SOFTWARE UPDATE: IOHK are delighted to report that they have successfully submitted the 'Mary' HFC update proposal for the Cardano Public Testnet, to take effect February 3rd 20:20:16 UTC. Mainnet update still proceeding to plan. 🔥🧱

NEW VIDEO: How Do You Explain The Mission Of Cardano? We live in a world of two systems; one for the few and another for the many. Cardano exists to push power to the edges, an enabling force for progress and positive change. For everyone.

Watch it here: https://youtu.be/l_Nv0-PVrnM

For a great number of Cardano Community members it was the "Cardano Whiteboard Video" that started it all...

On October 27th 2017 Charles Hoskinson posted a, now-legendary, whiteboard walkthrough of his vision for Cardano.

How did you first come to know about Cardano?
What got you excited?
Why did you join the Cardano Community?

We'd love to know! Let us know in the thread below:
https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1355635902102564866

(If you haven't already..) watch the legendary whiteboard video here: https://youtu.be/Ja9D0kpksxw

Dear Cardano Community. There is a new channel called "Cardano English" which is inviting and/or adding people. Please note that this channel is not affiliated to us and we ask everyone to stay vigilant as things like this often end up being scams.

Dear Cardano Community.

We as the Cardano Ecosystem and their Ambassadors want to warn everybody for the so called pump and dump groups.

While it looks nice from the outside it actually is very dangerous for most of the people. For every person making profits there is at least one person who makes a huge loss.

Aside from that we honestly believe that Cardano is a project which doesn’t need pumps and dumps and if you are looking for quick returns and hype there are likely some other projects which are better for that.

People who advertise these groups will be removed without any prior warning.

Have you checked out the new delegation center in Daedalus 3.2.0 yet?

We've redesigned the delegation interface to show you when any delegation changes you make will kick in. All to make your pool choices easier, more transparent & more flexible 👉 https://bit.ly/3adVx71

The upcoming 'Mary' Hardfork combinator event will bring native token functionality to Cardano.

Catch up on the progress on the pre-production environment & what is coming next from Kevin Hammond: https://bit.ly/2YDpxDO

NEW DEV BLOG: Last week, we announced the new Plutus Playground.

Next up, Michael Peyton Jones analyzes the Plutus Tx compiler, exploring how it'll allow you to freely write Haskell & seamlessly use it in both on-chain & off-chain code.

Read it here: https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/02/02/plutus-tx-compiling-haskell-into-plutus-core/

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: IOHK is delighted to report that since a few hours ago, the Cardano Testnet is officially in the multi-asset era.

At 20:20:16 UTC, we successfully forked & applied the Goguen 'Mary' native token upgrade to the Testnet environment.

The NEXT stop is mainnet, by the end of the month!👍

Want to learn more and play around a bit? Visit:
https://developers.cardano.org/en/development-environments/native-tokens/native-tokens/

Hello, Cardano Community! Today's blog from Cardano Foundation is a must-read regarding central bank digital currencies, CBDCs. Find out more on building the world's new reserve currency here.
https://bit.ly/3pRhoYI

Cardano Foundation is actively seeking an experienced Head of Marketing.
Are you a creative and analytical marketing leader who lives and breathes the cutting edge of growth marketing, with a strong emphasis on branding?

Apply now https://bit.ly/36I2kVu

NEW IOHK BLOG: Yesterday Cardano's development arm, IOHK, successfully deployed the Mary update to the Cardano public testnet, bringing us one step closer to becoming a multi-asset smart contract platform. As previously communicated, the mainnet launch planned by the end of the month. 💪

Here’s more from IOHK's Tim about the road to Mary on mainnet & what’s next 👇
https://bit.ly/36EZXTC

⚠️Basic scam/fraud awareness⚠️

🛑If you get approached by someone over DM and look official, they are NOT. They are impersonating someone and you may be getting scammed.

🛑There are no deadlines with sending/redeeming/claiming your ada. Your ada is always safe as long as you know the seed words to your wallet.

🛑Never put your seed words into a website, no matter how official it looks.

🛑Giveaways are often a SCAM!

🛑We will never ask you to send ada to us or to a wallet you do not own. Don't do it.

🛑Never tell anyone your seed words (mnemonics).

🛑 There is no online Live Chat Support website.

✅Always STOP and double check before making any decisions and/or ask an official on the public platform.

⛔️Transactions are NOT reversible⛔️

More info: https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-stay-safe-content-updated/28037

LONG READ: Last week, Charles Hoskinson & Ben from Singularity_net sat down again together to explore decentralized social media, Cardano collab & benevolent AI.

Here’s a full transcript of that fascinating conversation:
https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2021/02/05/decentralizing-social-media/

IOHK VIDEO: Everyday, more people are discovering how Cardano & cryptocurrency will change everything.

So starting today and throughout February, IOHK is experimenting by posting a new video every day on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube stories.

Find out more: https://youtu.be/VJK9zrqxJcg

(Official IOHK TikTok & Instagram account is: "IOHKOfficial" - beware of fakes and impersonations!)

⚠️Basic scam/fraud awareness⚠️

🛑If you get approached by someone over DM and look official, they are NOT. They are impersonating someone and you may be getting scammed.

🛑There are no deadlines with sending/redeeming/claiming your ada. Your ada is always safe as long as you know the seed words to your wallet.

🛑Never put your seed words into a website, no matter how official it looks.

🛑Giveaways are often a SCAM!

🛑We will never ask you to send ada to us or to a wallet you do not own. Don't do it.

🛑Never tell anyone your seed words (mnemonics).

🛑 There is no online Live Chat Support website.

✅Always STOP and double check before making any decisions and/or ask an official on the public platform.

⛔️Transactions are NOT reversible⛔️

More info: https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-stay-safe-content-updated/28037

⚠️Basic scam/fraud awareness⚠️

🛑If you get approached by someone over DM and look official, they are NOT. They are impersonating someone and you may be getting scammed.

🛑There are no deadlines with sending/redeeming/claiming your ada. Your ada is always safe as long as you know the seed words to your wallet.

🛑Never put your seed words into a website, no matter how official it looks.

🛑Giveaways are often a SCAM!

🛑We will never ask you to send ada to us or to a wallet you do not own. Don't do it.

🛑Never tell anyone your seed words (mnemonics).

🛑 There is no online Live Chat Support website.

✅Always STOP and double check before making any decisions and/or ask an official on the public platform.

⛔️Transactions are NOT reversible⛔️

More info: https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-stay-safe-content-updated/28037

Dear Cardano Community.

It seems that Blockfolio was hacked earlier and they are currently working to identify the issue. In the meantime, please ignore all messages from that platform. As a general rule of thumb, please follow and use the Twitter accounts [at]Cardano and [at]CardanoStiftung as the main sources of truth.

We have asked the Blockfolio team to keep us in the loop until the issue has been cleared and we’ll let you know when things are back to normal again.

Edit: see Blockfolio team follow up from here: https://twitter.com/sbf_alameda/status/1359111183094018049?s=21

Cardano Foundation is actively seeking an experienced Head of Marketing.

Are you a creative and analytical marketing leader who lives and breathes the cutting edge of growth marketing, with a strong emphasis on branding?

Apply now: https://bit.ly/36I2kVu