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 the release notes: This release is expected to be the final release for the upcoming Mary hard fork, and everyone must upgrade to this (or a later) version to…
Charles is genuinely one of the leading thinkers in the Cryptocurrency space. He recently delivered the keynote speech at The North American Bitcoin Conference. In the speech he touches on on the motivation for Cardano, and covers some of the amazing opportunities we have for innovation in the coming years as the ecosystem continues to…
Modern security practices require a balanced focus between prevention, detection and response capabilities. Implementing Cardano Node on Linux gives a secure base to start, with some basic things that should be in place to lock down access for relays and block producing nodes: But even the best security defences can be breached. And this is…
The ‘Killer App’?
We are used to the idea of a ‘Killer App‘, that one application that drives the adoption of a new technology. That one capability that just can’t be replicated easily elsewhere. In the early days of personal computing it was the spreadsheet which drove adoption of the Apple II. Later Word, Excel and Powerpoint played…
First block for ADV2
A minor milestone, but an important one for our delegators to ADV2. First block minted in Epoch 241, with the another block for 242. The stake is steadily increasing and block production will become more reliable as it does. When pools are smaller the returns are more variable, however small pools can enjoy a run…