Solidity, a major programming language for writing smart contracts, will soon become compatible with the Cardano (ADA) blockchain. According to a Dec. 17 announcement on Cardano Developers website, Cardano devs…
Continue ReadingDecentralized e-commerce platform Bondly will be the first decentralized finance project to run on the Cardano blockchain as part of the platform’s roll-out of the Goguen smart contract functionality. In…
Continue ReadingIOHK, the development arm behind Cardano, recently announced a new hard fork of the protocol scheduled for mid-December. Kevin Hammond, a software engineer at IOHK, revealed this week that Cardano…
Continue ReadingAt the time of writing, the U.S. 2020 election still hangs on a knife-edge, with either candidate still in the running to win. According to the BBC, Biden is ahead,…
Continue ReadingFor nearly two years, Cardano has clashed with Wikipedia over its refusal to list a Cardano page. The online encyclopedia states the listing criteria come down to verifiable information sources…
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Cointelegraph, Charles Hoskinson suggested that a Cardano-based solution might make blockchain voting possible for future national elections. He stated: “Not only do I believe — we’ve been building…
Continue ReadingIOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson hosted a surprise AMA recently in which he announced a reduction in Cardano’s “D” (decentralization) parameter to 0.5. “That means we’re just about to cross a…
Continue Reading“My first thought was he must have been hacked”, said Hoskinson, reflecting on opening an email he received from David Barrett, the CEO of Expensify, urging him to vote for…
Continue ReadingIOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson vents his disappointment over Wikipedia’s refusal to list a Cardano page. In a Periscope video, Hoskinson hits out following his discovery that the online encyclopedia sees…
Continue ReadingThe Cardano (ADA) ecosystem has a complex governance structure, not dissimilar from the way the U.S. democracy operates, with its built-in checks and balances. There are three main players: the…
Continue ReadingAI firm SingularityNET today announced a partnership deal with Cardano. Previously, SingularityNET operated exclusively on the Ethereum blockchain. As such, many have taken the news as a significant blow for…
Continue ReadingFor a number of years now bitcoiners have predicted that the price of bitcoin will surpass its all-time high from 2017 and many believe it will rise to the $100k…
Continue ReadingPhase 0 of Ethereum 2.0 took a step forward today following the submission of EIP 2982. Phase 0, also known as the “beacon chain,” refers to the transition from proof-of-work…
Continue ReadingIOHK has distributed $250,000 worth of ADA to Project Catalyst. These funds will be allocated to several Cardano-based projects proposed by the community. Project Catalyst is one of the building…
Continue ReadingThe recent 51% attacks on Ethereum Classic (ETC) have raised fresh questions about the security of proof-of-work blockchains. Not only has ETC been attacked three times within a month, but…
Continue ReadingCardano (ADA) is getting into data oracles ahead of the Goguen era that will add smart contract functionality, taking a different approach than Chainlink. The first oracles are being built…
Continue ReadingCharles Hoskinson’s IOHK recently published two Ethereum Classic Improvement Proposals, or ECIPs, meant to help the struggling chain recover after a slew of recent 51% attacks. The first introduced a checkpoint system…
Continue ReadingStaking on the Cardano network got underway on July 29th with the Shelley mainnet launch. Almost a month on from that date, IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson took to Periscope seeking…
Continue ReadingMany crypto heavyweights use Twitter as their primary tool for sharing information (or even misinformation) about their own projects or other interesting subjects. Some of them even consider Twitter engagement…
Continue ReadingNot content to rest on its laurels, Cardano continues to enhance network infrastructure by improving its native Daedalus wallet. Daedalus Flight is a test wallet where volunteer users can assess…
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