Cardano News

The 3rd Governance Info Action is live, inviting DReps, SPOs, and ICC members to vote on increasing the K parameter to enhance decentralization. Developers are encouraged to participate in the annual State of the Cardano Developer Ecosystem Survey to provide insights for future improvements. Rhys Morgan has launched a new Aiken programming course, offering tutorials on smart contract development. The Cardano Foundation introduces 'Our Cardano,' outlining its ecosystem ethos and principles to foster a thriving, decentralized community.

The DB Sync team resolved off-chain data issues and improved memory management. Node v.9.2 benchmarks advanced, and cardano-tracer-0.3 was released. Mithril progressed decentralization, and Intersect elections close October 20. Chang #2 hard fork planning aligns with CIP-1694. Catalyst Fund13 submissions finalize with reviews ongoing. Community contributions to Cardano core rose to 45.97%. The education team preps for the Cardano Summit in Argentina and December constitution events.

The consensus team set performance goals, rebased UTXO-HD, and improved robustness. Plutus revamped user guides and submitted CIPs on arrays and maps. Hydra advanced incremental commits, Blockfrost integration, and tested Raft networking. Mithril decentralized signature orchestration and prepared for node v.9.2.1. Intersect held annual meetings, and Catalyst opened Fund13 proposals. Education prepped for Cardano Days in Santander and attended the Constitution event in Oslo.

The Cardano Summit Awards voting is now open, recognizing excellence across 11 categories within the ecosystem. The Developer Blog Series features an interview with Sricharan Ganta, CEO of Nucast, discussing innovations in digital media ownership on Cardano. The Stake Pool Spotlight highlights GROW, a pool dedicated to charitable initiatives in Africa. Ambassador Stories introduces Jose Iadicicco, a Meetup Organizer advancing blockchain education in Argentina.

Cardano node v.9.1.1 resolved Conway-era replay issues. A snapshot-converter tool addressed UTXO-HD deserialization and memory leaks. Lace enhanced governance for hardware wallets, Plutus finalized functions for the next hard fork, and Hydra improved network resilience. Mithril advanced decentralization, Voltaire emphasized community governance, and Catalyst neared Fund12 onboarding completion. Education prepared for Cardano Days and supported Plutus Core updates.

The consensus team optimized ledger snapshots, bandwidth, and UTXO-HD benchmarks. Plutus updated user documentation and contract blueprints. Hydra v.0.19.0 added Conway ledger support, while Mithril advanced decentralized signature orchestration. Intersect progressed the Chang upgrade, with elections ongoing. Catalyst previewed Fund13 in town hall 175, set to launch next week.

The Project Catalyst Team has announced Fund 13, starting on September 25, 2024, with 50 million ada available for distribution. Proposal submissions open on September 26. The updated 2024 Cardano Summit agenda features keynotes, panels, and masterclasses, offering valuable insights into blockchain's future. Additional updates include the announcement of Summit Community Partners, a recap of the first SPO Table Talk on CIP-1694's impact on SPO operations.

The ledger team introduced a Conway feature restricting reward withdrawals without DRep delegation post-bootstrap, fixed bugs, and improved testing. Performance benchmarks for node v.9.1.1 were released, setting a new baseline. Mithril advanced decentralization and transaction handling. Voltaire's committee applications are open, Catalyst prepped Fund13 categories, and Fund12 onboarding nears completion. Education updated 'Mastering Cardano' and prepared content for Cardano Days events.

Join us for the first edition of the SPO Table Talk with domain experts, where we dive into the latest topics on Cardano stake pools and infrastructure. This session covers a range of topics, from changes in SPO leader logs post-Chang hard fork to the refined VRF tiebreaker rule, block diffusion pipelining, and more. We also explore the evolving role of stake pool operators in Cardano’s governance era, featuring insights from Andrew Westberg, Martin Lang, Samuel Leathers, Alexander Esgen, Markus Gufler and Denicio Bute.

Cardano's core teams released node v.9.1.1 to fix replay issues in the Conway era and introduced a snapshot-converter for UTXO-HD. Governance for hardware wallets improved, Plutus advanced built-in functions, and Hydra enhanced network resilience. Mithril progressed decentralization, Voltaire emphasized community governance, and Catalyst focused on Fund12 onboarding. Education supported Plutus updates and prepared for Cardano Days events.