Charles Hoskinson thinks it’s great that people are speaking out against the Nami purchase.
Hundreds of projects for staking, trading, gaming, and more have emerged as part of Cardano’s thriving ecosystem, which includes everything from wallets to DEXs, NFTs to DeFi. Cardano’s evolution as a flexible, feature-rich blockchain with many open-source, decentralized initiatives is mirrored by the rise of its community.
But Input Output’s (IO) recent purchase of Nami Wallet has caused much discussion in the Cardano community. Charles Hoskinson, CEO of IO, finds the opposition puzzling considering the growth opportunities presented by the purchase. But some say this is bad news for Cardano’s distributed ecosystem.
The purchase of Nami has been criticized by some who believe in Cardano’s decentralized philosophy because of the potential for more monopolization and reduced competition in the digital wallet market.
According to Twitter user “Dave,” who has over 17,000 followers, IO’s purchase of Nami sends the wrong signals regarding objectivity. He was worried that a monopoly was developing in the Cardano wallet sector and its long-term ramifications.
Similarly, doubts have been asked regarding how IO’s newly introduced Lace Wallet would fit into its ambitions, given both Lace and Nami are simply light wallets. Cardano Yoda weighed in on this discussion by expressing skepticism about what he saw as Nami’s illogical acquisition rationale.
Hoskinson responded to the criticism and skepticism by saying he was perplexed by the opposition to the ecosystem’s good changes made by Cardano.
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