Cardano

2024

Hydra

Ouroboros

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<a href="https://u.today/cardano-soars-records-remarkable-yearly-growth-spikes-with-24-million-transactions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cardano</a>, the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, has begun 2024 with a series of updates and releases aimed at improving performance, scalability and interoperability. Examples include the new <a href="https://twitter.com/ch1bo_/status/1748045613260738976" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hydra</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/marlowe_io/status/1748014701747790220" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Marlowe</a> and Lace releases, as well as the Cardano Node release.
The first Hydra release of 2024 has launched: version 0.15.0. Hydra is a Cardano layer-2 protocol that aims to boost the platform's transaction throughput and overall efficiency.
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 🚨NEW RELEASE: Marlowe TypeScript SDK 0.3.0-beta💪Node.js/Deno support💪Completed 1-1 feature parity between the TS-SDK and Runtime 0.0.6💪Added an open role example💪Added a marlowe-object (merkleized contracts) example🔥<a href="https://t.co/yFc4jZ6EhB" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/yFc4jZ6EhB</a>— Marlowe (@marlowe_io) <a href="https://twitter.com/marlowe_io/status/1748014701747790220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 18, 2024</a>
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In a similar vein, the Marlowe team has announced the release of Marlowe 0.3.0, with several milestones accomplished. On Jan. 11, Marlowe announced that its revamped website was live.
Marlowe is a domain-specific language (DSL) and a set of tools for creating and executing smart contracts. Marlowe enables developers to build, test and deploy smart contracts in a safe, simple and intuitive manner.
Marlowe was launched on the mainnet in May 2023 and has since undergone various updates and enhancements.
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 First <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hydra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Hydra</a> release of 2024, version 0.15.0 is out ✨* Run hydra-node in offline mode - contributed by <a href="https://twitter.com/SundaeSwap?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@SundaeSwap</a>* Heads opened by this version can cross eras from Babbage to Conway and work on sanchonet* L2 stays Babbage until after the HFC event<a href="https://t.co/TDoiF44815" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/TDoiF44815</a>— Sebastian Nagel (@ch1bo_) <a href="https://twitter.com/ch1bo_/status/1748045613260738976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">January 18, 2024</a>
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In late 2023, the Marlowe Runner was released, allowing smart contracts to be deployed straight from a browser without the requirement for a backend or custom frontend. This was a significant step forward for Cardano's smart contract utility.
According to IOG's most recent development report, Cardano has released node v.8.7.3, which addresses a minor issue in the Ouroboros network.
In other news, the Lace team recently released version 1.8, which fixes a bug, improves stake pool rewards performance on a graph and allows for synchronization with other multi-address wallets.

Cardano Kicks Off 2024 With Major Updates and Improvements

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