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Explaining the Shelley Incentivized Testnet incentive model
Learn about Cardano’s incentive model, rewards, and our plan for the Incentivized Testnet
5 December 2019 7 mins read
We’ve talked a lot about incentives lately. That’s because right now we’re running the Incentivized Testnet: a Shelley testnet that provides an opportunity for stakeholders to delegate their stake or operate a stake pool to earn real ada rewards. Later this month, anybody that had ada in either a Daedalus or Yoroi mainnet wallet during the balance snapshot (taken on November 2…
Incentivized Testnet update: balance snapshot, wallets, and rewards
Get the latest information on the Incentivized Testnet as we prepare for the balance snapshot
27 November 2019 5 mins read
The initial phases of the Incentivized Testnet are underway. We’ve already completed the balance check – a practice run that helped us identify a few bugs and issues – in preparation for the balance snapshot, scheduled for just after 12:00 UTC on November 29.
As a reminder, the balance snapshot is a UTXO snapshot of ada balances held across the mainnet – and the amount of ada…
Incentivized Testnet: what is it and how to get involved
Soon you’ll be able to earn real ada rewards as you support the rollout of Shelley. Here’s the lowdown
24 October 2019 6 mins read
Over the past few months, we’ve been working towards a full release of the Shelley testnet. You may have been following our reports about progress on the self-node and networked phases. Now, we’re on the third and final phase before the Shelley mainnet goes live: an Incentivized Testnet that all ada holders can join to earn real ada rewards.
This marks an acceleration in the…
Unboxing the blockchain – the Shelley testnet making its network debut
After a successful test run in London, the networked testnet is now available to the community
26 September 2019 5 mins read
Last week, a team from IOHK, along with Cardano ambassadors and representatives from the Cardano Foundation, met up at a co-working space in London. After a quick presentation, laptops were switched on and a few Rock Pi computers were booted up. An hour later, we had them all connected in a peer-to-peer network of nodes. It was the first instance of the new networked Shelley…
Plutus and Marlowe in the spotlight at WyoHackathon 2019
Plutus and Marlowe, IOHK's smart contract programming languages, will have their next generations released at the 2019 WyoHackathon
20 September 2019 4 mins read
The Cardano network was engineered to be the best possible foundation for the future of decentralized technology – but a foundation is only as good as what can be built upon it. Smart contracts are one of the most powerful ways a distributed network can generate value, allowing individuals and organizations to agree to conditions and automatically execute exchanges of…
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