🤝Bitcoin meets Cardano.
Charles Hoskinson just announced Cardinal — the first Bitcoin DeFi protocol on #Cardano.
This protocol lets you use BTC for staking & lending on Cardano, with no custody needed. Ordinals can also be used as collateral.🔥
Bullish for BTC and ADA🚀
I’ve spent years as a diehard Bitcoin maxi.
Now, I’m captivated by Cardano - & its relationship with Bitcoin via BitcoinOS (@BTC_OS). 🟠🤝🔵
What I’ve learned is that Cardano doesn’t have to be one of many blockchains competing with, distracting from, or “attacking” Bitcoin. Rather, Cardano is now on Bitcoin’s team, and will make life better for BTC HODLers, like me.
I’ll be diving deep into this fascinating intersection moving forward, and the rich projects building in it.
For now, here’s a quick explanation:
BOS is building a game-changer: trustless cross-chain BTC vaults, Cardano smart contract execution on Bitcoin L1, & interoperable tokens between the two. This goes BEYOND mere bridging - it’s a fusion of complementary giants.
1⃣Cardano brings smart contracts & tokens—tools Bitcoin lacks. BTC is the king of value, but it’s rigid. Cardano’s ecosystem (think DeFi, DApps) adds flexibility BTC can tap into, as @EdanYago says, turning Bitcoin into an “operating system,” not just a coin.
2⃣Unlike Ethereum’s account model, Cardano’s UTXO (eUTXO) aligns with Bitcoin’s DNA. @BTC_OS calls them #UTXBros for a reason—Cardano’s design offers predictability & scalability other smart contract layers can’t match, making it the ideal Bitcoin sidekick.
3⃣Babel fees are coming, per @IOHK_Charles. I can pay fees in BTC while Cardano’s ADA works under the hood. For BTC purists like me, this means no compromise—I stay Bitcoin-only while enjoying Cardano’s perks.
4⃣Cardano’s 100% uptime since 2017 & its community’s long-term vision mirror Bitcoin’s ethos. No shortcuts, no rug pulls—just like us Bitcoiners, they’re in it for decades, not pumps.
5⃣Talk to Cardano folks—many are Bitcoiners at heart. They HODL BTC, admire its roots, & see Cardano as an extension, not a rival. @EdanYago notes BOS could end one-coin maximalism—BTC & ADA thrive together.
Bitcoin’s $1.5T meets Cardano’s tech. I’m hooked.
Cardano’s community embracing Bitcoin as a renewed core focus has been beautiful to watch, and deserves major props. Moreover, seeing other Cardano projects now build specifically for Bitcoiners - like @SundialProtocol and @Tokeo_io and many others - is extremely exciting.
They deserve to be talked about, and my friends in Bitcoin deserve to know about them. So I’ll be writing all about it. And, as someone who works at @BTC_OS, I'll talk all about BOS too.
Follow me @AThrouvalas to stay in the loop.
Don’t fight Bitcoin. Join Bitcoin.
#UTXBros 🟠🤝🔵
I'm never touching Solana again.
You will never see another meme coin shill from this account for coins deployed on Solana.
No more pump funs, especially. No more toxicity or hate on chain.
I'd burn all the NFTs but they're worthless anyway.
There's nothing of value ever being built on Solana, just a soulless shitcoin scam casino.
The founders continue to show zero lack of awareness for the community, thinking it's wise to encourage division and talking down on other builders in this space, ones who have been doing it far longer than Solana even existed.
Raj and Toly know they will never win fairly with their bullshit crime chain, so might as well lie and project their insecurities thru gaslighting and being inflammatory.
Your days are numbered. Your chain is an abomination to the rest of crypto. You're the only ones who don't see it. Cultural nihilism and bastardizing everything into a meme coin is not what crypto was intended for.
You want a war?
You got one.
Fight for quality. Fight for real artists and builders. Fight for the sanctity and a noble, more purposeful reputation of crypto.
Fight, Fight, Fight!
Fuck Solana.
🫵 Full Stop 🛑
Do your self a favor and listen to @IOHK_Charles 👇
If this doesn’t blow your mind you are NGMI
You are not ready for Quantum @hoskytoken 🤯
$ADA $Hosky #Cardano
Instead of just giving #cardano treasury grants to startups likely to fail or waste it while paying themselves in the process, why not earmark a sum they can borrow against at interest to be forgiven upon proper execution and completion of their project?
It's funny how we talk about reaching $1B TVL on Cardano, when there is currently $26B worth of $ADA staked.
The only reason it doesn't count towards our TVL, is that your funds aren't locked. If they were, Cardano would be the second largest chain by TVL at $27B.