Cardano, the building of a mega trend 💪

Updated pledge is now in effect, getting back to rewards and rebuilding. I will likely keep pledge low so that pool owner parties and I can be more dynamic. Back to midnight testing and cardano hard fork preparations.

Docker on the menu docs.midnight.network/valida…

Last week taught us that being a Cardano SPO is no walk in the park — managing infra is complex. What happens when we add 10 partner-chains Midgard Hydra bridges oracles? How do we unify operations without compromising decentralization? Enter: SuperNode 🧵👇

📢 Attention SPOs 📢 In the coming weeks an Ekklesia ballot will be posted on Incentive changes that will affect all SPOs. This will be your chance to vote for changes that you want to see in an upcoming hard fork. On preprod, ballot is currently being tested. You can view the current draft of the ballot here: docs.google.com/document/d/1… ✅ The Ekklesia ballot voting will be for dReps and SPOs. 📝 dReps vote with delegated stake 👀 SPOs vote with declared pledge amount ⚠️ For SPOs to vote you will need Calidus Key, have no fear I have created a step by step easy to follow guide here. I strongly recommend that everyone starts getting their Calidus Key setup and registered now. With this guide you will see how simple it is to do. ecp.gitbook.io/how-to-guides… If you have questions or concerns on the CIPs being proposed in the ballot, please reach out to me or one of the members of the incentives working group @Cerkoryn @rabbitholepools @BBHMM_Stake @Star_Forge_Pool I'm willing to have one on one calls or group calls to go over all the items and explain and answer questions and concerns Please note this ballot includes only items that cannot be done in parameters gov action which is why ballot is needed to get them in hard fork. Additional incentive proposals are planned as Parameter gov actions this year, they include increase K to 1,000 and decreasing min pool fee to 75 ADA. Those actions cannot be submitted until roughly April due to other parameter changes PLEASE feel free to ask me questions, there is a lot going on & pretty technical, but this is our chance to finally get some much-needed changes to help SPOs 💪

One of the next major outcomes of the Critical Cardano Integrations workstream is now in place! The Steering Committee representing @IOGroup @Cardano_CF @emurgo_io @midnightfdn and Intersect has approved a major interoperability integration for Cardano: bringing @LayerZero_Core to the ecosystem. LayerZero is one of the most widely adopted omnichain messaging protocols in Web3, connecting 150 blockchains and enabling access to 400 tokens and $80B in omnichain assets. This integration unlocks the largest cross-chain connectivity expansion in Cardano’s history, opening pathways to stablecoin liquidity, Bitcoin-backed assets, tokenized real-world assets, and shared DeFi infrastructure across the broader crypto ecosystem. As the ecosystem continues to invest in long-term infrastructure and utility, this marks another step in positioning Cardano for sustained growth and broader global relevance. This is one of the flagship integrations progressing under the Critical Integrations framework, with Intersect acting as administrator. Delivery work now moves into deployment, with further milestones and timelines to be shared as progress continues. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/CardanoXLayerZero

Today, as agreed, we paid back to the Cardano treasury the ₳920.4K leftovers from our past treasury withdrawal. We got lucky with the market this summer and didn't spend all our budget. Note that some of the accounts still hold USDM, meant to pay remaining late 2025 invoices.

$USDCx is set to go live on #Cardano by the end of February ⚡️. @phil_uplc who leads development, says users will be able to send USDCx seamlessly from any Cardano wallet to any USDC supporting wallet, including Coinbase and Binance and back, with instant convertibility to $USDC.

Node version 10.5.4 includes a number of networking enhancements that will improve node resilience and robustness.  All SPOs are recommended to upgrade to this version.👇 github.com/IntersectMBO/card…

Just voted on two Cardano governance actions "Increase Transaction and Block Memory Units (Part 1 of 2)" and "Net Change Limit (Epoch 613 to Epoch 713)" adastat.net/governances along with our reward donation to selfdriven.foundation 👍

Hello from Japan. Just signed the integration agreement for USDCx on Cardano. Welcome to Cardano Circle! We are all excited about the possibilities. More from the Pentad soon youtube.com/watch?v=8P09rxVa…

Mobile and Midnight are on the way, LaceID will follow shortly after. It’s how identity, privacy, and self-custody start coming together inside your wallet. Here’s what you need to know 👇 lace.io/blog/lace-id-your-se…

ADASTACK’s vote is in 👍

ADASTACK had clean navigation of the fork! (As most) Missed one block due to unlucky timing. That make 2 missed out of soon to be near 10,000🎉minted MAINNET ADASTACK blocks over the 5 years of operation! Chain uptime 100%, ADASTACK downtime 0.0002% These are very good numbers :)

Pre-registration for Scavenger Mine opens tomorrow. 🔥 You can register your unused Cardano Destination address early to start participating as soon as the mine opens. 🗓 Pre-registration: Oct 29 🌐 Participate: midnight.gd 💻 No install required

selfdriven.foundation has been paid @ cardanoscan.io/transaction/6…

🚀 Lace 1.22 is here! 🚀 This release is a big one! ₿ Bitcoin Beta Launch – That’s right. Lace is going multichain, starting with Bitcoin. Users in our beta program can now store and manage BTC directly from Lace. 🛠️ DRep Identification: We've corrected an issue where some DReps or direct voters were experiencing issues using governance DApps 💳Hardware Wallets: We've fixed an issue relating to output format mappings that was causing failures in some DApp interactions We’re building the most accessible, secure, and feature-rich wallet on Web3—and we’re just getting started. Check out our blog now at lace.io/blog/lace-1-22-0-rel… 💻 #LaceWallet #Bitcoin #Firefox #Multichain #Web3 #Crypto

ADASTACK now has a mithril.network signing node setup👍(Helps with the speed of sync'ing large amounts of Cardano blockchain data)