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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is the most promising emerging sector in the cryptocurrency space. However, this sector lacks the necessary stability and reliability, two crucial prerequisites for further adoption. Cardano can bring DeFi to mainstream users and thus create real finance (RealFi). Read article

Cardano has the potential to empower individuals, but to counterbalance this, it can weaken the position of institutions, banks, and states. Technology can assist in a new redistribution of power and give people greater freedom. But this can only happen under certain conditions, and success will depend on the people themselves. Not on technology. Read article

There is a widely spread narrative that cryptocurrencies are valuable mainly due to digital scarcity. Besides the scarcity, a technological aspect provides unique features that differentiate cryptocurrencies from gold. What is actually a more valuable feature, the scarcity or technological features? Read article

The inflation of money and its printing during the economic crisis is perceived as a problem that is to be fixed by Bitcoin. Is this defensible in the context of negative environmental impact? Do we have another alternative? We have. Cardano can become a green store of value. Read article

Scalability and utility are the main prerequisites to use blockchain technologies for economic and social activities. The main focus is put on decentralization and security but users take it for granted and above all, they require fast and useful services. Read article

Technology is valuable only when it is adopted and used for solving real issues. A public network can be adopted by individuals but it does not mean that an institution or even government cannot decide to use it as well. It has happened. Ethiopia decided to adopt Cardano. Read article

The Internet succeeded since it allows us to interact in a different way and create new values. Blockchain technology can be used to build a trust layer upon the internet. It can get rid of us unnecessary middlemen. It can be a very valuable service for the whole society since it can reshape the way we work with trust. Read article

On-chain government is an inevitable part of a decentralized blockchain project. Catalyst is a project that will try to introduce it on Cardano. Stakeholders should pay attention to the project and understand the importance in the context of the future success of Cardano. Read article

Cryptocurrency fans believe that blockchain has the potential to disrupt banks and create a new form of sound money. There is a close relationship between national currencies and governments. The reality is that it is not possible to replace national currencies without having technologies that will substitute the functionalities of governments or help to build a new form of government. Read article

Digital scarcity is based on the trust of people that a given project will exist for a long time if not forever. Longevity depends on a sustainable economic model. The model itself cannot be stable and it depends on events in the real world. Let's compare Cardano and Bitcoin from the perspective of longevity and durability. Read article

The future of all cryptocurrencies is open. Narratives change, technological capabilities are improved every day, big investors come and are interested in investments. Despite all these positives, it is difficult to anticipate what the future will look like. We will have a look at Satoshi's vision and put it into context with Cardano. Read article

Alonzo hard-fork will bring smart contracts to Cardano. Let's have a look at the history and the potential of smart contracts. We dare to think big about the future of technology. Read article

The Cardano main-net (Shelley era) has been launched in the middle of the year 2020 and so far it runs reliably and without any issues. There is a lot of scientific work behind Ouroboros Proof-of-Stake consensus and the practice shows that theoretical assumptions seem to be correct. People are asking why Ouroboros does not need to punish dishonest participants. Let's try to answer the question. Read article

In the Cardano ecosystem, you can participate in voting and thus actively influence the future of the project. Let's have a look at it. We will show you how to do it via the Yoroi wallet. Read article

The possibility to issue tokens on Cardano increases the utility of the network. It will bring network traffic and new users. After the Mary hard-fork, Cardano will become a multi-asset ledger. Let's have a look at what it means and what it brings to the Cardano ecosystem. Read article

People can ask why the IOHK team works on Cardano if we have Bitcoin and Ethereum. Do we really need more public networks? These are fair questions. Let's answer them. Read article

Cardano is a public global protocol with open source code. Millions of people can use it every day. The question is who should be responsible for maintaining the global protocol that is supposed to be decentralized? Read article

The adoption of cryptocurrencies is driven by monetary policy and utility. Which one is more important? The adoption of Cardano is more about utility than monetary policy. However, both factors are important. Let's have a look at it. Read article

A joint partnership of Ergo Foundation, IOG, and Emurgo resulted in the creation of the first stable-coin that is called SigmaUSD. It is a crypto-backed algorithmic stable-coin protocol with some significant advantages over popular stable-coin Dai. Read article

