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Twitter Crypto formed to explore decentralisation on Dorsey’s platform

Twitter Crypto is the name of the social networking giant’s new dedicated team being formed to work with crypto, decentralised apps (Dapps), NFTs, and other ledger technologies.

The latest push by CEO Jack Dorsey to bring digital assets into the mainstream, Twitter has hired Tess Rinearson to lead the team. An experienced software and crypto engineer, Rinearson has worked for Tendermint, Chain.com, and the Interchain...

11 November 2021 | Blockchain Applications

Charles Hoskinson, Founder, Cardano: On restoring trust through decentralisation

The Block spoke with Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson about the blockchain industry and restoring trust through decentralisation ahead of the platform’s upcoming launch of smart contracts.

Hoskinson co-founded the current decentralised app platform leader, Ethereum, but left the project following a dispute about accepting venture capital and the need for a more formal governing structure. He went on to found Cardano in 2015 and became the CEO of the project’s main developer,...

9 February 2021 | Cryptocurrency

Cardano is ‘building bridges’ to Ethereum with new KEVM testnet

Cardano is launching a new KEVM (K Ethereum Virtual Machine) to build a bridge with the leading smart contract platform’s developers.

Charles Hoskinson, Founder of Cardano and CEO of IOHK, was a co-founder of Ethereum.

Disagreements over Ethereum’s direction led Hoskinson to create Cardano, taking a more academic approach to its development and fixing the notorious problems which have plagued the largest smart contract platform.

Cardano launched after...