Welcome to the May edition of Essential Cardano360, your go-to show for the latest updates and insights from the Cardano ecosystem.

In this episode, we’ll have the latest on #Voltaire, exploring the advances made towards fostering a culture of self-governance and community empowerment. Community Engagement Lead Sheldon Hunt will join us to give an update on the CIP-1694 community events happening over the next two months. We will also hear from Pi from SundaeSwap about minimal viable governance and his experience with the latest governance workshops.

Plus members of the UTXO alliance Alephium, Ergo Foundation, Nervos Network, Topl & Wolfram Blockchain Labs will share an update on their work advancing collaboration and interoperability for Cardano network.

This month, we’re also joined by just a few of the many projects Building on Cardano. They’ll be showcasing their contributions to the ecosystem, from Cexplorer, network analytics dashboards to project-based learning with Gimbalabs and a demo from cross-chain DEX BlueShift.

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Inclusion in this show is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be treated as financial advice or as a direct endorsement of any project.

Timestamps: 

00:00:00 Welcome to Essential Cardano360 May edition

00:01:13 Voltaire and CIP-1694 workshops with Addie Girouard, Sheldon Hunt and Pi Lanningham

00:18:00 UTXO alliance 

00:26:08 An interview with Lukas Barta, Ceo and co-founder of Cardanians joins to talk about Cexplorer 

00:34:26 Building on Cardano: Gimbalabs and Blueshift

00:52:54 Useful links & closing remarks

Links

Voltaire:

Join the conversation and contribute to Cardano's on-chain governance - wherever you are: https://voltaire.essentialcardano.io/ 

Contribute to the CIP-1694 on github: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/380  

Join a workshop hosted by Pi Lanningham: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesgcCtAjzZSDeYnHs1ppqsNZ6CjKfLdPIUvGqTHjt0wr2E7g/viewform 

Join discussion on governance on the Cardano Forum: https://forum.cardano.org/c/governance/140 

UTXO Alliance: 

💻Event ‘Chain Science’: https://www.wolfram.com/events/chainscience/2023/

💻UTXO Alliance website: https://linktr.ee/utxoalliance

📩Newsletter: https://input-output.typeform.com/to/t7IkPzwm

✨Alephium - https://alephium.org/

✨Ergo Foundation - https://ergoplatform.org/en/

✨Nervos Network - https://www.nervos.org/

✨Topl - https://www.topl.co/

✨Wolfram Blockchain Labs - https://www.wolframblockchainlabs.com/

💻Cexplorer: https://cexplorer.io/ 

💻Gimbalabs website: https://gimbalabs.com/gimbalgrid  

💻Blueshift website:  ​https://blueshift.fi/ 

📌Cardano Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/pro/cardano/ 

📹State of Cardano Q1 2023 Messari Analyst Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUhWwF74MM 

Blog posts

📘Atala PRISM: pioneering digital identity with decentralized solutions: https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/05/11/atala-prism-pioneering-digital-identity-with-decentralized-solutions/

📘Former Deloitte Blockchain Leader Joins IOG’s New Midnight Project: https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/05/03/former-deloitte-blockchain-leader-joins-iog-s-new-midnight-project/

📘Cardano advances with Valentine upgrade and zippier nodes: https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/05/02/cardano-advances-with-valentine-upgrade-and-zippier-p2p-nodes/

📘Native tokens thread https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1654077799697727488 

🥁 SPO Community 

SPO digest registration: https://www.iogservices.io/register-for-the-spo-digest 

IOGs technical community Discord: https://discord.gg/inputoutput 

Want to be considered for inclusion in the show? Apply here: https://iohk.link/3WNG8SZ 

🌐CIP-1694 Community Workshops - The Line Up: https://www.essentialcardano.io/article/cip-1694-community-workshops-the-line-up