Cardano Didn’t Fail On Scalability, Says Hoskinson — Leios Coming In 2026

Charles Hoskinson used a Nov. 5 video address to rebut a renewed wave of criticism that Cardano has “failed on scalability,” centering his response on two pillars: Hydra, Cardano’s off-chain scaling stack, and Leios, a forthcoming Ouroboros upgrade that he says now has a complete design and a clear path to mainnet in 2026. Hoskinson’s remarks were framed as a direct answer to a thread by Cyber Capital CEO Justin Bons alleging Cardano is capped at “23 transactions per second,” dismissing the impact of batching, fee markets, Hydra, and the Ouroboros Leios roadmap, and concluding that Input Output Global (IOG) has shifted focus to a new chain. “You’re entitled to an opinion, but you’re not entitled to your own facts,” Hoskinson said, calling the conclusion “blatantly wrong” and “pathetic” for ignoring public specifications and ongoing engineering work. He pushed back on claims that Leios had been abandoned: “There exists a...

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