ADAvaultThe Cardano blockchain transitioned smoothly to the Alonzo era with the capability for smart contracts going live from 21:45UTC on the 12th September. This long awaited feature is one of the major roadmap goals defined for the project and is a very significant milestone. Last night, along with many other community members we took the…
There has been some heated debate amongst the denizens of Crypto Twitter lately about the supposed challenges that Cardano faces to run Smart Contracts at scale. Cardano uses a blockchain data structure for transactions called extended UTXO (Unspent Transaction Outputs) or eUTXO, which is derived from Bitcoin. It is a battle tested design with some…
We always avoid criticising of other projects or blockchains. This is not a zero sum game. There is plenty of room at the top and opportunities in this rapidly growing sector for more than one chain to be successful. There is plenty to learn from one another within a healthy competitive environment. Unfortunately that discipline…
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 Cardano blockchain to the Alonzo era. Tim and crew have details in the mid monthly update.
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 details, and Shruti Appiah, Engineering product manager will be joining the show. She notes in a recent blog post that: With Marlowe, we aim to democratize finance by facilitating peer-to-peer…
