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…
Category: Cardano Updates
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…
Chang in a box!
Forgive the Tintin reference, but it’s one of our favourites (Tintin in Tibet in case you were wondering). We are getting closer to the Chang Hard Fork event, and Charles has put out a video with a few thoughts… Cardano Node 9.1.0 is available now from the Github repo. We will be testing in the…
It’s time to vote!
Voting has opened for the Interim Constitutional Committee (ICC) who will represent Cardano stakeholders for the first 73 Epochs (1 year) after the Chang fork moves us into the Voltaire era. You can vote here https://icc-election.intersectmbo.org. All the usual wallet options are supported including Daedalus.
Chang Fork
The date has been set for the Chang fork event when CIP-1694 will kick in. At this point Cardano will become arguably the most decentralised block chain on the planet as on-chain governance passes to the community via dReps and Intersect, the members based organisation. dReps will perform a similar role to elected representatives in…