Cardano is to be a social and financial operating system. As such, it must be more than a transaction network on blockchain. It must be easy to extend the basic concept and add new functionalities. Transaction metadata will allow it. Read article

The security of public networks is not governed by a centralized authority. It is something that evolves organically with the growth of projects. Let's have a look at how secure Cardano is. Read article

Smart contracts technology has enhanced the abilities of blockchain networks and added programmability features. A trusted link between the digital world and the physical could be another such enhancement. Oracles can do that for us. Read article

Media reported that Cardano became the most decentralized network in the crypto world. It happened half a year after the launch of the main-net. Let's have a look at the details. Read article

The world of cryptocurrencies is beautiful but it can be difficult to get oriented in it. We put together a few practical pieces of information about cryptocurrency generally but we focus on Cardano. You will learn how to buy ADA coins and start with staking. You will find a lot of useful links. The article is focused on newbies. There is nothing new for experienced holders. Read article

Cardano is a mission-oriented project. People should not be blinded by investment opportunities. They should rather understand Cardano's mission first. It is the mission that can change the world. The profit of individuals will not make the world a better place for living. Read article

When Alice sends 1000 ADA coins to Bob she uses her wallet. Bob will receive the coins in a few seconds. In the article, we will go through the whole process and explain what happens behind the scene in this scenario. Read article

Cryptocurrencies could be invented due to the many major achievements in cryptography. It is not a surprise that cryptography is used not only for signing transactions but it is also used for the creation of new blocks. In the article, we will have a look at how a new block is created in the Cardano network from the point of view of cryptography. Read article

Public blockchain networks need a mechanism for distributing the consensual power to entities that wish to participate in the decentralization and security of a network. Let’s have a look at how it is done in Cardano. Read article

What is the relation between belief and technology in the context of cryptocurrencies? What is more important for success? Read our take on the topic. Read article

We can see that many people from the community are interested in being a Cardano staking pool operator (SPO). It is very positive for the ecosystem. People should be aware of the fact that being SPO can be a serious business one day. Read article

Cardano has been built with a focus on decentralization and can provide users with financial freedom and independence. Decentralization is not only about technology but also about the mindset. Do not stake ADA coins on exchanges. Read article

Blockchain is used as a transactional network. The big step forward would be if the blockchain technologies are used also for agreements. It is just a natural and logical step and programmable money will be a standard in the future. Read article

The IOG has decided to change the K parameter and it will impact not only pool operators but also delegators. Everybody should understand the changes and consider how to deal with them. It is easy to absorb the changes and react appropriately if you understand how Cardano staking works. We will try to explain the changes to you. Read article

We have seen many interesting but also hot debates about the K parameter and its size. It influences many things including the rewards of operators and some people think that it should be increased. Let's discuss it. Read article

Cryptocurrency gets into the point where banks and traditional financial private sectors have begun to integrate public blockchain to their centralized infrastructure. We can see rather negatives and nearly no positives. Read article

The narrative of crypto can be summarized by the following statement: Unbank the banked and bank the unbanked. Well, let's have a realistic look at the topic. Read article

Blockchain technology can bring a financial disruption but it will be insignificant unless it goes hand in hand with social disruption. The society is tightly coupled with the world of finance and it is not possible to disrupt one without the other. Let's have a look at what we can expect from cryptocurrencies. Read article

As a Cardano stake-holder, you are probably interested in delegating your coins to a pool. In short, you are interested in staking. This article can help you to understand the big picture behind the whole staking and rewarding process. We will show you how you can find all the relevant information in the ADApools tool. Read article

People are able to improve any technology and make it even more useful or versatile. Can the abilities of decentralization be enhanced or improved? Sure, why blockchain technology should be an exception. Let's have a look at it. Read article

Blockchain transactions are different from banking transactions and it is good, bad, and ugly. Let's talk about the differences in the article and describe the advantages and disadvantages. We will also explain how important is a transaction context. Read article

