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DEXs and ERC20 convertor testnet

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 have already gone live (MuesliSwap) with many in the final stages of development. Probably the biggest one that is being followed is SundaeSwap (The Sweetest…

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World Mobile and IOHK in Zanzibar

We meant to load a link to this on the blog a while back, but in the rush around the time managed to miss. World Mobile have a goal to make internet access ubiquitous and cheap for everyone, and they think that integration with the blockchain (i.e. Cardano) offers a way to do this in…

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Cardano360 November

Another cracking show from Tim and crew, and another welcome appearance from John Woods covering the ongoing network optimisation, along with regulars Nigel and Kevin covering progress on PAB. The professionalism of the Cardano360 updates continues to be top notch, and provides an encompassing view on progress through the ecosystem, including news on the much…

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Network traffic levels

…have been increasing a lot of late. In fact even with the recent increase in block size from 64kB to 72 kB (an increase of 8kB or 12%) there are periods where mempool is saturated and transactions are queued before being processed. And while this is a good thing as it shows Cardano adoption is…

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Slow and steady wins the race

A really good summary of the design considerations for performance that have driven the development of the Cardano blockchain by John Woods, the IOHK Director of Cardano Architecture. All blockchains face a choice between decentralisation, speed, and security; the so called blockchain trilemma. He notes: From its conception, Cardano has been architected as a platform…