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The DeFi Kernel concept is a really interesting take on how to grow DeFi on #Cardano. For educational purpose, I made this poster summarizing the approach @__fallen_icarus describes in his blog. github.com/fallen-icarus/med…. Have a look at it, and don’t hesitate to re-share it.
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Dear ZK Cardano devs! I have upstreamed the changes needed to snarkjs to run their tooling on Cardano (so we can have something that @identhree maintains).
If you want this merged, please voice our need on the linked GH issue #498!
github.com/iden3/snarkjs/pul…
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The vote passed ❤️
A big thank you to everyone who voted yes for the IO Plutus proposal, and also to everyone who took the time to read, discuss, challenge, and think about it seriously.
As a small token of gratitude, I made a little toy application: a zero-knowledge (1/6)
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Today on Nerdout: Pogun, Bitcoin DeFi with @blocksmithy @pogun_io
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None of this happens alone.
Thanks to the 60+ Pallas contributors who've shipped PRs, filed issues, and pushed Pallas forward over the years 🙏
To name a few: @amw7 @rvcas @ch1bo_ @clarkalesna @hrpr @JSHyCS @_KtorZ_ @nicolasdiprima @Quantumplation @SebastienGllmt @SmaugPool @blocksmithy @matiwinnetou @therealdisasm
Torben Poguntke retweeted
DeFi built roughly $50B in "lending" markets. Almost none of it works the way lending works elsewhere.
Default means price moved, not missed a payment. There are no terms, no maturities, no covenants.
That's leverage infrastructure. It's useful. But it's not credit.
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Thanks @__fallen_icarus!
@yutazzz my humble opinion: most of the shortlist is technical upkeep and upgrades — all useful, but supply-side. Today, Cardano isn't necessarily short on capability, it's short on usage.
Draper Orion and the DeFi Liquidity Budget are the two pieces balance that part with real ecosystem growth and usage. The 45M placeholder at #14 looks like the natural place to fit a couple more in that direction.
Would love to see @pogun_io as one of them! Happy to answer any questions on the proposal.
@blocksmithy and I are happy to talk anytime!
Torben Poguntke retweeted
Satoshis as gas fees on Cardano.
That's where @F_Gregaard, CEO of the @Cardano_CF Cardano Foundation, starts his conversation with @_dsencil at @signalweek. Bitcoin + Cardano, quantum, AI agents, and why BMW and Lufthansa are on chain.
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"Pogun bundles a non-margin credit market, yield infrastructure, and a trust-minimized Bitcoin bridge" - @jamieCrypto, News Lead at Bitcoin.com
Torben Poguntke retweeted
Pogun is capital without compromise. We’re shipping 3 products in 2026:
→ Pogun Credit Market
→ Pogun Yield Platform
→ Pogun Brige
On a mission to turn digital assets into productive capital.
Learn more → pogun.io
Torben Poguntke retweeted
this is what happens when every pool converges on the same utilization curve — yield compresses to the same thin margin and capital just rotates to whoever offers a slightly better number. The product is identical, so the only differentiator is the rate. That's not a credit market, it's a savings account shopping problem.
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1/ DeFi has $42B in "lending." Default means price moved. A bot liquidates you at 3am. No terms. No maturities. No conversation.
That's great margin infrastructure. It's not credit.
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Torben adds, "Our names are on the paper, but Rebekah, Matt, Maryna, Jo, Max, Carlos and so many others behind the scenes - without them we would not have made it!"
👏 Love this.
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QUOTE: @WorldMobileTeam Blockchain Lead, Torben, shares his thoughts on the vision behind AyA.
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Dear ENOs,
Ayaview, live console view app for your validators has been updated.
1. Peers display with latency and live connectivity monitoring.
2. validators display
3. logging and stability improvement
Installation instructions here:
nodebasewm.github.io/docs/to…
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