testnets-cardano-org VS daedalus

To be frank, I have mixed opinions with the average Cardano investor. On one hand I think it's important to get burnt at least once whilst investing. It gives you a healthy dose of cynicism. Separates your emotions out of your investment. Ultimately you are investing into a common enterprise under the expectation to profit on said investment, finding someone to buy it from you at a higher price (often overlooked). DYOR is not watching a 3 hour stream of Charlie talking about could-be's and would-be's. https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488 Bit of infamous open issue over here. People can't even get hello world to work on their Alonzo smart contracts. The top 20 US equities 20 years ago are not the same top 20 today. Considering how fast the Crypto space moves doesn't mean $DASH.. I mean $ADA is going to stay towards the top forever.

After 3 years of silence, KEVM started making the rounds again in the end of 2020 with all the usual big announcement. Once a test net was released, complaints started to rise that even a simple "Hello World" program was not working. Here are some more posts on the same issue. And another one. Regarding this problem with the faulty documentation a Github ticket was opened which has still not been resolved to this day. This was almost 6 months ago.

https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488#issuecomment-796315624

I do wonder how much Cardano is really being used. Bugs like https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488 are a bit suspicious; a hello world that hasn't been working since at least a month, and no fix seems to be on its way. Does anyone know how many smart contracts are actually running on Cardano currently?

The problem was first raised at https://www.reddit.com/r/CardanoDevelopers/comments/lqubkc/kevm_hello_world_not_working/ almost a month ago. The issue is still open: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488 and the Cardano Developer's engagement (or lack thereof) is poor to put it politely.

It has been almost a month since an issue was raised ( Invalid content /en/virtual-machines/kevm/getting-started/mallet-end-to-end/ · Issue #488 · cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org (github.com) regarding the simple 'hello world' tutorial not working on the KEVM.

You can download daedalus from https://daedaluswallet.io/

First, you'll need to download and install the Daedalus wallet on your computer from https://daedaluswallet.io/

I don't think Daedalus has the option anymore (there's an open request to reimplement it) so you'll need to use a different wallet that supports it.

Use https://daedaluswallet.io/ for ADA. Add your stake to a pool that's not in the high percentage share for a fairer reward

Apple M1 has been working for some time, but those binaries are not yet signed apparently. Check the hash after download: https://github.com/input-output-hk/daedalus/issues/2677

Daedalus (Desktop) - Resource heavy, no DaPP capabilities, safer than web wallets

Daedalus is a full node wallet, which means that it takes a while to sync up to the blockchain. It will probably ask you to run an upgrade, which is fine. Be aware that there are scammers that try to get you to download fake wallets, so make sure the source is from: https://daedaluswallet.io/. Once the application runs, you can restore your wallet, create a new wallet with your own keys, and then transfer your ADA to your own secure wallet. Otherwise, you just have to trust me - but crypto is about trusting nobody! Take control over your own money.

Download from: https://daedaluswallet.io/