Category Archives: Solana (SOL)

Over 50 percent of all blocks on the Cardano network are now being validated by public stake pools, according to an announcement shared by computer software company IOHK. Image by @IOHK_Charles This marks a major decentralization milestone for the proof of stake (PoS) blockchain created by Ethereum cofounder and IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson. Cardano laid […]

Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), an organization devoted to supporting the Cardano blockchain, has become one of the first sponsors of the newly formed Haskell Foundation, according to a Nov. 4 blog post.      By injecting funds into this non-profit, IOHK — which is spearheaded by none other than Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson — aims to […]

Mathematician, founder of IOHK and Ethereum cofounder Charles Hoskinson celebrates his 33rd birthday today, Nov. 5. On his Twitter account he announced that he is taking a pause from tweeting, but he said he would be doing live Periscope videos on multiple channels from time to time. U.Today offers you a brief history of Charles […]

The Cardano network is just hours away from reaching a tipping point of centralization. According to a Nov. 6 tweet posted by IOHK, the Shelley testnet is scheduled to enter its next epoch at 21:44 UTC when public stake pools will become responsible for producing the majority of all blocks.          Related Prior to the rollout […]

Goguen, the forthcoming era of the Cardano blockchain, is inching closer to its full implementation. In the most recent rollout update, two Cardano project managers provided some important updates on the development progress.   Native tokens are almost here  The Goguen era will bring smart contracts and native tokens to the Cardano blockchain. According to […]

In a recent blog post, the IOHK team spread the word about the upcoming major upgrade for Goguen that will allow Cardano to implement token locking prior to the launch of native digital assets (other than ADA) and smart contracts. Token locking on the Cardano ledger and smart contracts to follow The blog post says […]

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Cardano is making serious inroads into the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry.   In a Dec. 10 tweet, Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) has announced its tie-up with peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange Bondly Finance. Ditching Polkadot for Cardano   Bondly is the very first DeFi project that will be powered by Cardano. This, according to the announcement, […]

XRP is on the cusp of being pushed out of CoinMarketCap’s top 5 after Cardano (ADA) soared over 40 percent in a single day. Image by coinmarketcap.com  The Ripple-affiliated cryptocurrency remains in the red due to its issuer’s mounting legal troubles that prompted many trading suspensions/delisting announcements. As reported by U.Today, Ripple Labs was sued earlier this week by […]

In 1996 Andrew Weinreich launched SixDegrees, the first social media network to allow users to create a profile, show their friends list, and search the web to connect with other users. Fast Forward almost 25 years and the landscape looks remarkably different, but looking at the road from initial conception to the current state of […]