Mainstreaming DeFi with Parallel Finance

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December 9, 2021 • 48 mins

This week, Jorrin Bruns (Support Engineer, Parity Technologies) is joined by Yubo Ruan, founder of Parallel Finance, a lending solutions provider designed to increase liquidity and acceptance on the Polkadot network. Parallel Finance is a Polkadot parachain and its sister network Heiko Finance is a Kusama parachain. This episode begins with an introduction to Parallel Finance and its tech stack. They also discuss how Substrate helped Parallel launch a parachain in 7 months, and how the project is disrupting DeFi through a unique take on lending design and building user interaction interfaces (necessary for interoperability in DeFi). Links Parallel Finance’s website (https://parallel.fi) Substrate Builders Program featuring Parallel Finance (https://www.parity.io/blog/substrate-builders-program-milestone-update-november-2021) Highlights 01:53 How to launch a parachain in 7 months 03:30 What is Parallel Finance? 05:40 Substrate modules and tech stack upgrades 08:00 Validator participation requirements 11:34 Heiko use cases and the Security Module 14:20 Increasing engagement in governance 21:50 Parallel Finance products 29:38 Staked tokens can participate in governance 31:15 Borrowing based on your collateral 33:30 Auction lending and crowdloans 42:48 Value proposition between networks: Parallel Heiko and Parallel Finance 45:27 Participation in the Substrate Builders Program Special Guest: Yubo Ruan.

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