ADAvaultSome post mortem analysis by Prof Aggelos Kiayias in a recent blog post Ouroboros: self-healing in the wild. The analysis explores how Ouroboros performed in the recent real world stress test. In summary, the recovery we observed followed the predicted, secure-by-design self-healing behavior of Ouroboros. As SPOs installed the patch, the effective, honest stake supporting…
IOG have just released a tracker for Leios development, which will enable a significant jump in transaction throughput for Cardano. Tests against the design specifications suggest that it will be able to achieve close to 1000 tps, without sacrificing decentralisation or security. Which is pretty much solving the blockchain trilemma. We will keep an eye…
You probably forgot about HTTP 402 Payment Required nestling between HTTP 401 Unauthorised, and 403 Access forbidden. We did. But now it’s getting resurrected for the crypto age and it may be the payment rails we’ve been waiting for. x402 is an open-source payment protocol developed by Coinbase in 2025, designed to enable instant, automated…
The Cardano Foundation have been focussed on sustainability applications for blockchains for some time with a number of pilots up and running. They’ve got a cool clip with a very strong brand identity, that captures some of the applications they have been exploring. They note: Today’s businesses face rising sustainability demands. As the focus on…
There’s a comprehensive update on the IOG blog covering the v1 release of Hydra, which enables a copy of the main ledger state to be modified among selected participants in a state channel or head. The hydra head allows fast and low cost transactions that can be periodically settled (or flushed) back to the Cardano…
