We were reviewing the Polkadot design the other day and noted that they are using libp2p for the networking layer. It fits in with the project ethos, has enabled developing the system quickly, and after all why go to the trouble of building a custom networking layer? What did Cardano do? They didn’t use libp2p.…
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Oracles!
Want to know about Oracles and how they will work on Cardano? This is the introduction you have been waiting for…
IOHK partners with Wolfram
IOHK have struck a deal with Wolfram, and Cardano will join Bitcoin and Ethereum in integrating into Wolfram’s industry leading technology and knowledge base, Wolfram Alpha. You probably already know that Wolfram’s knowledge base and Natural Language Processing technology helps power agents like Siri and Alexa. The blog post notes: We are currently defining a…
Cardano ‘Elevator Pitch’
Charles covered ‘Why Cardano?’ in a recent AMA. In 2 minutes he explains the Cardano mission and how it aims to change the world to using a single financial system, empowering people without access to identity, banking, insurance, and other financial services that many people in the ‘West’ take for granted. This mission goes back…
Cardano brand update
Details of the Cardano brand update and associated animation have been released. In early 2020, the Cardano Foundation and its ecosystem partners embarked on an ambitious brand reappraisal exercise for the Cardano blockchain, enlisting the help of award-winning design and creative agency McCann Dublin as well as our valued community. This led to a unified and renewed…