See Also
Building the Haskell cardano-node on Linux
tl;dr; Jump straight to the build instructions The Details Looking forward to the Haskell mainnet, the next step in the Cardano project, I’ve begun exploring the cardano-node Haskell implementation. I find that exploring source code is much easier if you actually watch the program run for a while. So, the first thing a developer has […]
ELI5 Proof of Stake (PoS) – How does PoS work?
In the cryptocurrency universe, Proof of Stake (PoS) is one of the most popular alternatives to the Proof of Work (PoW) family of consensus mechanisms. While PoW systems invest large amounts of energy to make sure transactions are legit, PoS does not require mining hardware. Proof of Stake “miners” (stakers) must lock a financial stake […]
ELI5 What’s the minimum amount of XTZ required to stake Tezos?
Is there a minimum amount of XTZ required to begin staking? A lot of new Tezos users ask this question because there certainly is a minimum amount of XTZ required to bake Tezos. tl;dr; No, there is no minimum amount of XTZ required to bake Tezos. To be precise, there is a minimum but it’s […]
How do I stake Cardano?
Cardano ADA will begin its fully decentralized operation later in 2018 when the Shelley update is released. Once the Cardano blockchain goes distributed, it’ll allow users to participate in staking pools and earn proportional slot rewards (Cardano works in slots, not blocks). Our calculations of potential staking rewards aren’t very optimistic but as some have […]