We do not need decentralized infrastructure right now since adoption is low and the HODL narrative prevents the real usage of crypto in daily lives. If it is going to change and people adopt Bitcoin as a store of value then the process of decentralization will just continue spreading. It will be beneficial for Cardano. Read article

Money cannot be separated from the governments since money needs to be surrounded by the social layer. In the article, we will have a look at how smart contract technology can be used for building a decentralized social layer. Read article

The crypto space is still in the building and experimental phase. No smart contract platform is ready for mass adoption and for real business. The next few years will be critical and we think that Cardano can succeed in the competitive environment. Read article

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is the most interesting movement in the whole crypto right now. At the same time, it is the synonym for high profits but also for high risk. It is not a good thing. DeFi must be a stable and reliable space in the first place. Read article

It is not basically possible to hack the Cardano network for a variety of reasons. Let's have a look at it in more detail. Read article

We would like to put together a few useful and practical information related to Cardano staking. We plan to regularly update the article to keep information precise and valid. Read article

The delegation guide for YOROI users. Read article

Let's have a look at how to redeem ADA coins from the ITN. Read article

Bitcoin is the first successful blockchain. It uses the PoW consensus algorithm that is permissionless but it does not scale well. The scalability issue is often solved by compromising the decentralization. It might not always be the case. Cardano uses PoS consensus that is highly decentralized and scales much better in comparison with PoW. Read article

Cardano has entered into the Shelley era and we have prepared a guide that helps you to delegate ADA coins to a pool. Read article

It can be difficult to get oriented in the cryptocurrencies if you are not an IT specialist and you make your decisions only on facts that are provided by people on the internet. Let's have a look at what is wrong with people talking about cryptocurrencies and why adoption is so slow. Read article

Decentralization is the key feature of blockchain technology but it is not the feature that people wish to use. The reason is quite simple. They do not know the disadvantages of the systems that they use every day and do not know what Cardano can do for them. Read article

We usually know well what has happened in the past. We can just assume what is going to happen in the future and still, we can be sure that we will be surprised by the development of events. A decentralized protocol must be designed in a way that it will be possible to respond to all expected or even unexpected events in the future. Read article

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The primary goal of the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network consensus is to enable the decentralized network to come to a mutual agreement among nodes about a single version of the truth. PoS is not only about the network consensus and there are very interesting social and financial aspects of the Cardano protocol. Read article

The market capitalization and price of the native ADA coins are a hot topic of discussion on the internet. People are happy when the price goes up and sad when it goes down. Let's talk about the hot topic and estimate the realistic price of ADA coins. Read article

Bitcoin's Proof-of-Work (PoW) is the first network consensus that is used to come up to a single valid state of a ledger with nodes that are spread across a globe. As any technology can be improved also the network consensus can be improved in a way that it will be faster, more secure, decentralized, and consume less energy. Cardano's Proof-of-Stake (PoS) will be such a consensus. Let's have a loo Read article

In today's article, we will dive into technical details related to the transition of the Cardano protocol to the Shelley era. You can read about hard forks and hard fork combinator that allows smooth switching between two versions of the protocol. Read article

Cryptocurrency came to the world with a clear vision of building an alternative to the current financial world. We got into a phase in which some people celebrate the entrance of institutional investors and banks instead of trying to use crypto in their daily life. Let's dive into the phenomenon. Read article

Cardano has undergone an independent source code audit by the respected company Root9B. The IOHK team wanted to reassure users that Cardano is a secure protocol. Let's take a look at the published audit together. Read article

IOHK donated $500,000 in ADA coins to the University of Wyoming to work on blockchain innovations. A part of the work will be research dedicated to design an ultra-low power crypto-authentication chip. The chip can enable a cash-like experience for cryptocurrency users. As a side effect, it can resolve problems with privacy and scalability. Read article

What is the real use-case of the Cardano? This question is often raised in debates on the Internet. Let's try to answer it. You will be probably surprised by the answer. Hopefully, it can help you to understand why it might be difficult to answer. Read article

The incentive mechanism of the public decentralized network is a complex topic. It is necessary to find a balance between the best interest of the network and the interest of stakeholders. Let’s dive into Cardano pledging. Read article

