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Why was the platform/foundation named after Gerolamo Cardano?
I think the answer you are looking for can be found at the 3:10 mark (bold part in the transcript below) on this video, but for the consistency of ideas please watch from the 1:43.
The transcript of ...
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Why was the platform/foundation named after Gerolamo Cardano?
"I only know him for publishing general solutions for cubic and quartic equations."
In 1550 he also introduced a cryptographic writing tool called the Cardan grille which uses a grid.
The ...
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What is the Cardano Stiftung?
These are synonyms. Stiftung is German for foundation. The Cardano Foundation is located in Zug, Switzerland - a German-speaking part of the country.
The twitter handle of the (now verified) Cardano ...
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Cardano Development
A great place to start is https://developers.cardano.org/.
The page provides a good overview about all Cardano development related topics.
Another great place to get started and learn is the cardano ...
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To what extent does Cardano's "off-chain governance" in the form of a Board of Directors pose a threat to Cardano's mission of being decentralized?
It won't once all parts of the Cardano road map are complete. Voltaire isn't complete yet, but once it is. The Board of Directors at Cardano foundation do not have the power to control or change the ...
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Block Producer vs Relay Node setup
If you want to get started with Cardano, setting up a stake pool can be a good start to learn the basics. You will be able to explore the different cli commands as well as the fundamentals of the ...
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Cardano Development
You can join reddit channel for Cardano developers. You can also try to join the Plutus Pioneer Program but Haskell is must for it.
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A summary on the goal of Cardano
The phrase I like to use often is that Cardano is "An operating system for the decentralized web".
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What improvements will Basho bring?
You can learn more about the Basho phase at the Cardano Roadmap, but I will briefly summarize what it says.
The Basho phase is focused on improvements to scalability and interoperability, this will ...
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Is the Cardano Token Registry on Github abandoned/problematic?
The repository is not abandoned, it is maintained by the Cardano Foundation right now.
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What are the differences between IOHK, Emurgo and the Cardano Foundation?
IOHK is one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies.
The company builds high-assurance blockchain infrastructure solutions for public, private sector ...
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What improvements will Basho bring?
Scalability! In simple terms, it brings "continuously improving" scalability! That means by design we will be more and more scalable as we grow. The exact opposite of Bitcoin. Currently ...
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When is Hydra going to be completed?
We will see some form of Hydra in action by end of 2021 or the first quarter of 2022. Charles mentioned a couple of times that a separate team is always working on it and will try to release it sooner ...
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