

22/ The leading #Web3 & #NFT lifestyle DApp @MoonFitOfficial ended 2022 by hitting 6,000 active users.
Founder & CEO @jackg_0888 believes that 2023 will be the year of fitness when MoonFit integrates with Strava.

23/ 300+ content creators involved in @thatMediaWag by @GldnCalf & The Kusamarian in 2022! Bringing the magic emoji power to more community servers & funneling media creation content to the core of Polkadot are their goals for 2023.

24/ That’s everything! We hope you enjoy the videos as much as we do.
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