ADAvaultDuncan Coutts is one of the great unsung heroes of the Cardano universe. He was instrumental in the original design of the node and networking layer, including the “secret weapon” of the Hard Fork Combinator that enables seamless protocol upgrades without needing to hard fork the chain. Duncan has been working on the P2P networking…
We recommend checking out the proposal on GitHub for CIP1694 that proposes an approach for Governance of Cardano in the Voltaire era. It’s an elegant and impressive document, both for the obvious thought that has gone into it, and for the simplicity that has been achieved for what is a very complex topic. The core…
Cardano will be getting some new cryptographic primitives soon. Thinking that sounds complex? And why does it matter? You are not alone we suspect. To make it easier for developers to build cross-chain applications, Input Output Global (IOG) is adding new built-in functions to Plutus to support ECDSA and Schnorr signatures. As Tim Harrison explains:…
Essential Cardano….essential reading. A couple of quick New Year updates for you. First up a summary of the state of the Cardano Nation as of the end of 2022. Packed full of information, it’s a great resource to remind yourself of of how far the project has already come, and what is still planned. It’s…
A lot of news in from ScotFest and the Cardano Summit. Too much to blog about now we’ll cover it in more detail over the coming weeks. We just wanted to mention a couple of major developments. First up Midnight, which will be: ..a data protection-based blockchain that safeguards sensitive commercial and personal data, protecting…
