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Running Doom on blockchain: a landmark moment for Cardano and Hydra

16 August 2024 Sebastian Nagel 13 mins read

Running Doom on blockchain: a landmark moment for Cardano and Hydra

Intro

Doom (1993) is an era defining game. Not just for its contributions towards community participation in gaming, such as distributing a shareware version of the game and an open sourcing of the game engine, but also for bringing gaming (previously a virtually console-exclusive feature) to the mainstream on personal computers.

Appearing in an era of floppy disks and very…

Hydra – Cardano’s solution for ultimate Layer 2 scalability

Scalability is baked into the Cardano development roadmap; enter Hydra

17 September 2021 Sebastian Nagel 7 mins read

Hydra – Cardano’s solution for ultimate Layer 2 scalability

The Alonzo upgrade enables the creation of smart contracts, decentralized applications (DApps), and other applications on top of Cardano.

Alonzo marks a significant milestone in the Cardano journey, deploying base level scripting capability that will, in turn, enable further innovation and network development. It also starts the process of transforming a transactions & tokens…