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CryptoVideosMandala Chain: Smashing Barriers with Real Use Cases @ Sub0
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Mandala Chain: Smashing Barriers with Real Use Cases @ Sub0

•November 14, 2025
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Gavin Wood
Gavin Wood•Nov 14, 2025

Why It Matters

Mandala Chain’s government‑backed use cases and cross‑ecosystem partnerships could channel real‑world economic activity into Polkadot, challenging the current revenue dominance of Ethereum and Solana and signaling a shift toward multi‑chain, enterprise‑grade blockchain adoption.

Summary

Michael, representing Republic Labs, opened the Sub0 talk by outlining Mandala Chain’s origins as a blockchain‑agnostic media hub that pivoted to building on‑chain solutions for the Indonesian government during the COVID lockdown. After evaluating multiple ecosystems, the team chose Polkadot, praising its multi‑chain architecture as the model Ethereum 2.0 should have followed, and set out to prove that superior technology alone does not guarantee market share.

He highlighted that while adoption is booming in emerging markets, revenue is still concentrated in application layers on Ethereum and Solana, with Polkadot projects absent from the top‑earning lists. Mandala’s data‑driven argument is that the “path of least resistance” for users does not currently lead to Polkadot, so the team is focusing on bringing usable applications—decentralized identity, province‑level sidechains, and on‑chain storage—to end‑users and governments to shift that dynamic.

Concrete examples included a partnership with BitLayer to mint permissionless Bitcoin (YBTC) on Mandala, integration of Inc Finance’s DAO platform to launch a multi‑asset fund tokenized across parachains, and a collaboration with Aorus (Onyx Minerals) to issue ESG‑verified tokenized gold without environmental disruption. The rollout already features provincial sidechains in West Java and an ID‑minting chain for an Indonesian department, underscoring the project’s real‑world traction.

Looking ahead, Mandala plans to evolve from a single parachain into a “parachain factory,” spawning application chains on Polkadot’s hub while packaging Polkadot block space with revenue streams, token buy‑backs and burns into its native KPG token. If successful, this model could funnel government and institutional demand into Polkadot, diversify its revenue base, and accelerate the next wave of blockchain adoption in Southeast Asia and beyond.

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