Cardano Updates

Goguen to the Fore in September

August is almost over, and it has been a busy month for Cardano.

We have had the release of Shelley, an upgrade to node version 1.19.0 which brings significant performance improvement, and hours earlier, an update to Daedalus mainnet wallet 2.2.0 (which is based upon node version 1.19.0).

For September, IOG (and Charles himself) is concentrating on Goguen. We can expect these features to crystallise:

Native Asset (move from Single Asset Ledger (SAL) to Multi Asset Ledger (MAL)
Plutus Foundation
Plutus Application Framework

(1) and (2) might be scheduled for a bundled release as a Hard Fork Combinator (HFC) event, while (3) should just require a node version update.

More information on the Goguen rollout schedule will be discussed during the September month end product update by Tim and Aparna.

IOG is also looking into a collection of apps that can run as DeFi foundations, such as stablecoins, oracles and DEXs.

On Daedalus, these are the upcoming product features/improvements:

Multisig
Hardware wallet center
1 to many delegation (partial delegation)
Delegation portfolios
U2FA (Universal 2FA) and Yubikey
QR code generator center
Shielded paper wallet

Running in parallel, we can look forward to a voting center (first iteration on a cell phone app, then on Daedalus) for Voltaire. DC Fund submission is starting 7 Sep and Fund 1 (focus group side) has already begun.

September will also see a scale up of Marketing efforts for IOG. Cardano Foundation has already partnered with McCann to revamp their website, and we will see a similar ramp-up of marketing strategies on the IOG side.

One final key takeaway from this whiteboard video is this:

Correctness and Security before Performance Optimization

IOG is now working hard to pay off the technical debts by improving the performance of the Shelley network and Daedalus back end.

KOPI identifies with this mission of first doing the right things, then doing things right.