Plutus is superior to other Smart Contract programming languages. Does hoarding lead to centralization? Is the Cardano project undervalued?
Cardano: Plutus, Smart Contracts, and ADA concentration. Hoskinson’s Plutus remarks came after the hack against the DeFi MonoX Finance service. He assures that choosing a suitable programming language and a good network is fundamental in addition to human failures. The CEO of IOHK and leading developer of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson, ratified again that the Blockchain project he and his team drive is superior to Ethereum and other Smart Contract networks in light of the recent DeFi MonoX Finance hack.
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Plutus more secure than Solidity?
In this regard, Hoskinson stated that the attack might have been averted if a more secure programming language had been used instead of Solidity. He recommends Plutus, which Cardano now employs to build Smart Contracts in its network:
“This is why we wrote Plutus for Cardano. Good languages and tools work with the developer and the auditor, allowing them to write excellent and secure code. Bad languages load and hand them the gun with which they shoot themselves.“
It appears that the hacker responsible for the MonoX attack exploited a vulnerability in the code used in the smart contract to manipulate tokens associated with the protocol. He inflated its prices and exchanged funds for other assets on the Polygon and Ethereum networks. This resulted in losses of over $31 million in various cryptocurrencies.
As such, Hoskinson blamed the MonoX developers for failing to address its DeFi platform’s security aspects adequately. He agrees with other critics who point out that the problem is when developers don’t perform the tasks they are supposed to perform well.
With Plutus, this would not have happened
Although Hoskinson claims that this would not have happened with Plutus. He also points out that the language was explicitly designed and constructed in Haskell to give greater assurances and adaptability for various use cases. As such, the Smart Contracts developed with Plutus are Haskell programs, providing an easy way to check that everything is OK and for audits to detect problems, if there are any.
Cardano developers established Plutus to improve what people observed in Solidity and other programming languages used for Smart Contract construction. While Hoskinson is enthusiastic about what Cardano offers, it is unclear how DeFi will operate inside its network. Thus the community is still waiting for outstanding initiatives to begin running shortly. However, fans and investors have high hopes for the project.
Whales control more than 90% of the circulating ADA
Data reveals that 10% of whales operating in the Cardano ecosystem control 94% of circulating ADA. At least some 31 billion ADA would be housed in the top 10% of wallets with the most capitalized funds, indicating a high concentration of Cardano currency in the hands of a few investors.
An article published by the Finbold portal reveals that 94% of the current circulating Cardano ADA token supply would be in crypto whales’ hands. As such, research conducted by the Finbold team with data from Blockchain analytics firm, CoinMetrics, reveals that at least a total of 31 billion ADA, valued at $37.8 billion at the time of editing, would be in the hands of 10% of the crypto whales operating on the Cardano ecosystem. Such a figure jumps out, considering that as of December 13, there are just over 33.428 billion tokens in circulation.
Deeper into the data, the figures reflect that the concentration of ADA in crypto whale wallets has started to increase steadily since the beginning of 2021. Some estimate that such addresses have been growing their token holdings by at least about 1 billion throughout this year.
Hoarding rather than selling
Regarding the whales in question, the report points to the fact that these address owners dedicate themselves to accumulating ADA, something they have been doing throughout this year during the development team’s constant progress. Let’s keep in mind that a few months ago, the network officially implemented support for Smart Contracts, which will lead to the arrival of many use cases that take advantage of the benefits offered by its Blockchain network.
One of the most awaited announcements by Cardano enthusiasts is the arrival of DeFi platforms to its network. One of the contenders already taking steps in this area is SundaeSwap, which has already launched its public test network and will be ready in the coming weeks for full-fledged operations. More about Cardano DEXes soon in this blog. Stay tuned!
These expectations reinforce the thesis behind the whales’ interest in accumulating more ADA throughout 2021, as the DeFi ecosystem, in general, has been having a lot of success in different networks such as Binance Smart Chain, Solana, and Avalanche.
However, other published reports suggest that the current expectations around Cardano are also present in other Blockchain projects. Those projects pose an ideal scenario for sectors such as DeFi and NFTs. Those projects, including Polkadot, seem to be the focus of interest for many investors and developers precisely because of their possibilities for the future.
Is the Cardano project undervalued?
Several research agencies point out that the crypto community and investors undervalue Cardano. This is because of the influence it might have in the following years. Networks like Avalanche and Solana are seizing on the headlines of many studies.
This thesis is supported precisely by a study published by Grayscale. It indicates that the network has a lot to offer. It can operationally surpass Ethereum, the network that concentrates most Blockchain activity today.
Learn more
- How to track crypto whale movements.
- Cardano as a Smart Contract platform. Competitors.
- How does Cardano solve the Scalability Trilemma?