On the Polkadot network, an address is only active when it holds a minimum amount, currently set at 1 DOT (and 0.0000333333 KSM on the Kusama network). This...

A Planck is the base unit (the smallest subdivision) of a DOT.  In the early stages of the network, one DOT contained 1,000,000,000,000 Planck. On Augus...

Polkadot.js has been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Russian, Italian, Korean, and more. You can change the language settings under “D...

If you're experiencing connection issues or having trouble making a transaction on polkadot.js, it can be useful to switch to another network node and ...

If you have ever looked at transaction costs or other events priced in milliDOTs and wondered how much that is, we've got the math for you! 1 milli...

Polkadot is a completely separate network from Ethereum, which is why there is no contract address like you may be used to with ERC20 tokens.  Therefore...

Unfortunately scams are very common in the crypto space. With the growing popularity of Polkadot and Kusama, we are also seeing a rise of imposters trying t...

From your accounts page on polkadot.js click on the icon on the very right to open your account on the Subscan block explorer. (Alternatively you can also e...

When you make a DOT withdrawal from Binance, be sure to select the official DOT token, as indicated in the image below.  The official DOT token liv...

There are several block explorers that you can use to explore Polkadot, Kusama and other Substrate chains and parachains. Here is a list of them, which will...