Cardano News: Hoskinson Warns Criticism Could Drive Builders Away

In Cardano news today, Charles Hoskinson used a recent livestream to argue that Cardano’s long-term success hinges on the applications built atop its infrastructure. The Cardano founder urged the community and the Cardano Foundation to embrace Midnight and other major ecosystem projects.

Hoskinson made the remarks during a livestream titled “Devs versus Builders,” where he addressed criticism surrounding Midnight and its recent strategic changes. He said Cardano’s purpose extends beyond serving as a smart-contract platform or facilitating ADA transactions, arguing the network creates more value when developers use its infrastructure to build applications that attract real users, customers, and economic activity.

That framing is not new for Hoskinson. He made a similar argument in April, when he told critics that Cardano “needs to grow up or die” after a stake pool operator claimed Midnight’s early one-way bridge was wrecking the ADA ecosystem.

In the latest broadcast, Hoskinson questioned why some community members appear resistant to Midnight despite its scale within the ecosystem. He warned that pushing back against successful projects could discourage other developers from choosing to build on Cardano going forward.

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