{"id":4799,"date":"2024-12-27T15:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:33:28","slug":"cardano-founder-updates-ripple-chainlink-and-bitcoin-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=4799","title":{"rendered":"Cardano Founder Updates Ripple, Chainlink And Bitcoin Partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a wide-ranging two-hour livestream<\/a> on December 26, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson addressed ongoing discussions around partnering with Ripple, advancing a Chainlink integration, and bridging Bitcoin into the Cardano ecosystem. Speaking from Gillette, Wyoming, Hoskinson provided new details and timelines for these initiatives, emphasizing security requirements and technical collaboration across multiple blockchains.<\/p>\n

Update On The Potential Cardano And Ripple Partnership<\/h2>\n

Hoskinson described the relationship<\/a> with Ripple as \u201cearly days,\u201d highlighting a desire to incorporate Ripple\u2019s infrastructure into Cardano\u2019s upcoming privacy-focused sidechain, Midnight<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019d like to include Ripple in the Midnight ecosystem,\u201d he stated, underscoring that his team and Ripple CTO David Schwartz have pursued technical conversations about how both platforms could benefit from each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are ongoing talks between the Midnight people and the Ripple people and a lot of technological talks as well. And we\u2019ve been trying to learn more about how their stack works,\u201d Hoskinson confirmed.<\/p>\n

He also referenced Cardano\u2019s smart contract language, Marlowe, suggesting it could be of particular interest to Ripple developers. \u201cThere\u2019s some tech we invented, in particular Marlowe, that would be tremendously useful with the Ripple ecosystem, and it would be a lot of fun to see what we can do there and also just some things in Ripple like Flare, for example, are pretty cool, pretty interesting\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Hoskinson noted that partnership agreements require time to \u201cferment,\u201d adding, \u201cFirst step was just technical conversations and that\u2019s what we did with David [Schwartz] who\u2019s been tremendously helpful and a great asset. Then at some point once you\u2019ve got beyond that, then there\u2019s actual integration work and other things to get done, but overall they\u2019ve been easy to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chainlink Integration<\/h2>\n

Addressing Chainlink\u2019s absence on the Cardano blockchain to date, Hoskinson recalled initial discussions from 2021 in which the two teams had reached an agreement to integrate oracle services. Despite the early enthusiasm, the project never fully materialized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about integration. They agreed to do it and, for a long time, I thought they had integrated on the chain,\u201d Hoskinson said, describing how the initiative became stalled. \u201cWhere I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a commercial issue or an integration or technical issue, something got cross-wired [\u2026] we\u2019ll circle back and I\u2019ll find out what happened there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He reiterated Cardano\u2019s interest in oracles\u2014crucial infrastructure that feeds real-world data onto the blockchain\u2014mentioning alternatives such as Charlie3 and Flare. At the same time, Hoskinson reaffirmed that no bad blood exists between the parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Sergey [Nazarov], the Chainlink ecosystem<\/a> has always been very friendly to us,\u201d he continued, reiterating plans to reopen discussions.<\/p>\n

Bridging Bitcoin To Cardano<\/p>\n

In one of the AMA\u2019s more in-depth technical segments, Hoskinson outlined plans to integrate Bitcoin<\/a> into Cardano\u2019s ecosystem\u2014discussions that involve multiple teams exploring trustless bridging solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime assets move from one blockchain to another blockchain, that is a point of attack,\u201d he said, pointing to the string of exploits that have plagued cross-chain protocols in recent years. \u201cWe\u2019ve witnessed literally billions of dollars in hacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoskinson stressed the importance of formal methods and security proofs in building a robust BTC\u2013ADA bridge, warning that \u201cthe single most important bridging project\u201d cannot be rushed to match shorter market cycles. Instead, the goal is to unveil a reliable, cryptographically rigorous design by Bitcoin 2025, the industry conference slated for May 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t put our fingerprints on it until we know the cryptography works,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause if we build something and a year down the road there\u2019s a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin in it and it gets hacked, that\u2019s a catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside the core IO (Input Output) developers, several community-driven teams have been experimenting with bridging approaches under monikers like Bitcoin OS. Hoskinson noted such parallel efforts are welcome in an open ecosystem, though he emphasized that his own organization\u2019s effort focuses on \u201cbelt-and-suspenders\u201d security. \u201cWe\u2019re really good at understanding what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not real, and building things that stand the test of time,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

At press time, ADA traded at $0.90.<\/p>\n

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In a wide-ranging two-hour livestream on December 26, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson addressed ongoing discussions around partnering with Ripple, advancing a Chainlink integration, and bridging Bitcoin into the Cardano ecosystem. Speaking from Gillette, Wyoming, Hoskinson provided new details and timelines for these initiatives, emphasizing security requirements and technical collaboration across multiple blockchains. Update On The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}