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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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Bringing ERC20 to Cardano

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 at this point, and while the smart contract environment that Cardano will shortly offer has many advantages there are a lot of projects on Ethereum that are…

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Open Source Matters

Flicking through r/cardano and noticed this post which compares Cardano and ERC-20 (the Ethereum Standard for on-chain tokens). The comparison is interesting, although most seasoned Cardano followers will already know that the approach to native assets will be very strong compared to other implementations. What stood out more was a comment that Polkadot had reused…