Polkadot Price (DOT)

Polkadot connects purpose-built chains to a relay chain. A connected chain can run its own apps and rules while using the relay chain’s validators to check its work. It needs coretime, access to the network’s processing capacity, to submit blocks for that shared validation.

Agile Coretime gives projects a way to obtain capacity in advance or on demand. This is separate from the fee a user sees when making a transfer on a connected chain. That fee depends on the chain they are using.

DOT can be staked to help secure Polkadot and is used to vote on proposals through OpenGov. The chart shows the market price of DOT. When following a network change, check whether the proposal affects staking, governance or how a connected chain uses coretime.