Web3 aims to make the most of decentralized technologies and the latest wallets can do much more than manage cryptocurrencies.
What is a Web3 wallet?
A crypto wallet is designed to manage cryptocurrency. Unlike a traditional wallet that holds banknotes, a crypto wallet does not store digital assets. Rather, it stores the cryptographic keys that are the onl...
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To make it easier for developers to build cross-chain applications, Input Output Global (IOG) is adding new built-in functions to Plutus to support ECDSA and Schnorr signatures
Cryptography ensures trust and security in blockchain settings and different blockchains use different cryptographic signature methods. Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Alg...
Cardano is an open-source, proof-of-stake, public blockchain, the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and development through evidence-based methods. This approach positions Cardano uniquely among other blockchain platforms. A set of the best practices, ideas, and research contributions formed Cardano’s foundation for building a secure, decentraliz...
Cardano’s community of developers is one of the strongest in blockchain. Many developers build and provide access to the tools and applications needed to improve Cardano.
Here is a list of available tools and resources according to categories:
NFT creation tools
Cardano Sounds: a platform aiming to create a new economy inside NFTs where individual creator...
What is Cardano?
The Cardano universe is expanding with the arrival of a broad range of decentralized applications and exchanges. From games to decentralized finance (DeFi), Cardano covers the whole gamut of blockchain-based versatility.
As Cardano grows, so does its reach, its community, value, and adoption. This paper reflects all that Cardano is, what i...
New to Cardano? No worries, here’s a list of essentials to get you started
Disclaimer: Nothing in this article is intended to be professional advice, including without limitation, financial, investment, legal or tax advice. IO Global is not responsible for your use of or reliance on any information in this article.
Blockchain is one of the most influential...
Author: Tim Harrison - VP Community & Ecosystem
Last updated: 16th September 2022
Summary:
Increased functionality, performance & scalability; find out what the Vasil upgrade will bring to Cardano.
Article:
We’re now a little under one week away from the deployment of the Vasil upgrade, which significantly improves and enhances Cardano's capabilities. N...
Taking a closer look at IOG research, part 4. How layer 1 and layer 2 solutions create a faster and more resilient blockchain
Before you start, read:
Part 1: Cardano's foundational research
overview
Part 2: Overview of the research enabling smart contract support on
Cardano
Part 3: Research overview: tokens, stablecoins, and
fees
Previous blog posts del...
Author:
Olga Hryniuk - Technical Writer
Summary:
Here’s the first of a series of blog posts taking a closer look at the research underpinning Cardano
Article:
Since its inception in 2015, the Cardano project had one clear goal: to alter the way cryptocurrencies are designed and developed. Instead of having a single, authoritative whitepaper, the project...
The EUTXO Handbook
There currently are two major accounting ledgers in the blockchain space: UTXO-based blockchains (Bitcoin, for instance), and Account/Balance chains (Ethereum and others).
Cardano combines Bitcoin’s unspent transaction output (UTXO) model with the ability to handle smart contracts into an Extended Unspent Transaction Output (EUTXO) accou...
