cardano-foundation · katomm · Feb 28, 2025 · Feb 24, 2025 · Feb 24, 2025
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@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ The Cardano Constitutional Convention began with global participants collaborati
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diff --git a/blog/2024-12-06-media-cardano-constitutional-convention-signing-ceremony/index.md b/blog/2024-12-06-media-cardano-constitutional-convention-signing-ceremony/index.md
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+---
+slug: 2025-02-11-serial-monopoly-blockchain
+title: "Serial Monopoly on Blockchain with Quasi-patient Users"
+authors: [cf]
+tags: [education,research ]
+---
+
+The Cardano Foundation's recent research paper, "Serial Monopoly on Blockchain with Quasi-Patient Users," co-authored with IOG Research, examines transaction fee mechanisms and their influence on validator incentives. Accepted for presentation at the 29th International Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2025 conference, the study introduces a model bridging impatient and patient users, termed "quasi-patient" users. This approach analyzes how users' varying tolerance for transaction delays impacts fee strategies and blockchain security, offering insights into optimizing transaction fee mechanisms to balance cost efficiency and timely inclusion.
+
+<div style={{ textAlign: 'right' }}>
+ [**Read more**](https://www.cardanofoundation.org/blog/cf-research-serial-monopoly-blockchain) 
+</div>
+
+ ![weekly development report](./banner.webp)
+
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+---
+slug: 2025-02-21-weekly-development-report
+title: "Weekly Development Report"
+authors: [iog]
+tags: [weekly development report, development]
+---
+
+The February 21, 2025, development report highlights Cardano's stable growth, with 1,985 projects building on the platform and over 106.5 million transactions processed. The consensus team benchmarked the in-memory backend for UTXO-HD, achieving a 9% reduction in CPU usage. The Lace team released version 1.20.0, introducing wallet renaming and a new 'Governance' tab. The Plutus team rebranded Plutus Tx to Plinth, enhancing the compiler for improved smart contract development. Additionally, the Hydra team launched the Hydra explorer for better network monitoring.
+
+<div style={{ textAlign: 'right' }}>
+ [**Read more**](https://www.essentialcardano.io/development-update/weekly-development-report-as-of-2025-02-21) 
+</div>
+
+ ![weekly development report](./banner.webp)
+