Learn Cardano Podcast

EP043 - WingRiders Update

I chat with Liam and Kaaran from WingRiders, a decentralised exchange built on Cardano, to get a full update from the team to find out what has been happening with the platform and what is coming up with their IDO and token generation event. Find out more and comment on our new website at: https://bit.ly/3bLkATp

EP042 - Cardano News Update - 27th May 2022

Cardano news updates from the community. I look at Carp, a new database tool from DCSpark, a new partnership with Flac Finance and MinSwap and a few other projects building on the Cardano blockchain. Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep042

EP041 - Crypto Airdrops, Tokens & Initial Stake Pool Offering Updates

I look at all of the airdrops, token distributions and Initial Stake Pool Offerings that are happening or are ending at the moment to see what we can get in on. Everything from the free token distributions for staking to a pool, to new token distribution platforms like DripDropz and TosiDrop. I also look at some ISPOs that have ended gracefully and some not so gracefully. You can watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0-JOg30ogf0 and get all of the reference notes at: https://ca...

EP040 - Seedstars Pitch Competition

Seedstars in collaboration with the Financial Times Talent (FT Talent), Project Catalyst and Cardano are holding a pitch competition to gather the best of the best projects working in emerging markets around the world. Projects at any stage of development will be able to get their ideas and concepts in front of the Seedstars group of companies to be able to access an array of mentors, advisors, resources and potential funding to help seed, growth and accelerate their projects. Applications ...

EP039 - Cardano Ecosystem Updates & Interview with Genius Yield

Cardano news updates and the interview with CTO Dr. Lars Brunjes & marketing manager Bartosz Antoniak join me to talk all about Genius Yield. Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep039 (yet to be updated)

EP038 - Strategies SundaeSwap DEX

In this episode, we look over all the possible strategies to earn as many $Sundae tokens as possible once the SundaeSwap Decentralised Exchange Show notes will be at https://cardanode.com.au/ep038 We look at: - Doing nothing - Delegate to the ISO pools - Provide Liquidity - Delegate and Yield Farm - Purchase Tokens for Yield Farming - Delegate, Yield Farm, and Rebalance and Compound Your Rewards - Arbitrage Opportunities - Risks

EP037 - What is an Initial Stake Pool Offering

This week we look back at the basics and get an understanding of what is an initial stake pool offering.

EP036 - Cardano News Updates Dec 14th 2021

Cardano News updates. A lot has happened in the Cardano ecosystem with many projects launching on the Cardano Testnet along with Initial Stake Pool Offerings ending. Find out everything that has happened and stay up to date with the latest developments at https://cardanode.com.au. - Milkomeda move a step closer to Testnet - IOG launch the ERC20 converter on Testnet - SundaeSwap Price Discover Mechanism, the Taste Test - ADAHandle BETA Sale - CardaHub Marketplace on Testnet - Meld ISPO is o...

EP035 - AI Generated Art on Cardano with EntheosAI.io

Will Woodall joins me to talk about his AI art project called Entheos Art AI. He talks about how he's using AI to generate thousands of stunning images to form this collection of AI art pieces. You can learn more about the project at: https://www.entheosart.com/ https://twitter.com/EntheosAi Join their Discord: https://discord.gg/dFSxqmRB

EP034 - CardaHub, Creating NFTs with Smart Contracts

Long Le from CardaHub joins me on this episode to talk about the new platform that they are building out that will to mint Cardano NFTs directly on the blockchain with smart contracts. Full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep034 Video interview: https://youtu.be/-Az_lsYxlak Video tutorial on how to mint on CardaHub: https://youtu.be/it_g9iih20M

EP033 - Security, utility tokens & Decentralised Autonomous Organisations

Yow joins me on the podcast to talk all about tokens. What is a security token and how that differs from a utility token? Why it is important to distinguish between the two. We also look at how regulation in USA defines tokens as securities with the famous Howey test. We also look at Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) and what that might look like in the future of business organisations. Don't forget to vote for us on the SundaeSwap ISO. Full details on our website in regards to...

