MLabs Publications

The many minds at MLabs present news, case studies, editorials, tutorials, whitepapers, Cardano Catalyst proposals, and more.

Cardano, Design Patterns Jared Pon Cardano, Design Patterns Jared Pon

An Introduction to the Concepts Behind YTxP Architecture

Discover the core principles behind YTxP architecture—a robust approach to modeling Cardano protocols that streamlines smart contract upgrades and optimizes transaction efficiency. Explore how yielding scripts delegate validations to authorized scripts using state thread tokens, paving the way for secure and maintainable protocol designs.

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Cardano Gergely Szabo Cardano Gergely Szabo

Cardano Plomin Hard Fork - developer upgrade guide

Its an exciting time to be building on Cardano - the Plomin hard fork recently went live. While this exciting for governance and the roadmap ahead, in this guide I want to give a short summary on the major changes and things that Cardano dApp developers should look out for.

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Cardano Ilia Rodionov Cardano Ilia Rodionov

Testing dApps on Cardano with CLB emulator

Discover how to test dApps on Cardano using MLabs’ CLB emulator, a cutting-edge tool for property-based and mutation-based testing funded by Project Catalyst in Fund10. Learn about state machine modeling, unified testing with Atlas, and integration with CTL.

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