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Why does Cardano stake not lock ADA?
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StakingVcoincheck.io+ 1

Why does Cardano stake not lock ADA?

One of the basic questions about Cardano that every new user asks is “Does Cardano stake pool lock ADA?”  The answer is, No! Absolutely not The ADA staking mechanism on Cardano's network does not lock assets at all. Users have full rights to use the assets in their wallets whenever and wherever they want. This is very contrary to real-life common sense wh...
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SingularityDAO - Standard for a Dapp project decentralized governance ?
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GovernanceDApp+ 1

SingularityDAO - Standard for a Dapp project decentralized governance ?

Foreword We all know that the DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization and a collection of decentralized agreements recorded on the blockchain through smart contracts. DAOs have been around since 2016 and currently, most of the protocol projects running on the blockchain are DAOs. a Defi Dapp is a simple DAO, people participate in decentralized finan...
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Insecurity of secret key re-usage
Iñigo Querejeta Azurmendi
CryptographyCardano

Insecurity of secret key re-usage

This blog post explains how to extract the key of an ed25519 key pair if its secret is also used to generate a verifiable random function (VRF) proof. The post provides a script that performs such an extraction over libsodium. In the pre-blockchain era, the typical advice from cryptographers was ‘Don't roll your own crypto!’. This advice aimed to avoid secu...
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Voltaire: A Ledger of Tourists, Residents, and Citizens
Emmanuel Batse
VoltaireGovernance+ 3

Voltaire: A Ledger of Tourists, Residents, and Citizens

Voltaire is the name given to the next era of the Cardano core development roadmap (Bootstrap Period) that focuses on delivering Decentralised Governance functionality to the Cardano protocol and introducing a new framework of participants, roles, and actions, to the Cardano Ledger. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author an...
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April — ADEX Closed Beta Test Month
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#cardano

April — ADEX Closed Beta Test Month

Congratulations to all of us! We are proudly announcing that we have finished almost all of the initial technical development of our DEX (ADEX v1). Therefore, we will start our ADEX closed beta tests on the 11th of April with three rounds of testing over nearly a month! The Structure of Closed Beta Test Month: All participants will need a ticket to join th...
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Cardano native Astarter DEX V1.0 Closed Beta Test Guide
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#cardanoDEX+ 2

Cardano native Astarter DEX V1.0 Closed Beta Test Guide

ADEX Closed Beta Test Step-by-Step Guide Intro We’re pleased to announce that ADEX closed beta would be launched on 11th April, we decided to hold the ADEX Closed Beta Test Month Campaign as a return for our community! Here is the Tutorial for participants to explain how to complete the test. For further details please join our Official TG/DC Community, ...
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Chain comparisons
Fernando Sanchez
101Cardano+ 2

Chain comparisons

How does Cardano differ from Bitcoin? Cardano and Bitcoin bear some fundamental differences in terms of design, purpose, and usability. Cardano uses a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, while Bitcoin relies on proof of work to mine new coins and add blocks to the chain. Functionally, Bitcoin is designed to transfer digital currency in a decentralized, pee...
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Why Secure Crypto Key Management is Crucial for Cardano Project Integrations
EMURGO
EmurgoStablecoin+ 3

Why Secure Crypto Key Management is Crucial for Cardano Project Integrations

Intro In the world of blockchain, private keys are used to authorize various types of transactions, like withdrawing assets or accessing wallets and accounts.  What are they?  Private keys are essentially secret code that is linked to a specific digital asset address or set of addresses and used to sign transactions on the blockchain network.  The owner of ...
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UPDATE: Cardano Cross-Chain Bridges and Other Interoperability Solutions
temujin@wanchain.org
Blockchain bridgeSidechain+ 7

UPDATE: Cardano Cross-Chain Bridges and Other Interoperability Solutions

TL;DR Decentralised, non-custodial, bi-directional cross-chain bridges are officially up and running on Cardano Pre-Production! This means that ADA, other native Cardano tokens, and all erc20 tokens can seamlessly move between Cardano and any EVM-based network! Next step? Mainnet!  Last July, the team at Wanchain shared details about their ongoing work with...
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Maintaining Stability: How Cardano’s Fiat-Backed USDA Stablecoin Handles Depegging
EMURGO
Emurgo

Maintaining Stability: How Cardano’s Fiat-Backed USDA Stablecoin Handles Depegging

Depegging: The stablecoin kryptonite Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain price stability and are pegged to an external asset. These assets are viewed as one of the backbones of cryptocurrency and DeFi but can face the risk of depegging if not properly managed. Depegging refers to the phenomenon of a stablecoin deviating from its intended p...
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Oracles on Cardano

