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Nearly everyone would agree that the crypto industry has skyrocketed over the past decade or so, and one project in particular that has been gaining considerable traction is Cardano (ADA). Specifically, there is one aspect about Cardano that must be discussed, namely Cardax. In particular, we need to talk about Cardax Academy, an education platform that aims to give back to the Cardano community.

What is Cardax?

Cardax looks to establish itself as one of the strongest decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Cardano and is a leading influence behind DeFi development in the Ethereum alternative. Cardax is considered as a top DeFi initiative on Cardano, with more traders eager to participate in the sector as time goes on.

To that end, Cardax claims to offer the solution to today’s ever-present concurrency issues, which is a common problem in this space. As a result, it has developed a new general-purpose algorithm that may be capable of fixing any concurrency-related problems with Cardano’s blockchain. Cardax’s major goal in this project is to thus help improve user experience and overall effectiveness. To that purpose, it created ‘Streaming Merge,’ a new algorithmic method that solves concurrency difficulties and improves scalability in a novel way.

What is Cardax Academy?

With the Cardax Academy’s Cardax aims to educate and give back to the Cardano community as aforementioned. The team intends to produce as much educational and informative content as possible regarding the Cardano ecosystem. This content is intended for both newcomers to crypto and those looking for more in-depth knowledge on topics such as what the Djed stablecoin is, what DeFi entails, understanding ISPO and the Hydra solution, and so much more.

Similarities to other initiatives

In a way, the educational initiative is very similar to that of the Project Catalyst Course which is powered by Cardax. According to Charles Hosinkson, Project Catalyst is the world’s biggest DAO. It is a set of experiments designed to generate the highest levels of communal creativity. It offers on-chain governance to the Cardano blockchain by allowing the community to set its own development goals. It also enables members to commit funding to initiatives which solve challenges and capitalize on opportunities that arise during the Cardano life cycle.

Furthermore, Project Catalyst includes ‘Voters,’ ‘Proposers,’ and a ‘Community Advisor,’ as well as finances, resources, tools, data, bounties, and more, all of which are intended to give back to the Cardano community. The Project Catalyst Course teaches how to submit a successful proposal.

The Cardano Podcast is yet another similar endeavor to that of the Cardax Academy. Essentially, all of these are free initiatives from Cardax that are designed to help Cardano’s community. By sharing a wide range of skills, knowledge and expertise, the team can thus help grow the Cardano ecosystem in a meaningful way.

Lastly, Cardax is also offering a lottery wherein people can win 10,000 CDX tokens upon joining and following a few simple steps. The winners shall be announced on May 6th, 2022, so remember to mark you calendars and also follow Cardax on Twitter and Telegram for more information and regular updates.

Cardax, a new-gen DeFi ecosystem that addresses noncustodial crypto exchange on Cardano (ADA) blockchain, is ready to enter the final stage of its product testing.

From audit to mainnet: Cardax published updated roadmap

According to the official statement shared by the Cardax team, its main product – a Cardano-based decentralized cryptocurrency exchange – is getting closer to general release.

To ensure that this launch will go as intended, Cardax engineers ordered a codebase audit by Tweag, a high-profile cybersecurity vendor.

Ryan Morrison, founder and CEO of Cardax, highlights the importance of this third-party independent audit for further progress and massive adoption of his platform:

We are really excited about Tweag auditing our DEX. Their team delivers high quality work and they’re domain experts in programming languages.

The audit will start on March 28, 2022, and will take approximately one week. Once the audit is finished, the team is going to announce the launch of public testnet for Cardax’s main product.

As estimated by Cardax’s representatives, on April 12, 2022, the testnet version of the product will be up and running. In April, DeFi enthusiasts will stress test Cardax mechanisms.

The public mainnet launch of Cardax kicks off on May 16, 2022: its architecture will process Cardano-based swaps in a decentralized and noncustodial manner.

Partnerships and unique Project Catalyst course

Besides that, Cardax inked a partnership with COTI Network, a flagship protocol of Cardano’s ecosystem in terms of retail payments and daily usage.

Cardax is going to integrate Djed, a COTI Network algorithmically-backed stablecoin, into its crypto exchange mechanisms. Mr. Morrison comments on the first-ever stablecoin integration for Cardax:

We are very pleased to partner with COTI for the integration of Djed into our DEX. Stablecoins are an essential part of DeFi. So we are happy to provide a platform where Djed will be able to find liquidity and users will be able to trade a stable coin native to the Cardano ecosystem.

On March 15, 2022, Cardax started a unique educational initiative, the Project Catalyst Course.

Within this course, the exchange representatives will describe the process of application for Project Catalyst funding, the basics of pitching and fundraising and so on.

Stablecoins are becoming more and more essential in the DeFi sector lately. These coins would be anchored to fiat money or a more stable asset like gold to give them more stability in the market. Stablecoins offer investors a stable refuge to protect the value of their money when volatility hits the market. As these coins gain significance in the market, the blockchains are moving towards creating the network’s very own stablecoins. 

