Polkadot Is Deutsche Telekom’s Latest Crypto Experiment
Europe’s biggest telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom AG, is throwing its weight behind Polkadot, an interoperable framework of public blockchains created by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood.Deutsche Telekom’s digital innovation subsidiary, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (MMS), is no slouch when it comes to supporting blockchain tech.The telco has already gone deep into the space by providing infrastructure support (as well as participation in) the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanisms of blockchain oracle service Chainlink; Flow from NFT pioneers Dapper Labs; and Celo, a mobile-first payment network.But by diving into Polkadot, Deutsche’s innovation department is going one step further: T-Systems will not only be providing…