In this interview, Navjit Dhaliwal, founder and CEO of IAGON, explains how the platform provides decentralized storage and computing solutions that put data control back in the hands of users. Navjit shares that IAGON was initially built on Ethereum, but due to high gas fees, scalability issues, and security concerns, he chose Cardano for its research-driven approach, low costs, and strong decentralization. He highlights real-world applications with enterprises such as Hamburg Volksbank and the U.S. legal firm CloudCourt, showing how data sovereignty and secure storage make a tangible difference. Using clear analogies, he illustrates how decentralized storage turns a single vulnerable “lake” into many protected “frozen lakes” and how decentralized computing turns idle machines into a global supercomputer. Curious to see how IAGON is reshaping data management? Let’s dive in!

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Jingles, Founder of Mesh.js, explores Wallet-as-a-Service and Transaction Sponsorship, two tools driving the next generation of Cardano dApps. He explains how Wallet-as-a-Service streamlines user onboarding and how Transaction Sponsorship removes barriers for new users. The session features real-world examples and guidance on integrating these capabilities into projects, showcasing how Mesh.js delivers seamless blockchain experiences for both developers and users.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Max Grützmacher and Fabian Bormann from the Cardano Foundation’s Ecosystem Engineering team lead an open discussion on the future of wallet connections. They introduce the new Wallet Connector, explaining how it enhances dApp interactions and simplifies integration. The session covers upcoming changes for developers, ongoing challenges, and how community feedback is helping shape new features and improvements across the Cardano ecosystem.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Matthieu Pizenberg, Senior Software Engineer at the Cardano Foundation, introduces the Multi-Vote Tool, a solution that streamlines governance participation on Cardano. He demonstrates how it allows users to cast, manage, and verify multiple votes in a single process, without complex setup or heavy requirements. The session also highlights its open-source design and community-ready accessibility.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Mateusz Czeladka, Florian Schumann, Aldo Dumitrescu, and Darlisa Consoni from the Cardano Foundation’s Ecosystem Engineering team present Cardano Ballot, an open-source, privacy-first voting platform. They cover how it enables verifiable and GDPR-compliant voting, explore its hybrid Web2/Web3 approach, and highlight the front-end redesign, deployment options, and more.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Michiel Bellen, Global Head of Integrations at the Cardano Foundation, presents Heron, a new API designed to simplify interaction with the Cardano blockchain. He explains how Heron enables developers to access FastAPI endpoints for wallets, transactions, and policies, and demonstrates how to deploy it using Docker with minimal setup requirements.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Satya Ranjan, Lead Blockchain Architect at the Cardano Foundation, presents Yaci Store, a pluggable indexing solution for Cardano. The talk covers out-of-the-box indexers, feature toggling, plugins for customization, and an API overview for easy querying. Satya highlights how Yaci Store simplifies indexing for Java and non-Java developers alike, with integration possibilities that go beyond Java.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Thomas Kammerlocher, Senior Full Stack Developer, and Marco Russo, Backend Development Lead at the Cardano Foundation, present Reeve, a new solution for financial reporting and transparency. They cover how Reeve simplifies reporting, supports verifiable and tamper-proof data, and builds trust across ecosystems. A live walkthrough demonstrates current features, how to run it, and future roadmap directions.

Below is a well-deserved Q2 update highlighting ecosystem tooling and solutions across April, May, and June.

The past three months have been all about tightening up infrastructure, enhancing developer tools, and shipping valuable updates to support the Cardano ecosystem. With over 90 pull requests merged and 60+ issues closed in June alone, it’s been a highly productive quarter. Check out the highlights below to see what’s been delivered.

In this session of the Cardano Developer Office Hours, Giovanni Gargiulo, Senior Software Engineer – DevOps at the Cardano Foundation, presents the new Token Registry API v2 with full CIP-68 support. He demonstrates API endpoints, explains best practices for using the query_priority parameter, and covers support for tokens under both CIP-0026 and CIP-0068. A live demo shows practical use cases and integration opportunities for developers.