Cardano news updates from the community. I look at Carp, a new database tool from DCSpark, a new partnership with Flac Finance and MinSwap and a few other projects building on the Cardano blockchain.Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep042

I look at all of the airdrops, token distributions and Initial Stake Pool Offerings that are happening or are ending at the moment to see what we can get in on.Everything from the free token distributions for staking to a pool, to new token distribution platforms like DripDropz and TosiDrop. I also look at some ISPOs that have ended gracefully and some not so gracefully.You can watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0-JOg30ogf0and get all of the reference notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep041

Seedstars in collaboration with the Financial Times Talent (FT Talent), Project Catalyst and Cardano are holding a pitch competition to gather the best of the best projects working in emerging markets around the world.Projects at any stage of development will be able to get their ideas and concepts in front of the Seedstars group of companies to be able to access an array of mentors, advisors, resources and potential funding to help seed, growth and accelerate their projects.Applications close on the 31st of May 2022. There is limited time to enter the competition. It is open to all businesses that are creating and building in emerging markets around the world.Find out more about the pitch competition:https://bit.ly/3Glk9KUSubmit your application:https://bit.ly/39SxxKiFull show notes at:https://cardanode.com.au/ep040

Cardano news updates and the interview with CTO Dr. Lars Brunjes & marketing manager Bartosz Antoniak join me to talk all about Genius Yield.Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep039 (yet to be updated)

In this episode, we look over all the possible strategies to earn as many $Sundae tokens as possible once the SundaeSwap Decentralised ExchangeShow notes will be at https://cardanode.com.au/ep038We look at:- Doing nothing- Delegate to the ISO pools- Provide Liquidity- Delegate and Yield Farm- Purchase Tokens for Yield Farming- Delegate, Yield Farm, and Rebalance and Compound Your Rewards- Arbitrage Opportunities- Risks

This week we look back at the basics and get an understanding of what is an initial stake pool offering.

Cardano News updates.A lot has happened in the Cardano ecosystem with many projects launching on the Cardano Testnet along with Initial Stake Pool Offerings ending.Find out everything that has happened and stay up to date with the latest developments at https://cardanode.com.au.- Milkomeda move a step closer to Testnet- IOG launch the ERC20 converter on Testnet- SundaeSwap Price Discover Mechanism, the Taste Test- ADAHandle BETA Sale- CardaHub Marketplace on Testnet- Meld ISPO is officially over- Dual Leaders Situation- Claymates in Times Square- Ronin Project CNFT drop using our Cardano Press- MinSwap FISO claim startedCool CNFT Projects- https://www.reforestnation.com/- https://www.threefoldbold.io/- https://twitter.com/BookMashaFull show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep036Chapters(0:00:00) - Intro(0:01:24) - Milkomeda(0:04:49) - ERC20 Converter(0:06:50) - SundaeSwap Taste Test(0:11:28) - ADAHandle(0:12:23) - Cardahub Marketplace(0:14:07) - Meld ISPO Over(0:16:10) - Dual Leaders(0:20:06) - Claymates in Time Square(0:20:36) - Ronin NFT Drop(0:22:03) - MinSwap FISO Claim(0:22:47) - NFT Projects to Follow(0:24:33) - Outro

Will Woodall joins me to talk about his AI art project called Entheos Art AI.He talks about how he's using AI to generate thousands of stunning images to form this collection of AI art pieces.You can learn more about the project at:https://www.entheosart.com/https://twitter.com/EntheosAiJoin their Discord:https://discord.gg/dFSxqmRB

Long Le from CardaHub joins me on this episode to talk about the new platform that they are building out that will to mint Cardano NFTs directly on the blockchain with smart contracts.Full show notes at:https://cardanode.com.au/ep034Video interview:https://youtu.be/-Az_lsYxlakVideo tutorial on how to mint on CardaHub:https://youtu.be/it_g9iih20M

Yow joins me on the podcast to talk all about tokens. What is a security token and how that differs from a utility token? Why it is important to distinguish between the two.We also look at how regulation in USA defines tokens as securities with the famous Howey test.We also look at Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and what that might look like in the future of business organisations.Don't forget to vote for us on the SundaeSwap ISO. Full details on our website in regards to how to vote: Only half a day left from the release of this podcast:https://cardanode.com.au/sundaeswap-iso-complete-guide-sundae-tokens/Send 2.207 ADA to yourself. Send it to your own wallet to vote!Full show notes at:https://cardanode.com.au/ep033

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In this episode, we have a big news update of various new stories that have happened over the past few weeks that hasn't been touched or talked about in detail. - Cardano network congestions, - Bitcoin ETF, - Australian ETP, - Tokhun.io smart contract marketplace, - Matrixswap, CardWallet partnership- MinSwap tax implications- Ardana 10M capital raise- Bondly Partnership with IOG- Project Calatyst Fund 6 Funded!Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep031

Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep030

Show notes https://cardanode.com.au/ep029

This week we look into how you can create, list to sell and market your Cardano NFT (CNFT) artwork.If you've ever wanted to know how it all works, this is the episode for you. Show notes at:https://cardanode.com.au/ep028

This week we look at the rundown and overview of the Cardano Summit 2021. There were many announcements, partnerships and news updates that it took a lot of time to take it all in and decompress all the information.You can find all the show notes for this episode at https://cardanode.com.au/ep027 Join our community on Discord: https://discord.gg/CVB8WZ5ZHeTell us what was your favourite announcement from the Summit! What did I miss that you think I should cover?Don't forget to vote in Project Catalyst.https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Automated-Phishing-Scam-Detection/367075-48088===*** None of the information on this episode is to be considered as financial advice. All conversations and opinions are that of the guests and is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please do your own research and understand that cryptocurrencies are volatile and risky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8Fh...===Subscribe to the audio podcast:https://bit.ly/learncardano-spotifyhttps://apple.co/3jEPM8Chttps://bit.ly/learncardano-googlepodcasthttps://cardanode.com.au/podcastFollow on Social:https://twitter.com/cardanodeauhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/cardanodeauhttps://discord.gg/aAcjtaVv9Vhttps://instagram.com/learncardanohttps://facebook.com/learncardanohttps://t.me/learncardanoSupport the show, delegate to ADAOZ: https://adapools.org/ADAOZhttps://cardanode.com.au#cardano #ada #blockchain

Show notes to come, I've got a Summit to organise.

This week we look at the Cardano ecosystem and find out who is actually building on Cardano right now.I also have an interview with Chris Swenor, the Co-founder and CEO of Reach Platform, a programming language for blockchain smart contracts that is platform agnostic. Developers can get started building smart contracts with minimal work and knowledge of the core fundamentals of the blockchain and start writing smart contracts and deploying.Read all of the show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep025

Meeting notes to come, its midnight and I haven't slept much over the last few days.https://cardanode.com.au/ep024

In episode 22, we looked into how much ADA you need to retire. For some people, it still seems impossible to get enough ADA soon enough to retire and it bought up a lot of questions and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). We'll be covering options and ideas in regards to how you can possibly earn more ADA, from selling Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to selling products and services for ADA.This idea is a transfer of ADA wealth and assets around the ecosystem from one user to another.Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep023

Can you earn a living or retire from staking rewards on Cardano? This week I look at different strategies in how to earn more from ADA.In the 80s, interest rates were high and it was easy to save money and earn interest from a savings account or long term deposit. Those days are now gone with negative interest rates in some countries.Holding and staking ADA on the other hand will give you a solid 5.5% return on ADA as it is writing into the protocol.I also talk about other methods of earning rewards from other projects and protocols on the Cardano blockchain from DeFi and DEXes.Read all the show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep022

In this episode, I look at best practices when securing your online life for crypto assets. Taking responsibility for your own security is the most important aspect when starting to buy and store crypto.I go through various tips for securing your wallets, seed phrases, email accounts, two-factor authentication, secret answers and general exchange security features.Knowing all this will ensure you're as secure as possible online.Lastly, I have Professor Nick Nikiforakis join me on an interview to talk about online Cardano scams. These scams are all over the Internet and YouTube promising to double your ADA after you send ADA to them.You can watch the YouTube interview at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZGQVI8lXgFull show notes and resources from this podcast episode at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep021

Antonia Lorenz from Waya Collective joins me on this episode to talk about her idea and concept of unifying African manufacturing to create ethical fashion for developed countries around the world.Antonia places to have a decentralised manufacturing process where small business entrepreneurs can combine their manufacturing power to fulfil larger overseas orders of ethical fashion.Follow Waya Collectivehttps://wayacollective.com/https://instagram.com/wayacollective===*** None of the information on this episode is to be considered as financial advice. All conversations and opinions are that of the guests and are intended for educational and entertainment purposes only. Please do your own research and understand that cryptocurrencies are volatile and risky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq8Fh...===Subscribe to the audio podcast:https://bit.ly/learncardano-spotifyhttps://apple.co/3jEPM8Chttps://bit.ly/learncardano-googlepod...https://cardanode.com.au/podcastFollow on Social:https://twitter.com/cardanodeauhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/carda...https://discord.gg/aAcjtaVv9Vhttps://instagram.com/learncardanohttps://facebook.com/learncardanohttps://t.me/learncardanoSupport the show, delegate to ADAOZ: https://adapools.org/ADAOZhttps://cardanode.com.au#cardano #ada #blockchain

Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep019Cardano is Moves Closer Towards Smart ContractsWith Alonzo White, the second stage of the smart contracts roll out for Cardano being successfully forked on Testnet, we are seeing more and more users being onboarded in a controlled and steady-state, with currently 100 people executing smart contracts on Testnet. This number should double by the time the Alonzo White phase is complete and the teams move on to the Alonzo Purple phase. This slow and steady approach ensures that there are no configuration issues or scalability issues of the network.In one of Charles Hoskinson's latest live updates, he mentioned that there are a few things that are needed to get to the Alonzo hard fork event.Fully operating node, which has occurred and,a fully integrated wallet backed, which should be finished next week. The Daedalus wallet will be connected and hopefully be ready by September 10th.Once these two factors are checked, then the final count down to a hard fork can start.The remaining development required isn't related to the hard fork combinator event of the blockchain but relates to the infrastructure that developers will need to work and run their applications on the blockchain.The Plutus Application Backend is the infrastructure for the developers to roll out smart contracts and decentralise applications easily.Charles mentioned that the hard fork event could be late August or early September with a possible date of August 31st as the potential launch date.Users will be able to run smart contracts at this point but the parallel development of the infrastructure for the Plutus Application Backend will most likely continue after this point to have a better environment for developers to build and deploy applications on. Some developers and teams already have tooling and code ready to deploy.At the moment more and more developers are coming into the Alonzo environment and testing for bugs, reporting and improving the entire infrastructure. We'll see more iterative improvements along the way as more integration partners come on board.The rollout for Alonzo is a lot easier and smoother than Shelly rollout.August is crunch time for the teams working on Alonzo and the rollout of smart contracts. Good luck to the teams.FUD Ethereum MaxisEthereum users defend their investments creating fear and doubt in the Cardano ecosystem.Etherum is struggling to change to proof of stake will it happen? One day I'm sure.With issues from lost keys to a stake pool to costs and difficulty of moving to PoS.More Wallets Are Being DevelopedWallet integrations for dApps including Daedalus are in the works.Semantic web 3 wallets will also be needed to power a lot of the decentralised finance applications that I've been reviewing over the last month.Wallets like Nami wallet, which I've done a quick review on and the upcoming release of the new Yoroi wallet will enable users access to these apps to interact with the blockchain.We also have a review on wallet setups for the upcoming dApp earn of Cardano.If you want to learn more about some of the new upcoming dApps that are on the blockchain see our previous episodes:Ep018Ep017Ep016Ep015US Infrastructure Bill with a Side of Crypto TaxUS congress looks at passing a new infrastructure bill, and also slip in a major crypto tax to raise an extra 30B in tax revenue in the country. Unsure where that number comes from.ScamsTwitter Scam Bot https://twitter.com/cardanoPhishingWatch my scam video on YouTubeNovellia Calls It a DayIn a recent post from the Novellia team, they announced that one of their core developers have decided to move on. As a result, they have been trying to meet the shortfall in resources by working more over time but unfortunately, it wasn't sustainable.As a result, the team have decided to release all they had on open source Github repositories and call it a day.I wish the team all the best and hopefully will see more from the founders in the future as they start working on other things. If you've delegated to their stake pool you will need to move your delegation to another pool.Partnerships GaloreOccam + EmourgoSundaeSwap & Liquid FinanceMeld Security ToolsPlayerMint + Retro Pool Holding a Rocket League TournamentPool Round-UpSince Fed 22nd the pool has gone from 1000 ADA to 10.6M in 5 months. That's doing ok.

The VyFi team join me on this episode to talk about their hedge fund and DeFi platform where they are combining the world of traditional finance with the world of decentralised finance and fintech.The VyFi team have formed partnerships with AI developer, Propella.AI and have hired a team of PhD Haskell developers from Imagine.ai to build their platform.Find out more about their project at https://cardanode.com.au

A few news items this week: MinSwap annouces a Fair Initial Stake Offering and a new wallet is released called Nami Wallet for Cardano.I break down all the concepts around decentralised exchanges, I explain what an automated market maker is, how decentralised exchanges differ from centralised exchanges, what liquidity pools are, impermanent loss, slippage, and how you can benefit from liquidity mining.Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep016I also chat with Chris from Mirqur, a mathematically driven decentralised exchange built on Cardano.

