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Hoskinson outlines Nightframes and personal Cardano language work

Hoskinson outlines Nightframes and personal Cardano language work Image: Unchained
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson described Nightframes, an AI-focused computing concept, at the Midnight City Tokyo event. He said Nightframes would be a private, always-on and provable computer that could host persistent AI agents. Separately, Hoskinson said on Oct. 18 that he is personally building a programming language for Cardano with one other developer. He has not released a name, code or timeline and did not say whether it would replace or sit alongside Plutus and Aiken.

Key points

  1. Charles Hoskinson is Cardano's founder and has outlined new development work for the network.
  2. Hoskinson described Nightframes as a private, always-on and provable computer for running programs.
  3. He said he is personally building a Cardano programming language with developer rvcas.

Why it matters

The disclosures detail proposed AI and privacy directions for Cardano plus a personal programming language project. The language has no released name, code or timeline, and its relationship to Plutus and Aiken is unstated.

What's unclear

The name, code and timeline for Hoskinson's Cardano programming language have not been released.
It is unclear whether the language will replace or sit alongside Plutus and Aiken.

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Sources · 2 publishers

ZyCrypto Tier 3 First report
Charles Hoskinson Reveals What Comes After Smart Contracts as Cardano Pushes Into AI
Unchained Tier 1
Charles Hoskinson Reveals Work on a Cardano Programming Language Using Groth16 Proofs

Coverage timeline

  1. First reported by ZyCrypto
  2. Also reported by Unchained
  3. CryptoVideos brief published
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