The knowledge base for Cardano is growing: Cardano Stack Exchange graduates from Beta version
A fresh Q&A site will facilitate knowledge-sharing for all Cardano related topics
February 7, 2022 4 mins read
Cardano Stack Exchange (CSE), a community-driven knowledge base for Cardano, is now recognized by Stack Exchange as a mature learning community, putting it in a class with some of the biggest knowledge curation sites on the internet.
The demand for in-depth technical knowledge about Cardano has consistently increased as more people invest their time in building on Cardano. Such…
Implementing Hydra Heads: the first step towards the full Hydra vision
The Hydra Head, the first in a suite of protocols, is an important element of Cardano’s scaling journey. Let’s see how it fits into the bigger picture. And maybe bust some myths
February 3, 2022 12 mins read
We’ve done the science and the theory. We have laid the foundations for a scalable, versatile, and high-throughput blockchain. Now it’s time for steady growth and system enhancements. With the goal of creating an optimized ecosystem to support and foster decentralized applications (DApps) development, Cardano is in the foothills of the Basho phase. With smart contracts already…
Introducing pipelining: Cardano's consensus layer scaling solution
Pipelining is one of the key scaling improvements to be deployed in 2022. Here’s how it works and why it matters
February 1, 2022 4 mins read
You’d be forgiven for thinking that pipelining sounds like a remodelling procedure a plumber might employ. In a way, this isn’t too far from the truth. Pipelining is, effectively, an evolution in Cardano’s ‘plumbing’. It is a key element in our scaling plan this year, one in the series of published steps covering our methodical approach to flex Cardano’s capacity as the…
Simple property-based tests for Plutus validators
How to write off-chain code with the 'cooked-validators' library and get property-based tests for free
January 27, 2022 8 mins read
We recently heard from Victor Miraldo, who leads the smart contract verification and auditing team at Tweag, about the importance of verification for security reasons in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). Victor is a Haskell and formal methods engineer committed to ensuring the safety and correctness of decentralized apps (DApps) through tools and processes. In this…
Plutus fee estimator: find out the cost of transacting on Cardano
Our new fee estimator – released today – will help developers estimate the cost of smart contract scripts for maximum efficiency and minimum cost
January 21, 2022 6 mins read
The ‘Alonzo’ smart contract upgrade deployed to the Cardano mainnet in September 2021 turned Cardano into a functional platform for the development of decentralized applications (DApps) built in Plutus.
With the Cardano ecosystem steadily growing, a great number of DApps are being built and readied for launch on Cardano. Either in final testing, deployment, or active development, Cardano will soon host a variety of DApps covering DeFi…