I chat with Ken Olling from Meld who is building a decentralised finance bridge between the crypto world and the fiat currency banking world.Meld is a project that is worth keeping an eye on. Being able to borrow against your crypto assets and to be able to enjoy the freedom of 'spending' fiat currency without needing to actually sell your crypto.Watch the full interview with Ken about Meld on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIEjQhZ5u9QFollow the Meld Project and get in on the ISPO:https://meld.comRead all of the show notes for this podcast at:https://cardanode.com.au/ep015===Follow on Social:https://twitter.com/cardanodeauhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/carda...https://discord.gg/aAcjtaVv9Vhttps://instagram.com/learncardanohttps://facebook.com/learncardanohttps://t.me/learncardanoSupport the show, delegate to ADAOZ: https://adapools.org/ADAOZhttps://cardanode.com.au

Long Nguyen joins me on the podcast to talk about the Decentralised Exchange that he is working on called MinSwap. You'll able to trade various cryptocurrency pairs on the exchange without needing to give up your keys or the control of your assets.You can find out more about Minswap.orgYou can find all the show notes for this podcast episode at https://carrdanode.com.au/ep014

In this podcast episode, I bring in Martina, my partner to talk about all the concepts around blockchain and Cardano that we have covered in the last 12 episodes of the podcast.Martina is a long time holder of various cryptocurrencies and knows very little about Cardano, Proof of Stake, DeFi and other concepts that have evolved int he crypto space over the last 3 years.Martina asks the questions and break down all the concepts until the penny drops and the concepts all sink in.Leave a comment and let us know if you want Martina on the show more often to ask some of the questions that I would normally gloss over as I assume you all already know.https://cardanode.com.au/ep013

Will from Rektangular Studios joins me to talk about their development platform, Novellia. It is currently in Fund 4 of Project Catalyst which is almost ready to be voted on.Will takes us through the project and what they're trying to achieve with their platform which will allow developers to build NFTs in-game and allow for NFT marketplaces for their games. This will create a residual income from their games allowing for more development.Game development is hard with various marketplaces such as Apple and Google taking a large chunk of profits.Listen to this episode to find out how Novellia will solve this problem using Cardano and blockchain as a solution to create new in-game economies.https://cardanode.com.au/ep012

In this episode, I cover all the details in regards to fees when delegating to a pool, or making a transfer of ADA from wallet to wallet. I cover the details of these fees and where all the ADA goes.I also am joined on the podcast with MermADA to talk about her experience with running a Cardano stake pool and mining Eth.Find all the show notes on our website: https://cardanode.com.au/ep011Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cardanodeau and join our Facebook Group https://facebook.com/groups/cardanodeau

I talk about the latest Cardano360 update all about the upcoming Cardano Hard Fork Alonzo. All of the smart contract features of Cardano are being rolled out over the next 90 days. The count down is on.I also have Maria Carmo back on the podcast to continue our interview and talk about Lovelace Academy and the Project Catalyst from the view of a proposer going through the process.

In this episode, we take a step back and do a deep dive into the basic concepts of staking on the Cardano blockchain and understanding how rewards work.After running a Cardano Meetup the other week, it is clear that the idea and concepts around staking are still foreign to a lot of newcomers to cryptocurrencies and the basic groundwork needs to be laid out before other concepts and ideas can be worked on. With a room filled with 15 Cardano enthusiasts, we aimed to chat about security and NFTs but it was clear that one of the main concepts around Cardano staking and Proof of Stake needed to be discussed.Full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep009

What is a Cardano Ambassador, Maria Carmo joins me on this podcast episode to answer just that and how you can become an Ambassador yourself.Maria joins me on the podcast episode to tell me about her story, how she contributes to the Cardano community as a non-tech person.Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCyLqvG170Read the full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep008

Setting up a stake pool is relatively easy for anyone that has general computer skills when it comes to setting up servers. The harder side is the daily maintenance, updates, security marketing and managing the stake pool. Casey Gibson joins me on the episode to talk about everything you need to know when it comes to managing a Cardano stake pool. There is plenty of content around setting one up but not what comes after.Casey and I talk about, performance, backups, upgrades and marketing your Cardano stake pool.If you've just set up a pool, then this is the episode for you.Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpCA5k_Fl9cFull show notes: https://cardanode.com.au/ep007

In this episode, I talk to Bas Mons, a stake pool operator from the Netherlands. We talk about why you should delegate your ADA to a stake pool rather than keeping it on an exchange. We touch on some topics and issues that small stake pools have when starting and how delegates can help these pools while also helping charities and missions at the same time.Full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep006Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPIpurPJkHY

Regulation in the blockchain space. I have a conversation with Jamie Zammitt from Gibraltar in regards to regulation and how the Digital Ledger Framework has created a strong and attractive industry in Gibraltar.I look into Charles Hoskinson's live video on YouTube where he talks about BitLicense and the possible upcoming regulation by the US Government in regards to the cryptocurrency space.Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep005

A look at non-fungible tokens on Cardano, what they area, how they are created and an in-depth chat with Patrick Tobler about NFT-maker.io, a simple website for creating NFTs on Cardano.You can find all the show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep004

This week we look at Project Catalyst and Cardano's on-chain governance and treasury system. What it is and how it works compared to other blockchains.Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep003