Charles Hoskinson Signals Cardano’s Technical Inflection Point—Is ADA Ready to Rally?

• Cardano will now focus on faster product shipping in a shift from its earlier operational model.
• Charles Hoskinson clarified new changes in the community that can foster this growth.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson reveals a major reflection point regarding the blockchain’s engineering culture. Hoskinson noted that the blockchain is transitioning from its early years’ “monolithic purity” to a multi-team model.

Charles Hoskinson Reveals Major Shift for Cardano

In one of his latest posts on X, Hoskinson reflected on Cardano’s philosophy that produced its Haskell-based node and peer-reviewed protocol suite. According to him, the blockchain operated in a system that prevented new ideas from entering our ecosystem, resulting in a very slow delivery of features. 

We are at a very exciting inflection point with respect to Cardano's engineering and the diversity of ideas and teams. In the beginning there was one philosophy that was rigorous, safe, and effective, but it also deeply alienated many who wanted to contribute, prevented new ideas…

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) May 9, 2025

Rather than focusing on deadlines, the team emphasized purity of practice and thought in terms of years and decades. While they benefited from this practice, it made the blockchain difficult to grow and thrive. 

Based on these limitations, Hoskinson said the team is expanding the ecosystem and is augmented with small agile teams like Aiken and Midgard. At the same time, Cardano will leverage Agda to preserve the knowledge, experience, and rigor with the IOR and formal methods group.

Hoskinson added that the arrival of alternative clients will and should challenge earlier teams’ assumptions, designs, and features. As the blockchain transitions, new protocols, economic realities, and progress are expected in the community. 

The Cardano founder foresees opposition from people who are unhappy with change. Hoskinson says these individuals “will look for easy scapegoats and want a return to days that never actually existed.” Still, he is optimistic that several others will welcome the development as a real opportunity to contribute to the ecosystem’s growth.

“There are times I miss the old days. But the new days will be filled with even greater opportunities and exciting new capabilities. That’s the nature of all great products and projects,” Hoskinson concluded.

Hoskinson’s positive outlook comes amid concerns triggered by IOG’s termination of its long-running contracts with Well-Typed and PN-Sol. These two specialist vendors supplied much of the low-level talent for Cardano’s networking, scalability, and key-management initiatives.

The disclosure also comes shortly after complaints were raised about Cardano’s scaling solutions like Hydra, Basho, and Leios. As we discussed earlier, some community members said these solutions were not fully deployed on the mainnet. However, Hoskinson clarified that scaling has already been achieved, as outlined in the original roadmap.

What’s Next for ADA?

ADA, the native digital asset of the Cardano network, appears likely to witness substantial growth in the coming week. The coin looks poised to retest higher levels with whales accumulating over 420 million ADA in April. As we highlighted earlier, this move signals investor confidence and potential bullish momentum.

Moreover, CoinMarketCap data shows that ADA price was changing hands at $0.83, a 4.3% increase in the last 24 hours. This daily price spike pushed the weekly and monthly increases to 21.4% and 32%, respectively.

In a recent study we reported on, Charles Hoskinson projected a price target of between $3 and $10 for ADA. His prediction is, however, dependent on support from the Cardano community.