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Implementing Hydra Heads: the first step towards the full Hydra vision

The Hydra Head, the first in a suite of protocols, is an important element of Cardano’s scaling journey. Let’s see how it fits into the bigger picture. And maybe bust some myths

3 February 2022 Matthias Benkort 12 mins read

 Implementing Hydra Heads: the first step towards the full Hydra vision

We’ve done the science and the theory. We have laid the foundations for a scalable, versatile, and high-throughput blockchain. Now it’s time for steady growth and system enhancements. With the goal of creating an optimized ecosystem to support and foster decentralized applications (DApps) development, Cardano is in the foothills of the Basho phase. With smart contracts already…

Backwards-incompatible changes in Cardano 1.4 Wallet API

Matthias Benkort and Jacob Mitchell cover what's new

18 December 2018 Matthias Benkort 4 mins read

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Backwards-incompatible changes in Cardano 1.4 Wallet API

In this blog, wallet API lead Matthias Benkort explains backwards-incompatible Cardano wallet API changes that are coming in Cardano 1.4, and devOps lead Jacob Mitchell shows how to build a Cardano client with both the old V0 wallet API and the new V1 wallet API, instead of the default option providing only the new API. This blog post is mainly intended for current users of the…