{"id":38236,"date":"2021-03-02T19:31:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38236"},"modified":"2025-08-30T03:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T00:37:19","slug":"cardano-developers-roll-out-the-mary-hard-fork-with-native-token-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/cardano-developers-roll-out-the-mary-hard-fork-with-native-token-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardano developers roll out the Mary hard fork with native token support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cardano network underwent the Mary hard fork. The upgrade opened the possibility of creating native tokens, similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-are-erc-20-tokens\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">ERC-20<\/span><\/a> standard on the Ethereum network.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Today, following the successful <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/maryhardfork?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#maryhardfork<\/a> we have begun a new era of native tokens on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardano?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Cardano<\/a>. And this is just the beginning <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Goguen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Goguen<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ADA&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ADA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Keep track as new native tokens get minted by our developer community, courtesy of our friends over at <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2vFyIeNKw\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/k2vFyIeNKw<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTWgHy3wA3\\\">pic.twitter.com\/GTWgHy3wA3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Input Output (@InputOutputHK) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InputOutputHK\/status\/1366529684004102145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The IOHK chief, Charles Hoskinson, in the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eO1et6tKCXk\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">announcement<\/span><\/a> called the Mary hard fork \u201chistoric.\u201d He said the upgrade was preceded by a month of testing.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"5sAhQv4yAv\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-cardano-ada\">What is Cardano (ADA)?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u00abWhat is Cardano (ADA)?\u00bb \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-cardano\/embed#?secret=CEzZHQb8KW#?secret=5sAhQv4yAv\\\" data-secret=\\\"5sAhQv4yAv\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\/\/iohk.io\/en\/blog\/posts\/2021\/02\/04\/native-tokens-to-bring-new-utility-to-life-on-cardano\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Mary<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"> is an important milestone on Cardano&#8217;s Goguen phase, with smart-contracts support and the ability to create decentralised applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">According to Token Tool, the Cardano network hosts 1,432 tokens, though most were created for research purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The news of the hard fork did not trigger a notable market reaction. In the last 24 hours, Cardano&#8217;s price declined by 7.6%, according to CoinGecko. The asset remains third by market capitalization after <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/cardano-becomes-the-third-largest-cryptocurrency-by-market-capitalization\">the all-time high<\/a> on February 27.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on January 27, Grayscale Investments filed applications to register <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/grayscale-applies-to-register-six-new-investment-trusts\">six new trusts<\/a>, including one based on Cardano.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary hard fork on the Cardano network opened the possibility of creating native tokens similar to the ERC-20 standard on the Ethereum network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1401,268],"class_list":["post-38236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cardano-ada","tag-hardfork"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38238,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38236\/revisions\/38238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}