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…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson vents his disappointment over Wikipedia’s refusal to list a Cardano page. In a Periscope video, Hoskinson hits out following his discovery that the online encyclopedia sees Cardano as lacking credibility. What’s more, considering Cardano’s scientific credentials, Hoskinson believes there is more at play than merely inadequate source data on the project.…
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…
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…
Not content to rest on its laurels, Cardano continues to enhance network infrastructure by improving its native Daedalus wallet. Daedalus Flight is a test wallet where volunteer users can assess changes within a live environment using real ADA transactions. “Daedalus Flight is a new ‘pre-release’ version of the Daedalus wallet. Specially created for ada holders…
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…
Ethereum Classic Labs are exploring ways to protect the network and move forward following the 51% attack two weeks ago. Initial discussion on what to do are taking place today. Attendees include IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson, as well as other stakeholders. Source: twitter.com Previously, Hoskinson said Ethereum Classic needs to innovate, to which the implementation…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson shared his prediction for the future of the Cardano ecosystem, in which he sees a project rivaling Ethereum in terms of the number of assets and dApps running on the platform. This time next year I predict there will be hundreds of assets running on Cardano, thousands of DApps, tons of…
Cardano (ADA) has been one of the most popular cryptocurrencies over the past few months. This is for good reason: according to market data, the price of the altcoin has risen by 200% since the start of 2020. This has allowed Cardano to outpace Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a swath of other top cryptocurrencies. The project…
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…