The adoption of cryptocurrencies will be generally difficult and one of the reasons is that it requires a change of people mindset. Surprisingly, adoption is about trust. Are we able to stop trusting people and start trusting blockchain technology more? Read article

The economic and incentive model is often overlooked, which is a pity since it is probably the most important part of the public decentralized protocols. Let’s see why is the model so important and how Cardano Ouroboros Proof-of-Stake is designed from the point of view of users. Read article

A blockchain is essentially a trust machine. It is able to gain people's trust and ensure that some data or information remains unchanged forever. People started talking about the possibility that we can create sound money based on blockchain technology. We know how sound money looks like from the economic point of view but we have not a clear definition of how it should look like from the technol Read article

The adoption of new technologies is well described and we can observe certain patterns. There are similarities in the adoption of TCP/IP and blockchain. Let's have a look at what blockchain technology can bring us in the future and what we can expect. Read article

The article describes the transition from the Byron era to the Shelley era. Read article

If we want to replace traditional financial services, we need an alternative. The concept of decentralization and blockchain technology offers one of the possible alternatives. In today's article, we'll talk about what services banks and financial services offer and how it would be possible to build something similar on the Cardano platform. Read article

People still hesitate to accept blockchain and use it daily life. In today's article, we look at some of the reasons for the slow adoption of this breakthrough technology. Teams can significantly help with the adoption of their projects. However, there are many different groups that can use blockchain quite differently. We will see more projects side by side in the future. Read article

As an investor, you should be aware of the main price drivers. Cardano is a platform so there are more drivers than the first generation of crypto projects have. Read article

There is one bad habit in cryptocurrencies. Everyone supports their chosen project and hounds the others. People's motives are often economic. However, let's take a look at a few facts. Read article

In the future, most transactions will be processed by second-layers solutions. The first layers might not be able to satisfy high transaction demand. Cardano has the second layer solution and its name is Hydra. Read article

COVID-19 caused a major market crash. It is always good not to forget to project fundaments and looking to the future. Do not be scared by the short-term market turbulence. Read article

There are many myths in crypto-world. These myths are often kept alive by people who have an economic interest in supporting them. Let's take a look at one of them.. Read article

Building a strong community is a very important aspect of every project. There must be a connection between the team and members of the community. Cardano strives to have good relations with us, with the community. Read article

The adoption of a platform will be quite different from the adoption of the transactional network. A richer set of features allows people to use many new services and better interconnection with the traditional financial system. Read article

Understanding the past protects us from repeating the same mistakes in the future. This also applies to decentralization. With time, we can see how the decentralization of Bitcoin has evolved. Observation may be surprising for someone. Read article

Within the Cardano project, there are no random names. All names have some historical background. This also applies to the project's native currency. Read article

The blockchain technology can be used in many ways. If you think that the only usage is a transactional system then you might be terribly wrong. The ultimate goal of blockchain technology is removal of middleman in financial and social processes. Read article

If you own any crypto then you should know how to protect your wealth. It can be a challenge if you are not an IT guru. We can help you and teach you the basics of cryptography. Read article

If you have never heard about Cardano then this article is for you. Read article

The article describes an event related to Cardano transition to main-net. Still, it is worth to read it as you can learn about hard-fork. Read article

PoW and PoS have different characteristics regarding the security budget. A PoW network must provide sufficient rewards in every block and it can be a problem in the long term perspective due to the halving. Cardano PoS uses staked coins as protection to the 51% attack and as you will see, it can be very expensive to commit one. Read article

The public blockchain struggles with adoption. Higher adoption is critically dependent on the ability of the protocol to scale more. Let’s explain exactly what scalability is and look at the differences between PoS and PoW. Read article

Marketing of a cryptocurrency might seem a bit strange since people expect that they will choose what they want to use. However, every project can take a different strategy since it focuses on a different group of users. Read article

Decentralization is a dynamic process and changes over time. You can have it at the beginning and lose it within a few years. It is like a democracy. If we stop to care about it then we can lose it. A protocol might be designed in a way that helps to keep the decentralization on a good level. Let's explore the topic. Read article

How saturation works withing the Shelley test-net. Read article

The article describes the setting of the operator's fee within Shelley test-net. Read article

