Cardano's Criticisms Become Industry Roadmaps

Linda, aka CryptoFly, argues in a new video that several of Cardano's heavily criticized design choices are now being adopted by major blockchain networks. She claims the industry is moving towards principles it once dismissed as too slow or academic.

The analyst points to over $2.5 billion lost to bridge hacks in the past five years as evidence that 'ship first and patch later' has imposed a cost on crypto.

Linda highlights formal verification, selective privacy, public token distribution, and proof-of-stake as key areas where Cardano's approach is being adopted or prioritized by other networks. She cites Ethereum's updated roadmap, which makes formal verification a priority and may take up to four years to complete.

The comparison of Ethereum's UTXO-style model with Cardano's architectural direction is suggestive rather than conclusive, as UTXO systems have long existed in Bitcoin and other networks.