Learn Cardano Podcast

This week we look at the rundown and overview of the Cardano Summit 2021. There were many announcements, partnerships and news updates that it took a lot of time to take it all in and decompress all the information. You can find all the show notes for this episode at https://cardanode.com.au/ep027 Join our community on Discord: https://discord.gg/CVB8WZ5ZHe Tell us what was your favourite announce...

Show notes to come, I've got a Summit to organise. DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including private or future allocations. All views are my own, based on...

This week we look at the Cardano ecosystem and find out who is actually building on Cardano right now. I also have an interview with Chris Swenor, the Co-founder and CEO of Reach Platform, a programming language for blockchain smart contracts that is platform agnostic. Developers can get started building smart contracts with minimal work and knowledge of the core fundamentals of the blockchain and...

Meeting notes to come, its midnight and I haven't slept much over the last few days. https://cardanode.com.au/ep024 DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, includ...

In episode 22, we looked into how much ADA you need to retire. For some people, it still seems impossible to get enough ADA soon enough to retire and it bought up a lot of questions and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). We'll be covering options and ideas in regards to how you can possibly earn more ADA, from selling Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to selling products and services for ADA. This idea is a tra...

Can you earn a living or retire from staking rewards on Cardano? This week I look at different strategies in how to earn more from ADA. In the 80s, interest rates were high and it was easy to save money and earn interest from a savings account or long term deposit. Those days are now gone with negative interest rates in some countries. Holding and staking ADA on the other hand will give you a soli...

In this episode, I look at best practices when securing your online life for crypto assets. Taking responsibility for your own security is the most important aspect when starting to buy and store crypto. I go through various tips for securing your wallets, seed phrases, email accounts, two-factor authentication, secret answers and general exchange security features. Knowing all this will ensure yo...

Antonia Lorenz from Waya Collective joins me on this episode to talk about her idea and concept of unifying African manufacturing to create ethical fashion for developed countries around the world. Antonia places to have a decentralised manufacturing process where small business entrepreneurs can combine their manufacturing power to fulfil larger overseas orders of ethical fashion. Follow Waya Col...

Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep019 Cardano is Moves Closer Towards Smart Contracts With Alonzo White, the second stage of the smart contracts roll out for Cardano being successfully forked on Testnet, we are seeing more and more users being onboarded in a controlled and steady-state, with currently 100 people executing smart contracts on Testnet. This number should double by the tim...

The VyFi team join me on this episode to talk about their hedge fund and DeFi platform where they are combining the world of traditional finance with the world of decentralised finance and fintech. The VyFi team have formed partnerships with AI developer, Propella. AI and have hired a team of PhD Haskell developers from Imagine.ai to build their platform. Find out more about their project at https...

DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including private or future allocations. All views are my own, based on public information. Always do your own research an...

A few news items this week: MinSwap annouces a Fair Initial Stake Offering and a new wallet is released called Nami Wallet for Cardano. I break down all the concepts around decentralised exchanges, I explain what an automated market maker is, how decentralised exchanges differ from centralised exchanges, what liquidity pools are, impermanent loss, slippage, and how you can benefit from liquidity m...

I chat with Ken Olling from Meld who is building a decentralised finance bridge between the crypto world and the fiat currency banking world. Meld is a project that is worth keeping an eye on. Being able to borrow against your crypto assets and to be able to enjoy the freedom of 'spending' fiat currency without needing to actually sell your crypto. Watch the full interview with Ken about Meld on Y...

Long Nguyen joins me on the podcast to talk about the Decentralised Exchange that he is working on called MinSwap. You'll able to trade various cryptocurrency pairs on the exchange without needing to give up your keys or the control of your assets. You can find out more about Minswap.org You can find all the show notes for this podcast episode at https://carrdanode.com.au/ep014 DISCLAIMER: This co...

In this podcast episode, I bring in Martina, my partner to talk about all the concepts around blockchain and Cardano that we have covered in the last 12 episodes of the podcast. Martina is a long time holder of various cryptocurrencies and knows very little about Cardano, Proof of Stake, DeFi and other concepts that have evolved int he crypto space over the last 3 years. Martina asks the questions...

Will from Rektangular Studios joins me to talk about their development platform, Novellia. It is currently in Fund 4 of Project Catalyst which is almost ready to be voted on. Will takes us through the project and what they're trying to achieve with their platform which will allow developers to build NFTs in-game and allow for NFT marketplaces for their games. This will create a residual income fro...

In this episode, I cover all the details in regards to fees when delegating to a pool, or making a transfer of ADA from wallet to wallet. I cover the details of these fees and where all the ADA goes. I also am joined on the podcast with MermADA to talk about her experience with running a Cardano stake pool and mining Eth. Find all the show notes on our website: https://cardanode.com.au/ep011 Follo...

I talk about the latest Cardano360 update all about the upcoming Cardano Hard Fork Alonzo. All of the smart contract features of Cardano are being rolled out over the next 90 days. The count down is on. I also have Maria Carmo back on the podcast to continue our interview and talk about Lovelace Academy and the Project Catalyst from the view of a proposer going through the process. DISCLAIMER: Thi...

In this episode, we take a step back and do a deep dive into the basic concepts of staking on the Cardano blockchain and understanding how rewards work. After running a Cardano Meetup the other week, it is clear that the idea and concepts around staking are still foreign to a lot of newcomers to cryptocurrencies and the basic groundwork needs to be laid out before other concepts and ideas can be w...

What is a Cardano Ambassador, Maria Carmo joins me on this podcast episode to answer just that and how you can become an Ambassador yourself. Maria joins me on the podcast episode to tell me about her story, how she contributes to the Cardano community as a non-tech person. Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCyLqvG170 Read the full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep008 DISC...

Setting up a stake pool is relatively easy for anyone that has general computer skills when it comes to setting up servers. The harder side is the daily maintenance, updates, security marketing and managing the stake pool. Casey Gibson joins me on the episode to talk about everything you need to know when it comes to managing a Cardano stake pool. There is plenty of content around setting one up b...

In this episode, I talk to Bas Mons, a stake pool operator from the Netherlands. We talk about why you should delegate your ADA to a stake pool rather than keeping it on an exchange. We touch on some topics and issues that small stake pools have when starting and how delegates can help these pools while also helping charities and missions at the same time. Full show notes at: https://cardanode.com...

Regulation in the blockchain space. I have a conversation with Jamie Zammitt from Gibraltar in regards to regulation and how the Digital Ledger Framework has created a strong and attractive industry in Gibraltar. I look into Charles Hoskinson's live video on YouTube where he talks about BitLicense and the possible upcoming regulation by the US Government in regards to the cryptocurrency space. Ful...

A look at non-fungible tokens on Cardano, what they area, how they are created and an in-depth chat with Patrick Tobler about NFT-maker.io, a simple website for creating NFTs on Cardano. You can find all the show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep004 DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated...

This week we look at Project Catalyst and Cardano's on-chain governance and treasury system. What it is and how it works compared to other blockchains. Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep003 DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no...