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EP032 - Cardano Wallets & CardWallet Interview with Tiago

Show notes https://cardanode.com.au/ep032

EP031 - Cardano News Updates 2021-11-02

In this episode, we have a big news update of various new stories that have happened over the past few weeks that hasn't been touched or talked about in detail. - Cardano network congestions, - Bitcoin ETF, - Australian ETP, - Tokhun.io smart contract marketplace, - Matrixswap, CardWallet partnership - MinSwap tax implications - Ardana 10M capital raise - Bondly Partnership with IOG - Project Calatyst Fund 6 Funded! Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep031

EP030 - DeFi Project Evaluations

Show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep030

EP029 - Developer Tools & Services for Cardano Developers

Show notes https://cardanode.com.au/ep029

EP028 - Creating, Trading & Selling NFTs on Cardano

This week we look into how you can create, list to sell and market your Cardano NFT (CNFT) artwork. If you've ever wanted to know how it all works, this is the episode for you. Show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep028

EP027 - Cardano Summit 2021

This week we look at the rundown and overview of the Cardano Summit 2021. There were many announcements, partnerships and news updates that it took a lot of time to take it all in and decompress all the information. You can find all the show notes for this episode at https://cardanode.com.au/ep027 Join our community on Discord: https://discord.gg/CVB8WZ5ZHe Tell us what was your favourite announcement from the Summit! What did I miss that you think I should cover? Don't forget to vote in...

EP026 - Decentralised NFT Cocoloco to LocoNutz

Show notes to come, I've got a Summit to organise.

EP025 - Building on Cardano Smart Contracts

This week we look at the Cardano ecosystem and find out who is actually building on Cardano right now. I also have an interview with Chris Swenor, the Co-founder and CEO of Reach Platform, a programming language for blockchain smart contracts that is platform agnostic. Developers can get started building smart contracts with minimal work and knowledge of the core fundamentals of the blockchain and start writing smart contracts and deploying. Read all of the show notes at https://cardanode.c...

EP024 - The Coming of Cardano Smart Contracts

Meeting notes to come, its midnight and I haven't slept much over the last few days. https://cardanode.com.au/ep024

EP023 - How to Earn Cardano (ADA)

In episode 22, we looked into how much ADA you need to retire. For some people, it still seems impossible to get enough ADA soon enough to retire and it bought up a lot of questions and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). We'll be covering options and ideas in regards to how you can possibly earn more ADA, from selling Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to selling products and services for ADA. This idea is a transfer of ADA wealth and assets around the ecosystem from one user to another. Show notes at h...

Ep022 - How to earn passive income & retire on ADA

Can you earn a living or retire from staking rewards on Cardano? This week I look at different strategies in how to earn more from ADA. In the 80s, interest rates were high and it was easy to save money and earn interest from a savings account or long term deposit. Those days are now gone with negative interest rates in some countries. Holding and staking ADA on the other hand will give you a solid 5.5% return on ADA as it is writing into the protocol. I also talk about other methods of ea...

EP021 - Best Security Practises for Your Crypto Assets

In this episode, I look at best practices when securing your online life for crypto assets. Taking responsibility for your own security is the most important aspect when starting to buy and store crypto. I go through various tips for securing your wallets, seed phrases, email accounts, two-factor authentication, secret answers and general exchange security features. Knowing all this will ensure you're as secure as possible online. Lastly, I have Professor Nick Nikiforakis join me on an int...

EP020 - Investing in Emerging Markets, Interview with Antonia from Waya Collective

Antonia Lorenz from Waya Collective joins me on this episode to talk about her idea and concept of unifying African manufacturing to create ethical fashion for developed countries around the world. Antonia places to have a decentralised manufacturing process where small business entrepreneurs can combine their manufacturing power to fulfil larger overseas orders of ethical fashion. Follow Waya Collective https://wayacollective.com/ https://instagram.com/wayacollective === *** None of the i...

