Cardano Didn’t Fail On Scalability, Says Hoskinson — Leios Coming In 2026
Charles Hoskinson used a Nov. 5 video address to rebut a renewed wave of criticism that Cardano has “failed on scalability,” centering his response on two pillars: Hydra, Cardano’s off-chain scaling stack, and Leios, a forthcoming Ouroboros upgrade that he says now has a complete design and a clear path to mainnet in 2026. Hoskinson’s […]
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Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano and IOG’s CEO, was interviewed by Lex Fridman for his podcast. Hoskinson talked about the past, present, and future and this platform in a discussion almost 5 hours long. Hoskinson played the devil’s advocate and also discussed Cardano’s potential weakness that could lead the project to complete failure. Many […]
Charles Hoskinson says Cardano is now on a defined, accelerated path to its most ambitious performance leap yet. In an August 31 AMA, the Cardano founder highlighted an open-for-review Cardano Improvement Proposal (CIP) for Leios—a staged implementation plan that, in its first iteration, targets a 30× to 65× throughput increase while preserving Cardano’s determinism and […]
Charles Hoskinson used his latest live AMA on November 1 to issue a point-by-point rebuttal to claims that Cardano is suffering from low adoption, thin liquidity, poor interoperability and marketing inertia—while laying out a 2026 growth blueprint anchored in the Midnight partner-chain, cross-ecosystem bridges, an events-driven marketing push, and clearer accountability for KPIs. Hoskinson framed […]