Overview
AdaPulse YouTube is a video library that explains how Cardano works to people who are new to it. More than 300 videos walk through everyday questions: how to set up a wallet, what staking actually does, how to read a blockchain explorer, and what an NFT is1. The videos are built around a viewer with no prior blockchain background, and one playlist is named, simply, For Beginners2.
The channel is the video arm of AdaPulse, an independent Cardano media outlet founded in 2021 by two stake pool operators, Jeff of SWAG and Genzod of ZOD3. Video production started in January 2022, roughly ten months after the written outlet launched, with a dedicated presenter4. AdaPulse states it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Cardano Foundation, Input Output Group, or EMURGO, and has funded itself through Project Catalyst, Cardano's community grant programme, rather than through outside investors56.
Key Features
- A beginner track you can work through in order. The For Beginners playlist gathers 69 videos on the basics, and a companion strand called ELI5, short for Explain Like I'm 5, covers ideas in plain language2.
- Hands-on wallet and security walkthroughs. Videos cover seed phrases, the difference between hot, cold, and hardware wallets, and why holding ADA yourself rather than leaving it on an exchange matters2.
- Product reviews of real ecosystem tools. Individual videos look at named projects a newcomer will actually encounter, including Begin Wallet, the jpg.store NFT marketplace, and the USDM stablecoin1.
- A record of community funding rounds. Five playlists archive coverage of Project Catalyst funding rounds seven through eleven, a useful trail for anyone tracing how a proposal reached a vote2.
- Long-form interviews alongside the explainers. A separate playlist collects conversations with people building in the ecosystem, running considerably longer than the short-form videos2.
What to Expect
You land on a channel organized into thirteen playlists rather than one undifferentiated feed, which makes it easier to pick a lane. Someone starting cold can begin with For Beginners or ELI5; someone chasing a specific tool can go to the product reviews; someone researching governance history can work through the Catalyst playlists2.
Video length varies by era. The later explainers are short, running a few minutes on a single question1. Earlier entries are longer, with the ELI5 videos spanning roughly seven to twenty-five minutes and interviews running longer still2. Presentation is narrated screen-recording.
Treat this as an archive rather than a live feed. The channel's most recent upload is dated October 2025, and the written outlet at adapulse.io has likewise paused, with no article after November 20257. The back catalog remains watchable, and the fundamentals it covers hold up well: how delegation works, what a seed phrase is, how to move assets off an exchange. Coverage of specific products, of Catalyst mechanics, and step-by-step walkthroughs of apps whose interfaces have since changed all reflect the state of things when each video was made.
