Cardano Hard Fork Expected Next Month, Leios Still ‘This Year’: Hoskinson
Charles Hoskinson said Cardano is tracking toward a hard fork “next month,” while the long-discussed Leios scalability work remains on schedule for “this year,” in a Feb. 19 livestream recorded after a trip through Japan and a stop at Consensus in Hong Kong. Hoskinson framed the next few weeks as a convergence point for two […]
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