Advancing Ouroboros: Leios as the next leap in scalability
Leios research – design goals and concepts explained
17 April 2025 7 mins read
As Cardano evolves under full community governance in 2025, scalability remains one of the top priorities.
Ouroboros Leios is a major redesign of Cardano’s Ouroboros consensus, designed to achieve significant scalability and throughput – pushing Cardano well beyond its current limits. As Cardano’s long-term scaling engine, Leios is a transformative upgrade that paves the way for…
Ouroboros Peras: accelerating transaction settlement on Cardano
Learn how Peras can accelerate transaction settlement on Cardano, reducing wait times, minimizing rollback risks, and enhancing interoperability
11 April 2025 4 mins read
Currently in development, Ouroboros Peras (henceforth Peras) is an advanced upgrade to the Ouroboros Praos consensus protocol that aims to accelerate transaction settlement while maintaining security and resilience on the Cardano blockchain. By introducing a new voting mechanism, Peras will ensure that transaction settling happens significantly faster, reducing the waiting…
New programmable token design proves Cardano's freeze-and-seize capabilities
The network’s programmability, coupled with its unmatched scalability, interoperability, and energy-efficient applications continues to drive Cardano forward
12 March 2025 6 mins read
While the creativity of innovators is the only limitation to Cardano’s reach, its foundation in peer-reviewed research and scalable architecture makes it a leading blockchain for regulatory compliance, enhanced data protection, and privacy-focused applications.
‘Freeze-and-seize’ is a critical feature for building applications designed to meet regulatory and business…
From Convention to ratification: the Cardano Constitution
The acceptance of the Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Constitution during December’s Constitutional Convention in Buenos Aires and Nairobi marked a historic moment, both for Cardano itself and the wider blockchain community. The Convention hosted the capstone discussions that led to finalizing the draft Constitution, now fully approved and on chain. We’ve captured some of the most notable moments of this landmark event.
27 February 2025 7 mins read
A resounding Yes to the question of whether the Constitution is approved to move forward for on-chain ratification. That was the decisive outcome of the Constitutional Convention held at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina, and the Hyatt Regency, Nairobi, Kenya, in early December 2024. Following the overwhelming support of 95% of delegates, the approved text was put…
Plutus Tx gets a makeover: meet Plinth
Plutus Tx is now Plinth, with new capabilities. The renaming clarifies the distinction between high-level smart contract development and the Plutus Core execution layer on Cardano
20 February 2025 7 mins read
In the evolving landscape of Cardano’s smart contract capabilities, clarity and precision are key. The recent rebranding of Plutus Tx to Plinth represents a step in this direction. This change, approved during the recent Plutus working group meeting, aims to clarify the distinction between Plutus Tx and Plutus Core, addressing a common source of confusion in the ecosystem.