# Polkadot

- **Website:** <https://substrate.dev>
- **Primary alias:** `substrate.dev`

## Description

Polkadot Developer Docs is an educational resource for developers building on Polkadot, a protocol that provides parachains with shared security and interoperability through XCM. The documentation guides users from initial setup to deploying applications, smart contracts, and custom blockchains, with pathways for both newcomers and experienced builders.

For app developers, it covers development environments, accounts and signing, on-chain data, transactions, storage, smart contract deployment, and domain registration. It also includes guidance for Ethereum developers, with tutorials for creating contracts and decentralized applications using familiar tools and libraries. Blockchain teams can learn to install the Polkadot SDK, launch and customize a parachain, upgrade runtimes, and enable cross-chain communication.

Additional resources explain node operation, validation, staking, chain interactions, asset management, and infrastructure. The site provides technical references, tutorials, troubleshooting guidance, and links to development tools, APIs, integrations, and support resources. An AI documentation assistant is also available to help users find answers, with a reminder to verify generated responses against source material.

## Industries

- 🖥 Computers Electronics and Technology
- 🖥 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency _(under Computers Electronics and Technology)_

## Links

- [github](https://github.com/paritytech)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/Polkadot)
- [youtube](https://youtube.com/channel/UCB7PbjuZLEba_znc7mEGNgw)

## Logos & icons

- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id2P7S02Hx/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792565176286)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mountain Meadow | #20b274 | accent |
| Cod Gray | #1c1917 | dark |
| Desert Storm | #fafaf9 | light |

## Fonts

- Karla — asset _(google)_
- monospace — asset _(custom)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/id2P7S02Hx/w/1500/h/500/idM4Goytdd.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792565176430)

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