4 posts tagged with "dolos"

When we set out to connect Cardano to game state, we started from the obvious place: write an indexer task. Each new use-case got its own custom Carp module, its own SQL schema, its own glue code. After the third one — stake-pool delegation, projected NFTs, native-asset transfers — it was clear we'd been writing the same scaffold three times. EffectStream now ships those scaffolds as Cardano Primitives: a shared architecture that turns Dolos/UTxORPC streams into typed, queryable state machine events, with five concrete primitives delivered out of the box.

Users want to use their NFTs in applications (games, DeFi, social platforms) without giving up ownership. Projected NFTs solve this: lock an NFT on Cardano L1 and use a representation in your application. The NFT never leaves your wallet in any meaningful sense; it's locked in a smart contract you control, and you can unlock it at any time.

A step-by-step walkthrough of how the EffectStream cardano-delegation template works internally. We'll trace the full path from raw Cardano blocks to application state, covering the config, primitive, grammar, state machine, database, and API layers.

Cardano's stake pool ecosystem has millions of ADA delegated across hundreds of pools, but delegation has always been a one-way relationship: delegators earn rewards, and that's it. What if games and apps could react to where you delegate? What if stake pool operators could offer in-game benefits to their delegators? EffectStream now makes this possible with a new PoolDelegation primitive that streams delegation changes in real-time.