dongle

I can feel the mood across Cardano has changed recently. People are tired. The market has been difficult, patience is thinner, and conversations that should be constructive too often turn into people trying to score points against each other. Sometimes it feels like people are being attacked simply for choosing to support a blockchain they believe in. Leadership has felt unfocused at times, almost absent, while another budget cycle moves forward with some very large asks. In the middle of that, many DReps are trying to keep things grounded. Asking difficult questions, challenging proposals, and treating treasury spend with the seriousness it deserves. Because the treasury is not an abstract pot of money. Every approval is real ADA leaving the system. When voting power becomes concentrated, that responsibility becomes even heavier. This is where DReps matter. They can help move voting power towards people who are capable of making a real impact, while still keeping fiscal responsibility at the centre of the decision. That balance matters. Cardano needs builders, delivery, infrastructure, liquidity, and growth, but it also needs discipline around what gets funded and why. Governance was never going to be clean or comfortable. It is messy because people care, and because the decisions actually matter. There is something motivating in seeing DReps push back where they believe it is needed, and support work they believe can genuinely move Cardano forward. I still feel optimistic. I have always believed that passion wins in the end when it is matched with patience, honesty, and discipline. These low moments do not last forever. They usually reveal who is here for the right reasons. Most blockchains would do anything for a community this engaged. You cannot buy people who care enough to question, argue, build, vote, and keep showing up when things are difficult. I am excited about what Cardano can become, but more than that, I am grateful for the people who still care enough to help get it there. Let’s push through the hard times and enjoy the good times.

@BobLoukas On chain governance is absent in most Blockchains.

Bought some more $XMR today (for the HODL account). The only thing I HODL in this space is BTC, with a little ETH, XMR and digital art.

We are finally winning quantamagazine.org/what-can-we-ga…

"Beaming" is now available to all Bitcoin and Cardano users.🟠🤝🔵 Send BTC to Cardano mainnet as eBTC within the Charms Wallet interface in a few clicks. The UTXBRO era begins today, powered by Charms. 💎 Here's how to get started. 👇

UPDATE: Charles Hoskinson says "there's something called reputation, and after showing up everyday for 10 years, and fighting hard for you on the good days and the bad days, at some point, I should get some form of benefit of the doubt, that at least my intentions are genuine."

Fluid is killing it!

@saylordocs Nothing crazy about this. Was the backdrop all along. The heat is just turning up more now

🇺🇸 ERIC TRUMP SAID THEY’RE USING EVERY LEVEL POSSIBLE TO DELAY OR BLOCK PRO-CRYPTO LEGISLATION. WHY? BECAUSE WHEN CRYPTO WINS, FINANCIAL CONTROL SHIFTS TO THE PEOPLE. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY FEAR MOST! CRAZY

#Ergo Platform provides superior support for real-world financial agreements. #Ergo can support versatile dApps that run predictably, with known costs, and don't have any of the dangers of unrestricted functionality. $ERG #ERGO

@sutkumandanbey Looking good

Users who do not run a full node should enjoy the same security benefits as miners. #NiPoPoWs allow us to make & verify transactions with complete confidence without needing the storage, bandwidth and time required to download the full blockchain. #ERGO $ERG

If Cardano holders had been Amazon shareholders... The story goes like this: In September 2001, Amazon’s stock fell to around $0.30 on a split-adjusted basis, or roughly $5.97 in pre-split prices at the time. At the same time, in its 2001 annual report, Amazon reported $241 million in “Technology and Content” expenses, which included development, systems, telecommunications infrastructure, website operations, and technological improvements. Let me repeat that: $241 million invested in technology and development at a time when the stock price was down around 94.7% from its all-time high. Now imagine if Amazon shareholders back then had behaved like some #Cardano holders today. They would have stopped every development effort, every investment into the future, and told Jeff Bezos: “No more investing until the stock price gets back to at least $50. Our bags are bleeding, and you are not spending money on development.” We all know where Amazon went from those years to where it is today. And now, in Cardano, we are seeing a similar situation: people are crying over their bleeding $ADA bags and want to stop investments in development. ( @IOHK_Charles @IOGroup @Cardano_CF @F_Gregaard ) Unbelievable. Development must be paid for, whatever it costs. There should be no debate about that. Amazon would not be what it is today if the leadership had listened to emotional, short-term, speculative shareholders crying about the price. I see similarities with Cardano today. Some holders do not understand how important development is and that it must be funded now, immediately, whatever it costs. Because that is how it works. And that is how it has to be.

#Ergo Platform draws on ten years of blockchain development, complementing tried and tested principles with the best peer-reviewed academic research into cryptography, consensus models and digital currencies. $ERG #ERGO

I would love to host a space with you guys to get to know more about your protocol and introduce it to the Cardano ecosystem @WalrusProtocol

🚨LATEST: Midnight $NIGHT surpasses 69,000 unique holders on Cardano, according to Cexplorer.

⚡️CARDANO STABLECOIN SUPPLY NEARLY TRIPLES IN A YEAR Cardano’s stablecoin market cap has nearly tripled over the past year, signaling growing activity across its ecosystem.

We see this as just the beginning. The fact that $ADA TVL is at its highest in over a year proves that the network is more active and healthier than ever. It’s great to see the steady, organic growth we’ve all been waiting for.

Proud moment for Argentina and for Cardano The City of Buenos Aires has declared the Cardano Constitutional Convention of public interest. Cardano governance, recognized at the institutional level. Thank you @IOHK_Charles, @jj_siler & @MauroAndreoliA for all the support. Argentina Delivers 🇦🇷

Cardano has cracked the code. No other project in crypto is doing what they’re doing. WE ARE SO BACK! (You should watch my full interview with @IOHK_Charles) youtu.be/vRDvNekl12k

Good Morning Cardano Serviceplan Group, the marketing agency who also works for companies like BMW, Netflix, Amazon, etc. has just submitted an official Marketing proposal for the Intersect Budget process. After 1.5 years of building Masumi & becoming closer & closer to Cardano, they've decided that they want to become Cardanos official Marketing partner. Some disclaimers first: 1) I am an unpaid advisor to this proposal. Yes, unpaid. I do not get any money if it wins but I've decided to give some of my time & help Serviceplan with connections into the ecosystem because I believe that professional marketing like this is very much needed in Cardano. 2) This is a joint proposal coming from multiple different agencies from inside the Serviceplan Group. Serviceplan has around 6000+ employees. The team working on this is a different team than the one working on Masumi. 3) This proposal is not a grant or some speculative investment or so. It's an actual proposal for very specific work package that will be carried out. It's the first time SP has ever done "public pitch" like this, normally they're used to pitching in front of marketing departments of large enterprises. 6 months of work went into drafting this proposal. So please be nice, even when you have criticism. :) 4) Serviceplan is the only entity that I know of from outside of Cardano that has invested a Multi-Million dollar amount into Cardano development in recent years. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say the exact number but let's just say this: If they win this proposal + the Catalyst proposals they've received for Masumi, it will still be less than what they've invested into Cardano so far. That alone should be reason to take a very serious look at this. Now about the proposal itself: The goal of this proposal is to broadly "reposition" Cardano as the Blockchain for serious business. It's specially built so it captures Leads & distributes them into the ecosystem. The main pillars that the proposal focuses on are 1) DeFi and 2) Supply Chain. Now I highly recommend everyone for read through the full proposal, I will put the link to the PDF into the comments.

Youtube took down my video on BIP361. I guess they didn't like what I had to say.