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Morgan

09/15/2022

Building on Cardano

1093 Projects Building On Cardano

Tim Harrison's community LinkedIn post After a year of building, and months of testing, we’re now a little more than a week away from the deployment of the Cardano Vasil upgrade (22nd September), which significantly improves and enhances platform capabilities. New Plutus smart contract features and enhancements will enable DApp developers to create novel an...

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The next NMKR token distribution events: airdrop & ISPO

Kush Sharma09/05/2022

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The next NMKR token distribution events: airdrop & ISPO

We’re proud to finally announce the next steps in our NMKR token distribution event (TDE) plans that were initially outlined in our original whitepaper. The next two distribution events can be categorized into:‍ Airdrop ISPO Airdrop As outlined in the whitepaper, we’ve allocated a total of 120m NMKR Tokens (1.2% of maximum supply) to an airdrop. The ove...

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EMURGO Academy is official sponsor of the Cardano Hackaton in Argentina

Sebastian Pabon09/01/2022

#ProjectCatalyst

EMURGO Academy is official sponsor of the Cardano Hackaton in Argentina

By Sebastian Pabon Governance Council member - EMURGO Academy In essence, we seek to exercise with honor the noble task of providing education to people who seek to govern their own destiny, to make their communities worthy places to inhabit, and to restore to the world the decency lost in a deliberate exchange of profit for principle. We are simply educa...

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Mithril proof of concept is now open-source

Olga Hryniuk

08/29/2022

Mithril Development + 2

Mithril proof of concept is now open-source

Mithril is a stake-based signature scheme that improves the speed and efficiency of syncing times for nodes joining the network. Find out how to get involved As Cardano scales, Input Output Global (IOG) engineering teams are working on a range of solutions to boost network performance. Mithril is one such solution, aiming to streamline the speed and efficie...

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8 ways you can start using multisig functionality

Kush Sharma08/26/2022

multisig Smart Contracts

8 ways you can start using multisig functionality

Did you know that Cardano offers a different approach to smart contracts for security and other operational reasons?‍ Unlike other blockchains that use a banking-style account model, Cardano does not have one smart contract calling another in the same transaction. Cardano smart contracts are used as validators to evaluate logic and decide whether a certai...

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Kush Sharma08/25/2022

Blockchain Blog + 3

10 ways NFTs can empower musicians

NFTs are unique digital assets that cannot be replicated, making them perfect for representing rights and ownership of creative works. Since Cardano is the most developed crypto project, it has become a breeding ground for new and innovative applications. One such application is how NMKR allows musicians to create and mint their music NFTs. By doing that, ar...

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Cardano Vasil Hardfork - readiness of SPOs

Cexplorer.io08/25/2022

vasil upgrade + 2

Cardano Vasil Hardfork - readiness of SPOs

Surely you know that we are approaching the point where the hardfork (software upgrade) to the new version will take place and with it several great features will be activated (inline scripts, plutusV2 and many more). Since we love advanced analytics in our cardano explorer, we couldn't pass up sharing some numbers and progress with you. After a successf...

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Upgrading to Vasil – key development takeaways

S. Pan08/25/2022

Cardano Development + 2

Upgrading to Vasil – key development takeaways

Artano is a community-driven non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace focused on revolutionizing the digital art economy. It seeks to connect vibrant global communities of artists and institutional clients with collectors around the world. Built on the Cardano blockchain, Artano enables the creation and trade of NFTs, as well as support for auctions, which only ...

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Cexplorer.io08/20/2022

cardanoenviroments enviroments + 2

Cardano enviroments

Production (mainnet) Usage: Live Production. Only gets official mainnet releases. Explorer: https://cexplorer.io/ Preview testnet Usage: Testing release candidates and mainnet releases. Leads mainnet hard forks by at least 4 weeks. Explorer: https://preview.cexplorer.io/ Pre-production testnet Usage: Testing release candidates and mainnet releases. Fo...

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Cexplorer.io08/12/2022

Cardano advantage + 1

Cardano has the second mover advantage

The first mover advantage is no guarantee of ultimate success. Being second is also an advantage, as it is possible to learn from the mistakes of the first, do things differently, more thoughtfully and carefully. Cardano does not have a fundamental disadvantage compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum. The advantage of the first mover The first mover advantage is ...

