<p>With the Shelley upgrade, Cardano became a fully decentralized and dynamic ecosystem. In the Byron era there were no stake pools (and therefore no staking) and the blockchain was run by the creators alone.</p>

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2021-06-28T05:29:57.863Z
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eddex
<p>I believe number of slots reserved in a single epoch is also increased in Shelley. In DBSync, syncing Shelley takes way too much time to sync compare to Byron era.</p>

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2022-06-27T10:35:14.753Z
Yes, correct. Neverthless I think that the scope of the question was less technical al more tehorical.
Angelo Badellino
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korimusk
<p>Is there anything of significance beyond Shelley is required for staking?</p>

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2022-06-27T10:37:06.657Z
I think that the upcoming Vasil fork will bring us into the Basho era that introduce scalability to the current Goguen.
Angelo Badellino
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What are the differences between the Shelley and Byron phases of Cardano?
# What are the differences between the Shelley and Byron phases of Cardano?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-28)

Is there anything of significance beyond Shelley is required for staking?

**Tags:** byron, shelley
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think that the upcoming Vasil fork will bring us into the Basho era that introduce scalability to the current Goguen.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-06-28. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

With the Shelley upgrade, Cardano became a fully decentralized and dynamic ecosystem. In the Byron era there were no stake pools (and therefore no staking) and the blockchain was run by the creators alone.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-06-27. Score: 1

I believe number of slots reserved in a single epoch is also increased in Shelley. In DBSync, syncing Shelley takes way too much time to sync compare to Byron era.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Yes, correct. Neverthless I think that the scope of the question was less technical al more tehorical.  

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