Tag Cardano for the Masses by John Greene: Read-along

We're reading the latest edition of Cardano for the Masses and want to encourage community participation by doing a read-along. Pick up the book, come along, leave a comment!


The Heartbeat of Cardano Shifts to Aiken ♥

Our last Chapter review from Cardano for the Masses was “Chapter 7: Marlowe” from the Age of Voltaire edition, published just 13 months ago. Knowing that a newer edition was in the works and available online, I went to check it out. There, I was surprised to see that Chapter 7: Marlowe was gone, replaced by a new “Chapter 7: Aiken ♥".

I was curious about the change, so I reached out to author John Greene to ask about it. If the heart emoji in the chapter title isn’t a giveaway, it turns out that he just really likes Aiken, which is a newer programming language for Cardano.

> *“I’m confident Aiken will dwarf Marlowe and Plutus in time… everyone…


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Playlist

  • EP2: epoch_length

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    3m 24s
    Darlington Kofa
  • EP1: 'd' parameter

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    4m 3s
    Darlington Kofa
  • EP3: key_deposit

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    3m 48s
    Darlington Kofa
  • EP4: epoch_no

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    2m 16s
    Darlington Kofa
  • EP5: max_block_size

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    3m 14s
    Darlington Kofa
  • EP6: pool_deposit

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    3m 19s
    Darlington Kofa
  • EP7: max_tx_size

    Authored by: Darlington Kofa

    4m 59s
    Darlington Kofa
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