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Kachina: privacy-preserving smart contracts

Olga Hryniuk

08/05/2022

Research Smart Contracts + 2

Kachina: privacy-preserving smart contracts

Leveraging ZK Snarks to enable privacy-preserving smart contract functionality without sacrificing decentralization characteristics Smart contracts present a standard approach to expressing complex interactions between two or more parties willing to exchange currencies or data in a decentralized way. Smart contracts are effectively automated digital agreeme...

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Cexplorer.io08/05/2022

analytics insights + 1

Cardano Insights

We decided to create and analyze several important onchain indicators and we called it cardano insights. Below we present the first results (axis x = cardano epoch, axis y = value for selected metric). 1\. Payment addressess (unique outputs) Payment addresess (unique outputs) 2\. Average used blocksize (kB) Average used blocksize (kB) 3\. Delegations pe...

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Debunking myths surrounding ADA price fluctuation: you are a Project Manager, not a speculator

Sebastian Pabon05/14/2022

ada Djed + 3

The current price fluctuation in ADA has generated much concern and a state of helplessness among my colleagues at Catalyst and the community at large in the face of the loss of value of their funded proposal budgets. The purpose of this article is to present from an Efficient Market Theory\* point of view, simple arguments that can provide project managers...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

101 Cardano + 2

Cardano 101

Cardano is a third generation blockchain whose versatility enables the creation of a broad range of solutions, including cryptocurrencies, digital identity, supply chain traceability, DeFi, DApps, and many more. Cardano is built on a foundation of peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methodologies. This new series explores the compone...

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The new digital economy is emerging on Cardano

Cexplorer.io08/03/2022

Cardano Circle Economy + 1

The new digital economy is emerging on Cardano

In 2015, it was common to say that it was a pity that there were no decentralized exchanges and sandboxes where people could test new concepts. New protocols are emerging on the Cardano platform that people are using to interact with each other. How to understand this and what direction can it take? People wanted decentralized services from the start Short...

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PeakChain Ridesharing Platform: Uber on Cardano

PeakChain08/01/2022

#ProjectCatalyst Funding + 2

PeakChain Ridesharing Platform: Uber on Cardano

Ridesharing companies like Uber offer a significant mobility solution for millions of global users. The market size of ridesharing services is increasing worldwide: in 2021, this was 58 billion USD, to an estimated 185 billion USD in 2026 . The demand for cost and time effective mobility solutions justifies the massive number of ridesharing users. These fi...

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PeakChain08/01/2022

Funding Delegation + 2

PeakChain Cardano Car Wallet Device

Today, the mobility sector is one of the most prominent, as well as fastest-growing, sectors worldwide, when judged by size and user numbers. Nonetheless, increasing vehicle connectivity constitutes rising privacy and security problems. All vehicles connect to centralized servers by sending sensitive data to manufacturers or mobility service providers’ serve...

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PeakChain Fleet Management Platform on Cardano Blockchain

PeakChain08/01/2022

#ProjectCatalyst Funding + 2

PeakChain Fleet Management Platform on Cardano Blockchain

Businesses in a range of sectors, including logistics and taxi services, must monitor their vehicle fleet for many reasons. Two key examples include protecting vehicle security and optimizing fuel usage during trips. As a result, a fleet management platform represents a critical component, allowing greater oversight for such businesses. These days, all fle...

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PeakChain Car-Sharing Platform on Cardano Blockchain

PeakChain08/01/2022

#ProjectCatalyst Funding + 2

PeakChain Car-Sharing Platform on Cardano Blockchain

In recent years, car sharing services have been growing in popularity. Consequently, there is a growing market for such services, meaning the potential for significantly more data. As a result of this, data will need to be managed in a centralized server of the car sharing services. However, centralized servers are consistently targeted by hackers and data ...

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Olga Hryniuk

07/28/2022

Cardano Staking + 5

Staking is the bedrock of Cardano

Staking delegation helps keep the blockchain growing – and ada holders are rewarded for participating Original author: Anthony Quinn Each month, a few more Cardano stake pools are being created, so far bringing the total number of active pools to more than 3,000. At the start of 2021, there were about 2,000. The ada is staked from 1.2 million wallet addres...

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