Searchable timestamps from Charles Hoskinson's AMAs

335 videos · 18,581 timestamps · Jan 2018 to Jul 2026 · ~344 hours

335 videos

The announcement that the Alonzo hard fork update proposal was submitted, locking in Cardano smart contracts for September 12th 2021.
Explains that the on-chain infrastructure is the foundational assembly layer, with tooling, templates, and alternative paradigms to be built above it.

A deeper defense of the extended UTXO smart-contract model ahead of Alonzo, grounded in a Chinese survey of over 150 smart-contract papers.
Explains why on-chain computation should be proof verification, with off-chain work distributed across stake pools via models like ACE and Hydra.

Explains Cardano's layered settlement layer plus computation layer architecture (Plutus extended UTXO, EVM side chain, Yellow, Catalyst), tracing it back to his 2016 Why Cardano paper.
Walks through the development spiral from Byron and metadata to native assets and the imminent Alonzo smart contract launch on September 12.

Clarifies he never said crypto would save Afghanistan, only that the Taliban's return may drive adoption of parallel settlement systems.
A broader essay on the post-truth media environment, from fake price headlines to CoinDesk's crypto-colonialism attack on the Ethiopia work.

A philosophical two-hour AMA just before the Alonzo smart-contract launch, framing IO as a systems company out to upgrade the world's systems.
Long tangents on Hoskinson Biotechnologies and anti-aging, the mechanization of mathematics via Lean, and Ben Goertzel's Grace robot for dementia care.

A late-night reflective monologue days before Alonzo, contrasting the petty crypto industry with the mission to improve the world's systems.
Argues the biggest challenge is not technology or adoption but human communication, since the internet made it acceptable to dehumanize those we disagree with.

Announces the Alonzo hard fork combinator event for September 12, 2021, bringing native assets and smart contracts to Cardano mainnet, plus the Cardano Summit for September 25 and 26.
Reflects on capitalism, billionaire responsibility, and personal side ventures in biotech, geothermal energy, and aquaponics.

An account of IO's history with Ethereum Classic, from the 2016 DAO-hack fork to building the first Scala Ethereum client and reviving the Mantis project.
Argues ETC is losing its innovation budget as Ethereum 2 diverges, so it needs a treasury system rather than volunteerism or a patron.

A reaction to the dueling infrastructure-bill crypto amendments, where a new Portman amendment exempts mining but not proof of stake, creating impossible compliance.
Argues the ambiguity offshores the industry and hurts American entrepreneurs without improving tax compliance, since money laundering mostly uses cash.

An update on the Alonzo hard-fork readiness, with the precise date to be announced at the mid-month update, likely late August to early September 2021.
Explains the node-versus-PAB mental model, the testnet color progression, and the rest-of-year roadmap of Genesis, peer-to-peer, and Shelley tuning.

I open this surprise AMA from Colorado reflecting on six exhausting but rewarding years since founding Cardano, celebrating Goguen's arrival, a community that has grown past a million people, and Catalyst now funding dozens of new ventures every round.
I walk through where the network stands, from ADA's healthy 70 percent staking ratio and the Djed stablecoin design to NiPoPoWs, Mithril, and the K framework work with Runtime Verification, confirming smart contract development remains on schedule.

Gives a Cardano development update: Alonzo Blue nearly done, Alonzo White shipping within days, and Alonzo Purple public devnet targeted for July ahead of the Goguen hard fork.
Recaps his five and a half hour Lex Fridman podcast appearance and the deeply polarized reaction it drew.