Cardax, a decentralized exchange built on the Cardano blockchain, is making a move towards stablecoins now. According to the report released recently, the Djed stablecoin is all set to receive support from Cardax. The announcement about this strategic partnership comes just before the launch of Djed. Cardax is planning to provide a comprehensive list of currency pairs for this new stablecoin. They will also be extended to Shen, the Reserve Coin.

COTI or the Currency of The Internet is a solution for efficient global commerce for DeFi. This protocol was designed not just to be used in the DeFi sector but also to enhance payments to merchants, governments, and others as well. Djed is the new stablecoin project undertaken by the COTI network. This new stablecoin is expected to carry several technical advantages from COTI’s algorithm that might set it apart from the current stablecoins. As per the new reports, the coin is all set for a launch after rigorously tests on the coin’s oracle solution, minting, reserving coins, and the UI. 

Surprisingly, the coin has landed a partnership with Cardax, a native decentralized exchange on Cardano. This new integration will offer support and exposure to this new stablecoin from COTI. However, this deal is expected to be mutually beneficial as well. This stablecoin is expected to open new avenues and bring business opportunities to Cardano. Djed will help Cardano users access the services of stablecoins easily and efficiently. As the operations are confined to the ecosystem, Djed will reduce the security and censorship issues to a significant degree. Moreover, the algorithm of Djed will add another layer to the security of transactions. Shen, the reserve coin of Djed, would also add a new dimension to Cardano’s utilitarian features.

Yair Testa from Business Development at COTI considers this integration to be a necessary step to make its tokens accessible following its launch. Ryan Morrison from Cardax thinks that Djed covers an essential part of the ecosystem’s operation. While Djed finds the needed liquidity on Cardano, the users will be able to access the services of this stablecoin natively. This move may prove essential in Cardano’s journey to become the preferred DeFi payment option, too. As COTI is already developing a universal payment environment, it is expected to greatly complement the intentions of the Cardano chain.

SundaeSwap launched not too long ago and while the project had its unique problems taking off the ground, it had since stabilized. However, it is still not the most ideal decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Cardano network as it is continuously plagued by congestion issues. This is where Cardax enters the picture, bringing a hitch-free DApp to the Cardano ecosystem.

Cardax’s underlying framework sets the project up for success as users do not have to worry about running into the same issues they did with SundaeSwap at launch. It eliminates the risk of congestion issues by solving underlying problems with transaction confirmations. With its unique Streaming Merge algorithm, Cardax promises to be the answer to users’ prayers.

How Is Cardax Different From SundaeSwap?

The SundaeSwap DEX has transactions confirmed in two stages. The first stage is verification which takes place in the stake pools. This first stage runs perfectly well. The bottleneck is during the second stage of this two-part system that requires the scoopers. Scoopers basically need to pick up a user’s order (transaction) for confirmation before the transaction goes through. This is where congestion issues arise.

Cardax completely eliminates this risk by using a Streaming Merge model instead of Scoopers/Mergers. The Streaming Merge algorithm makes it possible that Cardax does not require a group of elected, trusted mergers to confirm transactions. Orders do not have to be merged in this model, thus greatly reducing the risk of congestion when merging takes longer than expected.

Cardax also makes some significant deviations on the code side to ensure that there are no congestion issues with the project. Firstly, the Cardax dev team writes its code in an unorthodox way. There is currently what is considered the ‘normal’ way of writing smart contracts, using Plutus and Haskell and compiling it down to (Untyped) Plutus Core but Cardax does not go this way.

Instead, Cardax uses Plutarch, which is a very thin layer on top of (Untyped) Plutus Core. So although it is basically targets the same format as that used in the Haskell pipeline, it is able to eliminate the overhead, complexity and introduce boilerplate along the usual compile path.

A major benefit of Cardax using Plutarch is it will significantly reduce memory and CPU usage, while also allowing for a drop in the script size, leading to faster transactions.

Ready, Set, Go

Cardax will be launching on the mainnet later this year. With its underlying model, the decentralized exchange (DEX) will be able to avoid all of the congestion issues suffered by the SundaeSwap protocol.

The DEX is also using the Automated Market Maker (AMM) protocol, which is the same protocol that underpins SundaeSwap. However, Cardax will take all of the good parts of the SundaeSwap DEX and do away with the bad. This includes keeping up with SundaeSwap’s track record of not losing any user funds despite the congestion issues that continue to plague the protocol.

Since Cardax does not write its smart contracts in the ‘usual’ way, users will not have to reveal their intended order on the blockchain. But would only need to wait for the registration, instead of having to wait for their orders to go through.

This means that once a user registers, their order will be processed at a much faster pace, completing doing away with the bottleneck that is the uncertainty of the order state.