EP019 - Cardano Smart Contracts, Updates, Alonzo, dApps, Partnerships, NFT Marketplaces

Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep019 Cardano is Moves Closer Towards Smart Contracts With Alonzo White, the second stage of the smart contracts roll out for Cardano being successfully forked on Testnet, we are seeing more and more users being onboarded in a controlled and steady-state, with currently 100 people executing smart contracts on Testnet. This number should double by the time the Alonzo White phase is complete and the teams move on to the Alonzo Purple phase. This slow...

EP018 - Combining traditional hedge fund with decentralised finance on Cardano

The VyFi team join me on this episode to talk about their hedge fund and DeFi platform where they are combining the world of traditional finance with the world of decentralised finance and fintech. The VyFi team have formed partnerships with AI developer, Propella.AI and have hired a team of PhD Haskell developers from Imagine.ai to build their platform. Find out more about their project at https://cardanode.com.au

EP017 - Interview with Dovydas, CMO of ADAXPro

EP016 - Decentralised Exchanges & How The Work & Interview with Mirqur, Mathematically Driven DEX

A few news items this week: MinSwap annouces a Fair Initial Stake Offering and a new wallet is released called Nami Wallet for Cardano. I break down all the concepts around decentralised exchanges, I explain what an automated market maker is, how decentralised exchanges differ from centralised exchanges, what liquidity pools are, impermanent loss, slippage, and how you can benefit from liquidity mining. Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep016 I also chat with Chris from Mirqur, a...

EP015 - Meld DeFi Banking on Cardano

I chat with Ken Olling from Meld who is building a decentralised finance bridge between the crypto world and the fiat currency banking world. Meld is a project that is worth keeping an eye on. Being able to borrow against your crypto assets and to be able to enjoy the freedom of 'spending' fiat currency without needing to actually sell your crypto. Watch the full interview with Ken about Meld on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIEjQhZ5u9Q Follow the Meld Project and get in on the ...

EP014 - Learning more about Cardano Decentralised Exchange, MinSwap

Long Nguyen joins me on the podcast to talk about the Decentralised Exchange that he is working on called MinSwap. You'll able to trade various cryptocurrency pairs on the exchange without needing to give up your keys or the control of your assets. You can find out more about Minswap.org You can find all the show notes for this podcast episode at https://carrdanode.com.au/ep014

EP013 Teaching Martina the Basics of Cardano

In this podcast episode, I bring in Martina, my partner to talk about all the concepts around blockchain and Cardano that we have covered in the last 12 episodes of the podcast. Martina is a long time holder of various cryptocurrencies and knows very little about Cardano, Proof of Stake, DeFi and other concepts that have evolved int he crypto space over the last 3 years. Martina asks the questions and break down all the concepts until the penny drops and the concepts all sink in. Leave a c...

EP012 - Novellia NFT Game Development Platform with Will

Will from Rektangular Studios joins me to talk about their development platform, Novellia. It is currently in Fund 4 of Project Catalyst which is almost ready to be voted on. Will takes us through the project and what they're trying to achieve with their platform which will allow developers to build NFTs in-game and allow for NFT marketplaces for their games. This will create a residual income from their games allowing for more development. Game development is hard with various marketplaces...

EP011 - Cardano Transaction & Staking Fees & Interview with MermADA from MetroMermaids Stake Pool

In this episode, I cover all the details in regards to fees when delegating to a pool, or making a transfer of ADA from wallet to wallet. I cover the details of these fees and where all the ADA goes. I also am joined on the podcast with MermADA to talk about her experience with running a Cardano stake pool and mining Eth. Find all the show notes on our website: https://cardanode.com.au/ep011 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cardanodeau and join our Facebook Group https://facebook....

EP010 - Smart Contracts for Cardano & Maria Carmo on Catalyst & Lovelace Academy

I talk about the latest Cardano360 update all about the upcoming Cardano Hard Fork Alonzo. All of the smart contract features of Cardano are being rolled out over the next 90 days. The count down is on. I also have Maria Carmo back on the podcast to continue our interview and talk about Lovelace Academy and the Project Catalyst from the view of a proposer going through the process.