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#cardano#oracles+ 2
Foreword Blockchain Oracles is a very important piece of blockchain and we have learned through a series of articles about oracles by the authors team. And Cardano isnt an exception, Oracles will be the gateway connecting Cardano to the world outside it. However, to build an oracles project on a special ecosystem like Cardano is not easy. Here we will learn...
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An analysis of the research underpinning Cardano's scalability
Olga Hryniuk
CardanoResearch+ 4

An analysis of the research underpinning Cardano's scalability

Taking a closer look at IOG research, part 4. How layer 1 and layer 2 solutions create a faster and more resilient blockchain Before you start, read: Part 1: Cardano's foundational research overview Part 2: Overview of the research enabling smart contract support on Cardano Part 3: Research overview: tokens, stablecoins, and fees Previous blog posts del...
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The EUTXO Handbook
Fernando Sanchez
EUTXObitcoin+ 3

The EUTXO Handbook

The EUTXO Handbook There currently are two major accounting ledgers in the blockchain space: UTXO-based blockchains (Bitcoin, for instance), and Account/Balance chains (Ethereum and others). Cardano combines Bitcoin’s unspent transaction output (UTXO) model with the ability to handle smart contracts into an Extended Unspent Transaction Output (EUTXO) accou...
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IOG Academy: The pathway to becoming a Cardano smart contract developer
J. Arturo Mora Soto
Plutus PioneersPlutus+ 4

IOG Academy: The pathway to becoming a Cardano smart contract developer

Join the next Plutus Pioneers Program starting later this month Introduction As the Cardano blockchain evolves by integrating more features and development tools, the interest in developing smart contracts on Cardano is increasing. So, as we start a new year, the Input Output Global (IOG) Education team, want to share in this post the pathway you can follo...
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Astarter ISPO Transition Reward Incentive
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Cardanoada+ 1

Astarter ISPO Transition Reward Incentive

Astarter ISPO Transition Reward Incentive During the Astarter Ambassador Community Call series (AACC) in March 2022, we embarked on an exploration of ISPOs on Cardano and have since followed through, developing a plan to deliver a two-stage ISPO and Merge Staking Protocol. We launched the first stage ISPO component (Launchpool) at the end of September 2022...
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Cardano 101: Self-custodial Staking and Why it is Important
EMURGO
CardanoEmurgo+ 1

Cardano 101: Self-custodial Staking and Why it is Important

Cryptocurrency custody is a common discussion topic among those in crypto and blockchain communities. For instance, there is a self-custodial crypto wallet in which the user retains full control over their cryptocurrencies and their private key at all times.  There is also a non-custodial or third-party custodial wallet in which a third party retains contr...
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Guide to the ecosystem overview
Fernando Sanchez
#cardanoblockchain+ 3

Guide to the ecosystem overview

Cardano is a diverse and expansive ecosystem, home to a third-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain that has evolved into a sustainable PoS system. Over the past six years, Cardano has undergone several development themes, each adding new features and improvements to expand the blockchain's usability, functionality, and scalability. As of January 2023...
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Implementing auction projects using Hydra

George Flerovsky
Hydra
A paper by IOG and MLabs presenting a way for handling auctions using Hydra This project is a collaboration between Input Output Global (IOG) and MLabs to develop a reference implementation of an auction that uses Hydra protocols. The purpose of this is twofold: To demonstrate that it is now possible to develop substantial applications for a valuable use c...
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How Fiat-Backed and Algorithmic Stablecoins Like USDA and DJED Benefit Cardano
EMURGO
EmurgoStablecoin+ 2

How Fiat-Backed and Algorithmic Stablecoins Like USDA and DJED Benefit Cardano

The Cardano blockchain was built with the vision of being the foundation for a better financial system that fosters economic empowerment for all. We believe that stablecoins are and will be the key to unlocking the promise of Cardano. EMURGO Fintech is excited to build products and services, like our fiat-backed USDA stablecoin, that hypercharge our ability ...
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Plutus fee estimator: find out the cost of transacting on Cardano
Ivan Irakoze
PlutusFees+ 2

Plutus fee estimator: find out the cost of transacting on Cardano

Original author: Kevin Hammond - Software Engineer Originally published on IOHK.io: January 21, 2022 Summary: Our new fee estimator – released today – will help developers estimate the cost of smart contract scripts for maximum efficiency and minimum cost Article: The ‘Alonzo’ smart contract upgrade deployed to the Cardano mainnet in September 2021 tur...
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