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Weekly development report as of 2025-03-21
Emmanuel
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Weekly development report as of 2025-03-21

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES The information in this section is based on publicly available sources and is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any project, product, or service mentioned. Cardano’s ecosystem continues to progress, with 1,989 projects currently building on the network. The number of deleg...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-03-14
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-03-14

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES The information in this section is based on publicly available sources and is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any project, product, or service mentioned. The Cardano ecosystem continues to grow steadily. The number of delegated wallets has increased to 1.327 million, ref...
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Weekly development report as of 2025-03-07
Emmanuel
Weekly development updatesDevelopment+ 1

Weekly development report as of 2025-03-07

ECOSYSTEM UPDATES The information in this section is based on publicly available sources and is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any project, product, or service mentioned. Cardano’s ecosystem continues to grow with 1,988 projects currently building on the network. The number of delegated ...
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Plinth

Ivan Irakoze
plinth
The rebranded Plutus Tx compiler in Cardano's ecosystem that enhances smart contract development. Plinth simplifies contract creation and optimizes on- and off-chain interactions, demonstrating Cardano's commitment to improved developer tooling.
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Hyperledger Identus

Ivan Irakoze
hyperledger identus
A Linux Foundation project under the Decentralized Trust initiative that provides components for building self-sovereign identity (SSI) solutions. Identus enhances security, privacy, and efficiency in blockchain-based identity management.
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Edinburgh Decentralization Index (EDI)

Ivan Irakoze
Edinburgh Decentralization Index
A framework developed by the University of Edinburgh and Input Output Global (IOG) that measures and analyzes decentralization levels across blockchains. The EDI employs various metrics and presents data through a publicly accessible interactive dashboard.
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Your Cardano onboarding guide
Olga Hryniuk
CardanoNFT+ 7

Your Cardano onboarding guide

New to Cardano? No worries, here’s a list of essentials to get you started Disclaimer: Nothing in this article is intended to be professional advice, including without limitation, financial, investment, legal or tax advice. IO Global is not responsible for your use of or reliance on any information in this article. Blockchain is one of the most influential...
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What is Cardano (Cardano 101)
Fernando Sanchez
adaOuroboros+ 16

What is Cardano (Cardano 101)

What is Cardano? The Cardano universe is expanding with the arrival of a broad range of decentralized applications and exchanges. From games to decentralized finance (DeFi), Cardano covers the whole gamut of blockchain-based versatility. As Cardano grows, so does its reach, its community, value, and adoption. This paper reflects all that Cardano is, what i...
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Cardano’s Vasil upgrade: what to expect
Olga Hryniuk
ScalabilityCardano+ 4

Cardano’s Vasil upgrade: what to expect

Author: Tim Harrison - VP Community & Ecosystem Last updated: 16th September 2022 Summary: Increased functionality, performance & scalability; find out what the Vasil upgrade will bring to Cardano. Article: We’re now a little under one week away from the deployment of the Vasil upgrade, which significantly improves and enhances Cardano's capabilities. N...
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6 types of blockchain consensus mechanisms
Ivan Irakoze
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6 types of blockchain consensus mechanisms

日本語版はスクロールダウンしてください Blockchains are distributed systems in which records of digital transactions are both publicly verifiable and immutable. Each new transaction is included in a block along with other recent transactions, and the block is then added to a chain of other blocks (hence the term ‘blockchain’). For a blockchain to operate successfully, the par...
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A list of community-built developer tools on Cardano
Ivan Irakoze
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A list of community-built developer tools on Cardano

Cardano’s community of developers is one of the strongest in blockchain. Many developers build and provide access to the tools and applications needed to improve Cardano. Here is a list of available tools and resources according to categories: NFT creation tools Anvil: a developer agency that provides advanced solutions for Web3 projects through various s...
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The EUTXO Handbook
Fernando Sanchez
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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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