Cardano’s Shelley public testnet is now live. From today, anyone interested in becoming a crypto stake pool operator can apply to do so.The Cardano team has, in the past, been heavily criticized by the crypto community over delayed releases. However, recent developments have answered those objections, much to the delight of Cardano supporters.Shelley Public Testnet…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson has announced several new features aimed at helping small stake pools on the Cardano network. Staking on Cardano went live on July 29th, following the Shelley mainnet launch. Although it’s still early days, the past three weeks or so have highlighted a gulf between big and small staking pools. Hoskinson believes…
The last few days have been quite dramatic in the cryptocurrency industry, for Bitcoin to Cardano.On Monday, Bitcoin sliced through the $10,000 resistance level for the first time since the beginning of the year.Following the upswing, some of the most prominent analysts in the industry affirmed that the increasing rift between the U.S. and China…
Bitcoin has stagnated around $9,300 but this hasn’t stopped Cardano (ADA) from surging higher. The altcoin is up over 30% in the past 24 hours, surging higher on an influx of buying volume across all major exchanges.With the latest move higher, Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) has been unseated as the sixth-largest cryptocurrency.Data from Messari’s OnchainFX…
One of the so-called “Ethereum killers,” Cardano has made it to the headlines of the cryptocurrency market after the 80% bull run it has seen over the past week. The increasing buying pressure behind it seems to be fueled by the progress the IOHK team has made to finally roll-out the Shelley upgrade.Chart of ADA…
The Cardano Foundation has unveiled a new-look website as part of its brand repositioning. This forms part of a company-wide initiative, called Project Renovare, to rebrand Cardano as it moves into the smart contract phase of development. In a blog post, PR and Communications team member Elliot Hill said the move was more than just…
2021 will prove a pivotal year for Cardano, Polkadot, and Ethereum. While each has its merits, competition between the trio starts to heat up as we head into mid-year. Alonzo is on track for an August release, bringing smart contracts to Cardano. Polkadot is racing to finish parachain rollouts to enable on-chain governance. At the…
Cardano (ADA) has not been left out of the massive flash crash that just occurred throughout the market. What seemed to be a good day for bitcoin as El Salvador’s “Bitcoin Day” began has now turned to nothing short of a nightmarish market opening. The crash saw bitcoin drop $6K in only a matter of…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson hosted a surprise AMA recently in which he announced a reduction in Cardano’s “D” (decentralization) parameter to 0.5. “That means we’re just about to cross a threshold here in a little bit for “D” to fall below five, which means more than half of all the blocks will be made by…
Participants of the Cardano Incentivized Testnet (ITN) were expecting to receive reward payouts on August 3. A Shelley rollout plan had scheduled the payout days after the Shelley hard fork, on July 29th. While the Shelley mainnet launched without a fuss, the ITN rewards date came and went with no sign of a payout. Source:…