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We have voted Yes on two governance actions: the naming of the Protocol v11 hard fork after Max van Rossem, and the hard fork itself which brings significant Plutus and security enhancements.
Just in, news on some nice coverage for Cardano as part of the go live of the Bitwise ETF. Cardano. Engineering a more sustainable and scalable crypto...
Some 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...
IOG have just released a tracker for Leios development, which will enable a significant jump in transaction throughput for Cardano. Tests against the design...
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...
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...
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...
Some more positive Midnight partner news (in addition to the recent Google Cloud announcement). Kraken recently dropped this tweet on X which will be...
If you've been following developments on Midnight you will know that the Glacier drop has started, with the opportunity to claim an allocation if you held more...
News just out on the distribution of Midnight token ($NIGHT) from the Midnight team. Good news that Cardano will be getting 50% of the total distribution, with...
Tim and crew with the regular update on developments across the ecosystem including: Lots happening as ever, embedded below for convenience.
Lots of presence at the Bitcoin 2025 to demo interoperability between Bitcoin and Cardano. And the Lace intern has been left in charge of the X account…...
Some news just in that Brave Browser has added Cardano support to their multi-chain wallet. Seeing some good work in the Brave space lately including the...
Latest Cardano360 update has just dropped from Tim and crew. Lots of news as usual: We’ve got an update from Intersect MBO on Cardano’s open-source governance...
Sam Leathers, the chair for the Intersect Product Roadmap Committee has just published the initial draft of the 2025 roadmap. It looks good. It tackles the...
Charles recently shared some details on improvements to the IOG dApp wallet Lace, including a new feature for PGP encryption of paper wallets. One of the...
Voting has hit the critical thresholds so that means we have lift off for the second phase of Chang, which is the Plomin Hard Fork. The transition will occur...
We have voted yes for the Chang#2 (Plomin) Hard Fork event which is the point at which the Cardano network fully transitions to the Voltaire era of...
Cardano Foundation have teamed up with several legal firms to create a Market in Crypto Assets (MiCA) template which should make it much easier for projects on...
There's been a lot of speculation on X over the weekend about the nature of a crypto advisory role that Charles might have with the incoming administration in...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Not featured a CH vid for a while. Some details in this one in the planned improvements to the base layer of Cardano consensus and block propagation which will...
For those new to the ecosystem, The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based not-for-profit organization tasked with advancing Cardano as a public...
Some good progress on the Decentralisation Index being developed by Edinburgh University to provide an objective measure on top level cryptocurrencies. The...
Another very encouraging report from Messari that showcases the growth in the Cardano ecosystem has continued apace during the last quarter of 2023. They note:...
Bridges are an important part of the crypto landscape to provide liquidity and integration between crypto ecosystems such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Cardano....
It's that time of the month again! Updates from the recent summit in Dubai feature heavily this month. Loads happening as ever. Details: The Voltaire update...
Time for the regular Messari report on the Cardano ecosystem. The key insights are: Strong progress as usual across the board. DeFi stablecoin progress has...
There are a few new scaling technologies on the roadmap that will help Cardano to operate faster and accommodate more users and dApps. The main ones planned...
Another packed update from Tim and the team, also embedded below for your convenience: In this August edition of Cardano360, we explore the innovative ADA...
The new quarterly State of Cardano report is out from Messari covering the period from March to June 2023. Some positive trends in the metrics again with...
If you are using Daedalus, Cardano's full node wallet, then it's time to upgrade to version 5.3.0 which will add the ability to vote on the latest Catalyst...
Messari has just released a report covering the Cardano Ecosystem with some very positive statistics: Starting to see some real DeFi growth now, across the...
Duncan 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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Another packed episode from Tim and the team for the September Cardano 360. Info on the recently announced Stanford Research Hub, Mongolia trip, Mithril,...
Quick post to confirm that the update on the 22nd September has completed successfully, and the new capabilities will be available on Mainnet from the 27th...
The regular update from Tim, Nigel and Kevin which covers the last few days in the run up to the Vasil upgrade is available on YouTube. On track, and we also...
There is a new version of the Daedalus Full Wallet released. This uses Cardano Node 1.35.3 under the covers so it is ready for the Vasil update on Sept 22nd....
News just in that Vasil upgrade criteria are on track and a date for the upgrade has been announced by IOG for 22nd September, approximately 3 weeks from now...
Regular monthly update from Tim and crew covers the Vasil progress and upcoming features like Babel Fees (which we covered recently). Some minor delays to...
A couple of updates for you. First up, the regular mid monthly update from Tim and team on progress towards the Vasil hard fork. It is looking like there have...
News just in that the Cardano Foundation has joined the Linux Foundation Group as a Gold Member. We are really pleased to see this development, there is a very...
News in that IOG are making progress on the release of their light wallet called Lace, which will complement Daedalus (a full node wallet that keeps a complete...
Nigel Hemsley (Head of Delivery and Projects at IOG) has just shared that there will be a minor delay to the timeline for the Vasil upgrade that will increase...
May edition of the monthly show is available with updates from Tim and gang on the progress towards the Vasil Hardfork event late next month. You may notice...
Tim, Nigel and Kevin run through the mid month development update with a focus on progress towards the Vasil Hard fork upgrade. Usual super professional...
John O'Connor has just posted an update on progress with the Africa deals that have been inked to date. Good progress has been made to date on the education...
Cardano360 is hot off the press for April and has a developer focus this month with news on Marlowe, Cardano's Domain Specific Language for Smart Contracts....
