Parity is a digital wallet for the Ethereum blockchain, and other digital assets that was founded by Gavin Wood, Jutta Steiner, and Björn Wagner. The company has offices in London, United Kingdom; Cambridge, United Kingdom; in Berlin, Germany. Parity comes with a dApp environment that can be accessed through web browsers. Parity also allows developers to create smart contracts and decentralized applications using its protocol extensions. Parity uses a proof-of-authority consensus for private Ethereum transactions, and allows on-chain governance protocol upgrades.
The following are blockchain technology solutions offered by Parity:
Parity Ethereum is an Ethereum client for interacting with the Ethreum blockchain.
Parity Bitcoin is a modular client built for Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash blockchain miners.
Polkadot is Parity's platform for connecting independent blockchains together.
Parity substrate is a platform created by Parity for creating decentralized blockchains.
Parity Fether is an Ethereum wallet that allows users to manage Ethereum transactions.
Parity Signer is Parity's offline cryptocurrency wallet.
The Parity Secret Store provides encryption for permissioning and smart contracts on public blockchains.
Parity Bridge is a developer tool that allows developers to speed up, or scale up, their dApps by merging blockchains together.
Parity Wasm is a WebAssembly technology stack that allows cross-platform decentralization of blockchain technologies.
Kovan is a testnet for dApps and smart contracts that require Proof-of-Authority.
Light.js is a optimized and high level react JavaScript library for the creation of light clients.
Timeline
People
Aeron Buchanan
Founder
Björn Wagner
Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer
Dr. Gavin Wood
Founder
Fredrik Harrysson
CTO
Gavin Wood
Co-Founder
Jutta Steiner
Founder
Jutta Steiner
Co-Founder & CEO
Ken Kappler
Founder
Lubomir Fotev
Founder
Robert Habermeier
Founder of Polkadot
TJ Saw
Founder
Further reading
Parity: The bug that put $169m of Ethereum on ice? Yeah, it was on the todo list for months
Iain Thomson
News
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Blockchaingers Tech Deep Dive Talk by Tomasz Drwiega, Core Developer at Parity Technologies
December 11, 2017
Commoditizing Trust and Disrupting the System | Gavin Wood | TEDxVienna
December 6, 2017