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:…
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IO Scotfest
At the tail end of last year IO hosted Scotfest in Edinburgh. The playlist is available on YouTube. The Cardano community is entering a new era, one where the community’s voice is becoming stronger than ever. To celebrate, IOG hosted a two-day virtual event to showcase all of the features of Cardano and the extensive…
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Another look at network effects
A recent article in The Economist covering the current health status of some of the tech ‘darlings’ caught our eye: Over the past year, the firms that epitomise these [new tech] business models — Uber and DoorDash; Netflix and Spotify; and Snap and Meta (which has tumbled spectacularly out of the trillion-dollar club) — have…
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CH interview with Messari
Ryan Selkis interviewed Charles at the Messari Mainnet conference recently. Kudos to CH for agreeing to do this (if you are aware of Ryan’s public statements over the years you will understand the reason for that comment). Well worth a watch, a very factual overview of the Cardano proposition and why we are just getting…
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2022 Brand Report
News just in that Cardano has made it into the top 30 of the Brand Intimacy Report for 2022 at #26, edging ahead of BMW, IKEA and many other big names including Bitcoin which is four places behind. A good sign that wider awareness is building.