Cardano Founder Unveils Midnight Rollout Plan As Mainnet Launch Begins
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says Midnight has entered its federated mainnet phase, marking the start of a guarded rollout that he described as the first step in turning on one of the most technically ambitious networks in crypto. In a March 23 livestream, the Cardano founder framed the week as “Midnight Week” and said the […]
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At the Midnight Summit, Cardano founder and Input Output Global CEO Charles Hoskinson set out a staged rollout for Midnight, a privacy-and-identity network he describes as crypto’s next generational layer. In a Dapp Central interview, he positioned Midnight as an extender of existing ecosystems rather than a competitor: “We’re here to make your life easier […]
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Monday that Midnight is now live, marking the mainnet debut of the privacy-focused network that has been one of the highest-profile infrastructure bets tied to the broader Cardano ecosystem. In his March 30 livestream, Hoskinson said the chain had already been running for a while, with average block times holding […]
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has hailed the launch of Midnight and its native token NIGHT as the strongest in the network’s history, arguing that it proves Cardano can now host and distribute multi-billion-dollar assets at scale. NIGHT Token Plunges After Midnight Launch In his December 10 livestream “Midnight Launch AAR,” Hoskinson opened with the volatile […]
Cardano’s developer Input Output Global (IOG) has made several important announcements on the platform’s next update. Schedule to be implemented with Hard Fork Combinator event “Alonzo”, this new era will mark the beginning of Cardano’s smart contract capabilities. IOG reveal “Alonzo” rollout plan with an initial phase in June expanding to its full deployment in […]
Cardano is preparing a layer-1 upgrade it says will push mainnet throughput from roughly 10–15 transactions per second to hundreds, while keeping the network’s decentralization and security profile intact. At a Tokyo community event on the Midnight Japan Tour, Input Output’s Michael Smolenski and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson framed Ouroboros Leios as both a scaling […]