Searchable timestamps from Charles Hoskinson's AMAs

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

335 videos

29:29 2021-01-31 Johnson and Johnson and Novavax
  • Break down the Johnson and Johnson single-shot vaccine at 72 percent and Novavax at 89 percent as huge news for ending the pandemic.
  • Explain the EUA process and criticize the FDA for withholding AstraZeneca and Novavax despite overwhelming UK data.
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2:26:58 2021-01-30 AMA 01/30/2021
  • Charles opens this impromptu doge special AMA after a late night dogecoin and GameStop pump, arguing Wall Street applies a double standard by rewarding hedge funds while punishing retail traders.
  • He confirms the Mary hard fork is tentatively set for February 22nd and lays out his vision for a decentralized social network that resists censorship and information silos.
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1:55:46 2021-01-28 UPD 01/28/2021
  • January 2021 Cardano360 recap: the Plutus Playground relaunches, native tokens head toward the Mary hard fork, and a big Daedalus community survey shapes the wallet roadmap.
  • Kevin Hammond breaks down multi-asset tokens, custom minting policies, and the path from the pre-production launchpad to mainnet.
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2:17:48 2021-01-23 AMA 01/23/2021
  • Gives a weekly project update covering the Mary hard fork, the Daedalus native multi asset wallet, and the Plutus testnet timeline.
  • Lays out a full learning path for developers wanting to build on Cardano, from Ethereum basics through the Haskell Book to Plutus.
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31:59 2021-01-16 Blue Skies and Social Media
  • Clarify he is not building a decentralized Twitter, though his company researches reputation, voting, and information systems.
  • Point to Catalyst as working social software whose democratic dynamics could seed a better social network.
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1:47:25 2021-01-16 AMA 01/16/2021
  • Lay out the final stretch of Goguen: native multi asset ships with Mary in February and Plutus smart contracts follow by Q2, gated on heavy stress testing across the devnets.
  • Frame 2021 as a governance year: growing Catalyst participation, a Daedalus and Yoroi voting center in the works, and a planned second half proposal to renew or transition the IOG development contract.
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1:24:39 2021-01-10 AMA 01/10/2021
  • Enter 2021 with Shelley decentralization nearly complete, the Mary hard fork adding native tokens due in February, and Plutus smart contracts on track for Goguen in Q1
  • React to Dan Larimer's exit from Block.one, crediting his DPoS and Bitshares contributions while contrasting EOS's founder-led approach with Cardano's peer-reviewed, decentralized research process
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3:56:20 2020-12-31 AMA 12/31/2020
  • Broadcasting the year's final AMA from Colorado on New Year's Eve, reflect on 2020's toll and look forward to 2021 with cautious optimism for Cardano and the world.
  • Point to Shelley's launch as the hardest deployment in crypto history and expect 2021 to bring Goguen smart contracts, Project Catalyst funding, and a wave of new dApps.
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2:25:23 2020-12-12 AMA 12/12/2020
  • Recaps a heavy December of shipping: Daedalus 3.0 on mainnet, new Ledger and Trezor support, Catalyst Fund 2 voting live, and a KEVM devnet targeted before the holiday code freeze.
  • Defends ivermectin as an undervalued COVID treatment and argues vaccine risk should be judged proportionally against COVID risk rather than with blanket fear.
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30:06 2020-12-10 Happy Birthday Ada!
  • Mark Ada Lovelace's 205th birthday, whose name ADA honors, as a moment to reflect on five years of Cardano.
  • Declare proof of stake has won, with Cardano the largest scientific contributor via the Ouroboros agenda and a new network stack.
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27:24 2020-12-08 Vaccines: What Next?
  • Highlight that Moderna designed its vaccine two days after January's genome, so an effective cure sat waiting the entire pandemic.
  • Point to Florian Krammer's roadmap for a three-to-four-month pandemic vaccine costing 3 billion dollars, the price of an aircraft carrier.
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1:27:33 2020-12-03 UPD 12/03/2020
  • IOG unveils a new delegation strategy shifting stake toward purpose driven, incubator, and high pledge independent stake pools as the k parameter rises from 150 to 500.
  • Gogan program update covers the native tokens pre production environment, an ERC20 converter evolving into a full token creation platform, and a new metadata registry.
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