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…
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson shared his less than flattering assessment of JPMorgan’s crypto asset JPM Coin at Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019. His scathing comments drew an impassioned response from the audience, and most of the panel, who applauded his outspoken message. Charles Hoskinson – Crypto Philanthropist Charles Hoskinson is a successful entrepreneur, mathematician and…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson announced a raft of updates for the Cardano (ADA) project, chief among which was the release of the new Daedalus.Previously criticized for its slow pace of development, the Cardano project has finally launched the Daedalus 1.0.0 wallet. With that, Hoskinson spoke optimistically that the rest of the puzzle will fall into…
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…
At the time of writing, the U.S. 2020 election still hangs on a knife-edge, with either candidate still in the running to win. According to the BBC, Biden is ahead, but counting in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, and Alaska has yet to close. “Mr Biden has 243 Electoral College votes, giving him the…
Staking on the Cardano network got underway on July 29th with the Shelley mainnet launch. Almost a month on from that date, IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson took to Periscope seeking community feedback on the first-ever staking reward payout, which happened yesterday. “I just wanted to make sure everyone got what they expected, the staking calculator…
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has predicted a quick victory of Ethereum over Bitcoin. Charles Hoskinson talked about cryptocurrencies and why he believes ethereum is poised to overtake bitcoin in the near future. He started by talking about the speed of bitcoin transactions. Pointing to the sluggishness of the network and how slow it is in…
Cardano’s founder, Charles Hoskinson, has clarified why the blockchain platform was excluded from a prominent US government initiative meant to publish official economic data on public blockchains. Blockchain networks like Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, and Optimism made the cut; Cardano didn’t. Hoskinson revealed during a YouTube AMA that the reason wasn’t technical or regulatory, but it…
Phase 0 of Ethereum 2.0 took a step forward today following the submission of EIP 2982. Phase 0, also known as the “beacon chain,” refers to the transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. More specifically, in Phase 0, the goal is to lay the groundwork for staking and the operation of sharding chains. “At first, the…