Polkadot: 239,153 DOT on the relay chain, 1.71 billion on the Asset Hub: the JAM rebuild has no date

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry a high degree of risk. Always conduct your own research.Context: Polkadot's relay chain holds only 239,153 DOT on Friday according to our own measurement, while the Asset Hub holds 1,708,713,905. The roadmap to the new JAM architecture aims at exactly this state, yet names no date for the switch itself. The record shows this: the Polkadot relay chain, for years the heart of the network, still carries 239,153.83 DOT on Friday afternoon. On the Asset Hub, the neighbouring blockchain, 1,708,713,905 DOT sit at the same minute. That is 99.986 percent of all tokens. We queried both figures ourselves at the public nodes of the two blockchains rather than taking them from a report. Our assessment follows further down: the technical rebuild towards JAM is already considerably further along than the official roadmap makes it look from outside. If you hold DOT, this is no footnote from the developer corner. Where your DOT sit determines which address you need in your wallet, whether your staking still pays rewards, and which functions an exchan...