EP010 - Smart Contracts for Cardano & Maria Carmo on Catalyst & Lovelace Acadamy_mixdown

I talk about the latest Cardano360 update all about the upcoming Cardano Hard Fork Alonzo. All of the smart contract features of Cardano are being rolled out over the next 90 days. The count down is on. I also have Maria Carmo back on the podcast to continue our interview and talk about Lovelace Acadamy and the Project Catalyst from the view of a proposer going through the process.

EP009 - How to Stake Cardano (ADA) and Understanding Rewards

In this episode, we take a step back and do a deep dive into the basic concepts of staking on the Cardano blockchain and understanding how rewards work. After running a Cardano Meetup the other week, it is clear that the idea and concepts around staking are still foreign to a lot of newcomers to cryptocurrencies and the basic groundwork needs to be laid out before other concepts and ideas can be worked on. With a room filled with 15 Cardano enthusiasts, we aimed to chat about security and NF...

EP008 - What is a Cardano Ambassador with Maria Carmo

What is a Cardano Ambassador, Maria Carmo joins me on this podcast episode to answer just that and how you can become an Ambassador yourself. Maria joins me on the podcast episode to tell me about her story, how she contributes to the Cardano community as a non-tech person. Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCyLqvG170 Read the full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep008

EP007 - Stake Pool Operations with Casey Gibson

Setting up a stake pool is relatively easy for anyone that has general computer skills when it comes to setting up servers. The harder side is the daily maintenance, updates, security marketing and managing the stake pool. Casey Gibson joins me on the episode to talk about everything you need to know when it comes to managing a Cardano stake pool. There is plenty of content around setting one up but not what comes after. Casey and I talk about, performance, backups, upgrades and marketing ...

EP006 - How to Delegate & Stake ADA for Rewards

In this episode, I talk to Bas Mons, a stake pool operator from the Netherlands. We talk about why you should delegate your ADA to a stake pool rather than keeping it on an exchange. We touch on some topics and issues that small stake pools have when starting and how delegates can help these pools while also helping charities and missions at the same time. Full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep006 Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPIpurPJkHY

EP006 - Why You Should Move ADA from Exchanges & Stake for Rewards

In this episode, I talk to Bas Mons, a stake pool operator from the Netherlands. We talk about why you should delegate your ADA to a stake pool rather than keeping it on an exchange. We touch on some topics and issues that small stake pools have when starting and how delegates can help these pools while also helping charities and missions at the same time. Full show notes at: https://cardanode.com.au/ep006 Video interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPIpurPJkHY

EP005 - Blockchain Regulations with Jamie Zammitt

Regulation in the blockchain space. I have a conversation with Jamie Zammitt from Gibraltar in regards to regulation and how the Digital Ledger Framework has created a strong and attractive industry in Gibraltar. I look into Charles Hoskinson's live video on YouTube where he talks about BitLicense and the possible upcoming regulation by the US Government in regards to the cryptocurrency space. Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep005

EP004 - Non Fungible Tokens & Interview with Patrick Tobler from NTF-Maker.io

A look at non-fungible tokens on Cardano, what they area, how they are created and an in-depth chat with Patrick Tobler about NFT-maker.io, a simple website for creating NFTs on Cardano. You can find all the show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep004

EP003 Project Catalyst, Deep Dive into How It Works

This week we look at Project Catalyst and Cardano's on-chain governance and treasury system. What it is and how it works compared to other blockchains. Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep003

EP002 PoW vs PoS & Interview with Cardano Stake Pool Operator Mat from EcoPool.io

This week we take a look at the difference between Proof of Work that is used on blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum and compares that to Proof of Stake which Cardano uses. We also have an interview with an eco-minded stake pool operator from New Zealand name Mat talking about his stake pool, EcoPool.io. Full show notes at https://cardanode.com.au/ep002

EP001 Choosing a Wallet & Securing Your Recovery Phrase

This podcast is aimed at everyday user. The ones that may have heard of Bitcoin and have a general understanding about it and want to learn more about other blockchains such as Cardano. I plan to break down how it works, projects that are using Cardano, engage with other community members and leadership from the Cardano Foundation and IOHK themselves as it grows over time. I'll be looking into community proposals for Catalyst and run through how-to guides around everything to do with Cardano....