Cardax, a Decentralized Exchange (DEX), will be amongst the first to spearhead Cardano’s entry into a new era. Cardax is powered by the Extended Automated Market Maker (EAMM) protocol and works closely with major partners such as MLabs and Well-Typed to make sure the DEX will be running smoothly once launched later this year. Cardax made sure that the best talents are working on the development of this platform, compatible with Cardano’s recently acquired smart contract capabilities.

The Cardano ecosystem and its community are one of the most active in the crypto industry, usually occupying a top spot in GitHub contributions. The implementation of Hard Fork Combinator event “Alonzo” in its final stage has created countless opportunities for Cardax and other protocols that will bring DeFi into this network.

To that end, the community has enabled a crowdfunding mechanism called Project Catalyst. Cardax was one of the winners of Fund 4 and was awarded $50,000 which were used to cover the implementation costs of the project’s phase 1.

During this time and due to the support granted by Project Catalyst, Cardax focused on building the system architecture and UI/UX for its platform. In that way, it was able to come up with a user-friendly, secure, and reliable DEX on Cardano. The team behind the project claims the following on Cardax and its objective:

(Cardax) aims to provide liquidity to projects that issue native tokens on Cardano. (The “Mary” upgrade) which brought native tokens and multi-asset support to Cardano, there is an increased need to develop a native and secure exchange.

Cardax To Lead The Cardano Network To A New Era

The platform will leverage the EAMM protocol, as mentioned, in conjunction with a traditional order book design. This will provide users with better fees, a more efficient slippage, and superior deals than its competitors.

In addition, Cardax has integrated a concurrency algorithm called “Streaming Merge”. In that way, traders will be able to interact with the DEX without downtimes or interruptions while harvesting the benefits of the UTXO-accounting model, which offers more security and decentralization than Ethereum. Further, the platform will let users propose and vote for future changes to be implemented on the DEX by holding the CDX token.

Cardano is one of the oldest and more legitimate projects in the crypto industry, its design and development have followed a rigorous scientific process. Unlike other ecosystems in the crypto industry, the vision of Cardano goes beyond finances and is set to provide people with a trustless decentralized and open system for governance, data management, and much more.

2022 will be a year of tremendous growth, as Cardax and other protocols on Cardano set out to fulfill this vision and onboard millions of users into the economy of tomorrow.

Cardano and its ecosystem have been implementing major improvements since Q4, 2020, and across 2021. Its users, stake pool delegators, and the company behind its development Input-Output Global (IOG), under the leadership of Charles Hoskinson, have been particularly focused on expanding Cardano’s smart contract capabilities.

Thus, the successful implementation of three Hard Fork Combinator (HFC) events, dubbed “Allegra”, “Mary”, and “Alonzo” have opened an endless field of possibilities for Cardano. Cardax, a decentralized exchange and automated market maker (AMM), built for this network is one of the many projects seeking to leverage Cardano’s new capabilities as the ecosystem moves to fulfill a vision of decentralization, financial inclusion, and sustainability.

Supported by the Cardano community via the ecosystem’s crowdfunding program Project Catalyst, Cardax is one of the AMM on this network aiming to provide its users with a secure and reliable product. On Ethereum, hackers have taken millions from users by leveraging security flaws.

The AMM on this network will fully support Cardano’s native token capabilities by allowing its users to trade with these digital assets, to trade with different native tokens in a single transaction and become liquidity providers with the Extended Automated Market Maker (EAMM) protocol.

These features make Cardax a more efficient, cost-efficient, and secure product set to compete with Uniswap, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, and other AMMs in the industry as it will offer users unique functionalities. This will include the capacity to trade via Cardano’s Yoroi wallet, and liquidity provides the ability to earn fees collected on the platform.

Why Cardax Is A One-Of-A-Kind Platform For The DeFi Sector

Another unique characteristic about this platform is its hybrid model that will combine the benefits of an AMM and an order book, such as the one used in traditional exchanges, to enable trading. The end-user will be able to benefit from these dual models by leveraging efficient slippage and minimizing the risk of impermanent loss.

This is how Cardax will provide a practical solution to the most common issues present in almost every AMM currently operating in the DeFi sector. At the same time, projects building on the Cardano ecosystem will be able to access a native market for their tokens and boost their adoptions levels.

The DEX is being created in collaboration with Well-Typed, a top Haskell consultancy led by Duncan Coutts, and Mlabs, a Haskell, Rust, Blockchain & AI consultancy firm. It has also partnered with Tweag, a software innovation lab that concentrates on Haskell development for finance platforms and applications.

In 2022, Cardax will attempt to deploy its own native stablecoin to facilitate trading. Post-launch, the developers of this AMM will focus on working on its second iteration with even more features and functionalities.

As Cardano aims to become a fully decentralized and self-governor ecosystem, Cardax will be managed by its community. All CDX holders, the native token for this platform, will have a voice and say about the project’s future development.

The Cardano network and its developments have a strong community and persistent detractors. The latter claimed the blockchain has taken “too long” in deploying smart contracts, but loyal users have stayed due to its clear vision, roadmap, its security, and projects such as Cardax that could support the digital economy of the future.