Why did we pick Substrate?

Substrate is a modular and open-source framework for building blockchains.
At KILT Protocol / BOTLabs, we were very early adopters of Substrate. We favoured it over much more widely-used tooling. But why?
Substrate's technical advantages are only part of the answer; the ideology behind it and its developer experience played a huge role.

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1. Why the heck did we choose Substrate? @KILTProtocol @maudnals
2. “We met the team, they were nice, and so, yeah!” - X at KILT Protocol, on why we chose Substrate. #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol “¯\_(ϑ)_/¯“ 1
3. But first What the heck is KILT #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol
4. Credentials for the web3 Chain + SDK = attested claims lowers the barrier to entry KILT #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 3
5. PoA ⤳ permissionless KILT chain Public standalone ⤳ para{chain,thread} Open-source #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 4
6. K I L T C o r e P o l k a d o t + S u b s t r a t e SDK mashnet-node substrate- node-template demo-client demo-wallet telemetry polkadot- apps faucet services @plkdt /identicon @plkdt RPC subs /api /keyring /util-crypto -basic-authorship -consensus-aura ... = uses as dependency telemetry, polkadot-apps 5
7. SRML custom runtime>src>lib.rs #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 6
8. KILTprotocol/ 6k 0 Substrate update #1 launch +6m! Substrate update #2 #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 11/2019 11/2018 <party emoji> mashnet-node Additions/w 7
9. Additions/w 6k 30k 0 #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 11/2019 11/2018 mashnet-node sdk-js KILTprotocol/ launch +6m! 8
10. Expected wins Expected… But still, nice #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol
11. * Vision + XP + later-mover + dogfeeding * Looked good * Modularity * Runtime upgrades * Berlin Choosing Substrate #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 10
12. Speed Focus Wins #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 11
13. Extra wins Now we’re talking #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol
14. Safe exploration Safe exploration #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 13
15. Wins with Substrate DevX: layers for safe exploration Rust SRML Forkless runtime upgrades Approach #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 14
16. Win: ecosystem Micro Macro #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 15
17. Where focus took us Somewhere nice #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol
18. Features Attester Present Credential Check # Blockchain Write #Credential Revoke Trust Claimer Verifier Revokable credentials Delegations Legitimations Quotes Anonymous credentials TCAs ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 17
19. Features Attester Present Credential Check # Blockchain Write #Credential Revoke Trust Claimer Verifier Revokable credentials Delegations Legitimations Quotes Anonymous credentials TCAs ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 18
20. Features Attester Present Credential Check # Blockchain Write #Credential Revoke Trust Claimer Verifier Revokable credentials Delegations Legitimations Quotes Anonymous credentials TCAs ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 19
21. Features Attester Present Credential Check # Blockchain Write #Credential Revoke Trust Claimer Verifier Revokable credentials Delegations Legitimations Quotes Anonymous credentials TCAs ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 20
22. Up Next #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol
23. #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol KILT integrators: developer community inception KILT Integrators Industry players End- users
24. Up Next Adoption DevX KSM Features #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol 23
25. Up Next Adoption DevX KSM Features #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol Ecosystem = you, us 24
26. So: #Substrate @maudnals @KILTProtocol Who are you? 25
27. Thank you! @KILTProtocol @maudnals @ingoruebe kilt.io #kilt-general: matrix.org
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