Cardano Founder: Leios Will Bring ‘Solana-Style Speed With Full Decentralizat...

Cardano Founder: Leios Will Bring ‘Solana-Style Speed With Full Decentralizat...

In an interview on The Wolf of All Streets podcast, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson revealed new details about Cardano’s next major scalability upgrade, Leios, positioning it as a game-changing protocol enhancement designed to deliver “Solana-style speed” without sacrificing the project’s core commitments to decentralization and resilience. “Leios is going to give us Solana-style speed but […]


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