Polkadot proposes new strategic direction: focusing on user growth, dotUSD, and product platform development

PANews, October 12 – Polkadot officially announced that DOT DAO today submitted a new strategic direction proposal on the OpenGov governance platform, aiming to unify the ecosystem's development direction around core goals such as user growth, dotUSD, and the Polkadot Product Platform. The proposal was put forward by the Polkadot Community Foundation (PCF) and is positioned as a strategic guideline rather than a technical specification. If approved, relevant technical teams and executing agencies may still independently decide on specific implementation methods, but all work must remain aligned with the DAO's overall strategic goals.

The proposal states that Polkadot should prioritize end-user growth at the current stage, rather than metrics such as ecosystem scale or locked value, and that the strategic focus should shift from "competing with other smart contract platforms" to "competing with Web2 and mobile internet products." In terms of economic infrastructure, the proposal plans to launch a "dotStables" system, including stable-value derivatives (such as dotUSD) that use DOT as collateral. This mechanism aims to convert users' demand for stable-value assets into demand for DOT, and operates in a permissionless manner.

In addition, the Polkadot DAO plans to build the Polkadot Product Platform as a user acquisition and product distribution platform. The platform will no longer be limited to the previous parachain infrastructure model, but will cover more complete application-layer capabilities such as data storage, user interaction, and product services. The proposal also calls for improving Web2-level user experience, including support for freemium models, non-crypto address identifiers, mobile-first approaches, and broader web access, while requiring the preservation of core Web3 features such as user sovereignty, privacy protection, and login-free experiences.