Polkadot’s 2025 roadmap released: shorten the waiting time for DOT unlocking and promote DOT to become a universal fee token

PANews reported on December 30 that Parity Technologies, the parent company of Polkadot (Polkadot), released Polkadot’s 2025 roadmap. The key contents are as follows:

1. Smart contracts: Asset Hub adds support for EVM and Solidity, while PVM provides lightweight, secure and scalable solutions.
2. Elastic expansion: The multi-core architecture increases capacity to meet the growing on-chain demand.
3. XCM v5: Cross-chain messaging upgrade takes interoperability to new heights.
4. Unified address format: Polkadot and all Rollups use a single address - more simplified and efficient.
5. Fast unlocking: The waiting time for DOT unlocking is shortened to bring a better user experience.
6. DOT as a universal fee token: Supports fee payment in Rollup - DOT becomes a universal fee token for Web3.
7. JAM SDK: New tools for developers to easily build scalable services.
8. SAFROLE technology: Block production using zkSNARK technology to achieve performance optimization.