Local media in the Czech Republic wrote an article about Cardanians and the great Cardano community. Read article

Now obsolete guide related to delegating to a pool in the Shelley test-net. Read article

Now obsolete guide related to delegating to a pool in the Shelley test-net. Read article

If we simplify it a bit we could say that crypto lacks only one important thing. It is mass adoption. Without adoption, there will be no crypto revolution. Read article

The economical and incentivize model is a very underestimate topic when talking about cryptocurrencies. It influences how many people will be willing to operate a node or how secure the protocol will be. Last but not least, it influences also the level of decentralization. Learn more about it. Read article

One of the most fantastic things on Cardano is the way it is being developed. No other project takes such a complicated and demanding approach. It is done for a reason. The IOHK team is aware of the fact that only the high-quality project can compete with others in the long term. Read article

Supporting any crypto project must not be based on fundamentalism and irrational arguments. Not only it makes no sense but it discourages people to join the space. In most cases, people need to listen to clear facts and sensible reasons to start using crypto. Read article

If cryptocurrencies succeed than it might disrupt the politics of many states. The reason is quite simple. A state without a currency under control loses power. States do not like losing power so the adoption of cryptocurrencies will be difficult. Read article

Let's try a technical article about cryptography. We try to persuade you that we do not need PoW to build a reliable network consensus. Read article

We are big fans of cryptocurrencies. Despite that, let's be a bit critical to it and have a look at whether is it really so easy to create digital gold. Read article

People often compare the blockchain with the database. It makes sense since both stores data. However, there are significant differences. Read article

Decentralization has a lot of faces. Are you sure that you understand it well? Read article

The part of the decentralized future will not only be transactions but also the execution of smart contracts. The impact might be huge since it allows us to avoid the legal system. Read article

Some people do not like price speculation. Some do. Let's try to make a possible ADA price estimation once Cardano is used by many groups of people in the future. Read article

You were interested in how Cardano PoS is different from Bitcoin PoW. There are many significant differences and both projects are different advantages and disadvantages. Let's compare them. Read article

Have you ever thought about why you hold some cryptocurrency? We can tell you why we hold ADA coins. Read article

Cardano´s Vision

At the beginning of every project, there is a vision or attempt to achieve something new. This is true at least for Cardano. Charles told us what is the vision of the project.

Some people are investors. Some people like the technology and the benefits of using it. Would you like to know why I believe in Cardano? Read article

People do not care much about decentralization. They are probably more interested in the price of cryptocurrencies than caring about their privacy or attempts to replace current financial services. It might sound a bit scary. However, only decentralized networks might bring us a new financial revolution. Read article

Would you like to know more about network consensus details? Then you will probably enjoy the article. We will dive into details regarding transaction processing and making consensus in a distributed network. Read article

Sustainability, interoperability, and scalability are three pillars of Cardano that will help a lot with adoption. Read article

Cardano Staking

Let's dive into Cardano staking and explain how it works.

Decentralization is not only about the network consensus but also about project governance. There are rules defined on a protocol level and people expect that they will be held forever. The protocol must be sometimes updated and rules changed as external conditions change. So it is necessary to think about decentralization on the development level. Read article

The decentralization of a public blockchain is maintained by people. However, decentralization is a dynamic process and might change significantly in time. A protocol itself might be aware of its own decentralization and try to keep it on a high level. Is this possible? Read article

Blockchain is a new technology and people tend to assume that it will be adopted as fast as it is usual for other technologies. That might not be correct since blockchain is not only about technology but also about price volatility. That might be an obstacle to mass adoption. Read article

Global blockchain is not suitable for every use case. Sometimes there is a local problem that needs a local technical solution. The IOHK team has a solution for it. It names Atala. Read article

It is not necessary to waste energy for the sake of scarcity

It is often said that scarcity is the most important part of the economic model of cryptocurrencies. Is it really necessary to consume so much energy due to scarcity?

How to define ´decentralization´?

Many people talk about decentralization, but few would be able to say exactly what it is. Decentralization is the most important feature of blockchain. Let's look at the definition of decentralization and the precise meaning.