Parachains Guide Overview

This collection of guides is meant to help builders learn about basic patterns involved with launching a parachain on Polkadot or Kusama. Find the guide that is relevant to your use case. In general, points 1-3 can serve as an ordered checklist for builders looking to take their Substrate chains to becoming a parachain.

1. Collators

• How to start a collator node and add more collators

2. Parachain runtime upgrades

• Preparing for On-Chain Upgrades
• Set-up your runtime and client

3. Parachain registration

• How to register as a parathread and reserve a ParaID
• How to register your parachain