It's that time already….Tim and crew bring you another helping of the freshest news from the ever growing Cardano ecosystem. And there's some special news at...
Some good updates in the latest release of everyone's favourite decentralised, Dark mode friendly, Cardano full node wallet. Now running faster, lower RAM...
It's that time again. The February 2022 edition of Cardano360 has just been released, with updates on Cardano developments across the ecosystem. As ever lots...
A new version 4.8.0 of Daedalus has been released which brings significant performance improvements. From the release notes: This Daedalus release integrates...
Some news on Hydra progress which is a key Layer 2 (L2) component to help Cardano scale out in the coming years. Matthias Benkort, IOG Software Engineering...
It's that time already! Where did 2021 go? Year end summary from the Cardano team including a summary from Charles, and look back across successes in 2021....
You may be aware there is a race at the moment to be the first major DEX (Decentralised Exchange) on Cardano. There are many contenders to the crown, and some...
Tim and crew share a mid monthly progress update. Regular attendees include Nigel and Kevin covering PAB and Plutus optimisation, and John Woods also joins to...
Title says it all. Embedded for your perusal below…the code forges continue to burn brightly.
The Cardano blockchain transitioned smoothly to the Alonzo era with the capability for smart contracts going live from 21:45UTC on the 12th September. This...
New release of our favourite dark mode wallet from Darko and team. From the release notes: Daedalus 4.3.1 for the Cardano mainnet brings Alonzo support. It...
The date has been scheduled as 12th September for the transition to smart contracts. This is the Hard Fork Combinator (HFC) event which will transition the...
A short update from Charles on progress towards Smart Contracts (spoiler- it's on track), and some other snippets on Cardano Foundation, growth of the wider...
Tim interviews Aggelos. Really good update on the research agenda and goals. For us here at ADAvault the strong research driven agenda behind Cardano has...
A new version of the Daedalus Wallet has been released. From the release notes: Daedalus 4.1.0 enables configuration settings for decimal places in native...
Marlowe is the Domain Specific Language (DSL) that will be used to write financial contracts that run on Cardano. This months' Cardano360 will have more...
Ok, so you might be thinking, "What is ERC20 and why do I care?". ERC20 is the smart contract standard used by Ethereum. It's become the pre-eminent standard...
A new release of Cardano Node from the development team. A lot of new features have been added ready for the Alonzo Smart contracts era. From the release...
A new version of the Daedalus wallet is available. From the release notes: Daedalus 4.0.5 updates the Catalyst voting registration feature to address the new...
A new version of Cardano Node has been released as part of the transition to Smart contracts in Alonzo. There will be another release before that however this...
A new version of Daedalus has been released with a host of improvements including Native Tokens, improved Trezor support, and better CSV exports. From the...
Another fantastic show this month. The team maintains really high production values for the show, and another jam packed edition with a load of content. Tim...
Says it all really. No price data at this point, but this is an important addition as reflects the improved profile Cardano is building amongst institutional...
News just in that ADA has (finally) been added to Coinbase Pro which opens the market up to institutional investors. Combined with the addition to the...
Bit slow posting this, there's new format for the monthly Dev news. Great show from Tim and Aparna with a lot of content this month. Details on changes to the...
Great news. Massive thanks go to the team at IOHK for another superbly managed upgrade. It's becoming a habit…
A new and important release of Daedalus, our favourite 'Dark Mode' wallet, that brings support for Native Tokens. From the release notes: Daedalus 3.3.0 brings...
New to Cardano? Recent update from CH that's worth watching… Keep grounded. Keep focused. There's a lot of important work ahead in 2021.
It's upgrade time. Cardano Node 1.25.1 has been released ready for the 'hard fork' due at the end of February which will enable Native Tokens on mainnet. From...
Details of the Cardano native assets implementation are available on the developers site. The introduction notes: Native Tokens is the name of Cardano's...
So we learn that Cardano will get native multi-asset support in February as part of the Mary hard fork. Native assets, no added complexity through smart...
A new release of our favourite wallet (do those guys ever rest?). From the release notes: Daedalus 3.1.0 delivers support for the upcoming ‘Cardano app for...
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,...
Details of the Cardano brand update and associated animation have been released. In early 2020, the Cardano Foundation and its ecosystem partners embarked on...
Confirmation for our delegators that all nodes in the ADAvault passive and active clusters have been upgraded and are running version 1.24.2. We are ready for...
A new Daedalus version is out and if you are a Ledger or Nano user then you will be very happy with this release. From the notes: The Daedalus 3.0.0 release...
A new version of the node has just been released. From the release notes: This release provides support for the upcoming Allegra and Mary hard forks and the...
Now this is properly exciting. The new Cardano Node has been released which sets the stage for the transition to Goguen. From the release notes: This release...
A new week, a new Daedalus release. Daedalus 2.5.0 brings the ability to save transactions to CSV files. It also introduces new sharing functionality for...
A new version of Daedalus has just been released. If you installed the last version then it will prompt you to update when you launch. Daedalus 2.4.0 has a...
Update from Emurgo on Goguen in this Blog post which looks into how this phase will bring Cardano close to completion: Goguen could be the most important...
Great blog post from Professor Simon Thomson at IOHK on Marlowe which will bring industry scale finance contracts to Cardano: In this post, we introduce...
From the release notes: This release includes support in the cardano-cli for multi-signature addresses and transactions. It also resolves a problem that has...