Analysis of last week's activity of the Cardano blockchain
1. Highlights:
Node v.8.9.0 Release: Latest upgrade to the Cardano node brings improved performance and stability.
DApp discovery closed beta launched: A milestone that allows users to easily discover and use decentralized applications (dApps) on Cardano.
Plutus Contract Blueprint for Plutus Tx added in v.1.23.0.0: Allows developers to create more complex Plutus transactions.
Mithril explorer adapted to support Cardano transaction verification: Improved usability and transparency for developers and users.
Voting for Fund12 has begun: The Cardano community begins voting on projects to be funded in the next funding round.
Updated Cardano Developer Course: Helps increase skills and knowledge for those wanting to build on Cardano.
2. Statistics:
Projects launched: 160
Projects under construction: 1,342
Original token: 9.77 million
Token policy: 109,408
Plutus v1 command code: 6.435
Transactions: 87.3 million
Plutus v2 command code: 31,574
3. Analysis:
Number of projects: Continues to increase, showing growing interest in the Cardano ecosystem.
Number of native tokens: Diversify applications built on Cardano.
Number of transactions: Up 20% compared to last week, showing that blockchain usage is increasing.
Plutus code: Both v1 and v2 increased, showing the growth of the smart contract ecosystem.
Analysis by Google Gemini
