We’ve been tracking Midnight for a while, and the shape is starting to come into focus. There’s been some concern that it would not be coupled with Cardano, but that’s misplaced. It will be a side chain and use Cardano as the initial basis for the block security, but bringing together a number of research…
A new era
And just like that we are into a new era on the Cardano blockchain. As ever with Cardano a simple smooth transition, across the hard fork at approx 21:45UTC on September 1st 2024. All ADAvault nodes have now been upgraded to 9.1.1 and are performing as expected. Some positive media coverage even including Coindesk!
Chang Date Set
Looks like we have a date for Chang! Chang hard fork bulletin #9 🔧 The hard fork WG met today and agreed to target September 1 for the Chang upgrade, giving exchanges and DApps more time to prepare. With 84% of stake pools ready, positive community feedback, and strong momentum from exchanges, Chang is on…
Brand development
Do we need to communicate the goal of Cardano better to a wider audience. Perhaps. Certainly we would argue that chasing a self selecting crypto audience on X is not going to get widespread adoption. So how might we do that? One way might be copying best in class advertising, a bit like these examples…
Doom on Hydra!
This was showcased at the recent RareEvo event in Vegas, and it’s a great example of how Hydra heads can speed up transactions on Cardano. Doom running on Hydra (Cardano’s isomorphic state channels), is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Literally every frame is a transaction. https://t.co/8AxsYpjaCt — John Woods (@JohnAlanWoods) August 18,…