Runtimes

Runtimes for Polkadot's community testnet.

Structure

├── relay
│   ├── paseo
└── system-parachains
    ├── asset-hub-paseo
    │    ├── bp-asset-hub-paseo
    ├── bridge-hub-paseo
    │    ├── bp-bridge-hub-paseo
    ├── people-paseo
    ├── coretime-paseo

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Testnet vs Production

The following section presents the differences between testnet and production runtimes. By showing users the variations in available features and operational costs, users can better adjust their expectations when transitioning from testnet to production environments.

Features

Feature	Paseo	Kusama	Polkadot
Agile Coretime	✅	✅	✅
Async Backing	✅	✅	✅
Elastic Scaling	✅	✅	✅
Asset Hub Migration	✅	✅	✅
PolkaVM Contracts	✅	✅	❌
Contracts: ERC-20 Precompile	✅	✅	❌
Contracts: XCM Precompile	✅	✅	❌
Coretime interlude period	2 days	7 days	7 days

Costs

Feature	Paseo (PAS)	Kusama (KSM)	Polkadot (DOT)
Parachain Id Reservation	100	4	100
Parachain Registration	~3,200	~105	~3,200
Asset Creation	~0.0017 + 0.4 Deposit	~0.00012 + 0.013 Deposit	~0.0018 + 0.4 Deposit
Identity Creation	~0.002 + 0.2 Deposit	~0.00009 + 0.006 Deposit	~0.002 + 0.2 Deposit
Contract Instantiation (12K polkavm blob)	~0.12 + 0.6 Deposit	~0.004 + 0.02 Deposit	❌