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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

Founding and IOG organization

Founding and IOG organization The project to create Cardano was initiated by a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts, investors, and entrepreneurs concentrated in Asia at the end of 2014. Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood founded Input Output (initially, IOHK) to design and implement Cardano. In addition, the Cardano Foundation was set up to oversee and super...

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Cexplorer.io07/21/2022

ada vasil + 2

What Vasil upgrade brings to Cardano

The IOG team doesn’t care if it’s a bear or bull market and is constantly improving the Cardano protocol. What matters is the long-term vision. This way the team delivers what the community expects. Let’s take a look at what the long-awaited Vasil upgrade brings to Cardano. Updates are the future No digital technology can do without a team that fixes bugs ...

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Bridges and Sidechains: Wanchain Making Cardano Interoperable

Olga Hryniuk

07/08/2022

Blockchain bridge Sidechain + 2

Bridges and Sidechains: Wanchain Making Cardano Interoperable

A guest blog post by Dr. Weijia Zhang and Temujin Louie Several months ago, a team from Wanchain reached out to Input Output Global, Inc. (“IOG”) to discuss how to enable interoperability between the Cardano mainnet, Cardano sidechains, and other heterogeneous blockchain networks. The goal? To build the infrastructure required to enable true RealFi applica...

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Cexplorer.io07/19/2022

Cardano explorer + 3

Cexplorer is ready for Vasil

For a network monitoring tool to remain relevant, it must be updated as the network is updated. This is also the case for Cexplorer and the Cardano network, which is waiting for the Vasil hard fork. Cexplorer is Vasil-ready. Let's see all news in the Cardano explorer. dApps overview In ANALYTICS / dApps / Ranklist, you can find a list of script hashes with...

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Hungry Cows by MuesliSwap - NFTs to boost your Farming APR

MuesliSwap07/13/2022

Cryptocurrency NFT + 1

Hungry Cows by MuesliSwap - NFTs to boost your Farming APR

In the anticipation of our Hybrid DEX launch at the end of the month, we are proud to announce our very own NFT Collection called Hungry Cows. In this article we will discuss the whitelist process and the two main drops, as well as unpack how the utility within the MuesliSwap protocol will function. Drop Details (2 Phases) and Whitelisting Phase 1 The spe...

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Research overview part 3: tokens, stablecoins, and fees

Olga Hryniuk

07/07/2022

Cardano Research + 4

Research overview part 3: tokens, stablecoins, and fees

IOG research enabled the implementation of multi-asset support, stablecoins, and friendly fees on Cardano Our previous post discussed Cardano’s innovative EUTXO model and how it facilitates expressive smart contracts on Cardano. This time, we take a closer look at the research that enabled multi-asset support and the creation of a variety of user-defined to...

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Input Output at Blockchain Summit Latam 2022

Ivan Irakoze07/06/2022

Input Output Blockchain Summit Latam + 2

Input Output at Blockchain Summit Latam 2022

We’re delighted to announce that Input Output Global (IOG) will be represented at this year’s Blockchain Summit Latam (BSL) conference by Marshia Martinez, project manager in IOG’s Professional Services Group (PSG). What is Blockchain Summit Latam? Blockchain Summit Latam (BSL) is one of the major global gatherings of Spanish-speaking blockchain enthusias...

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Why the EUTXO model is ideal for layer 2 zk-rollups like Orbis

Ryan Matovu06/02/2022

Layer 2 Scalability + 4

Why the EUTXO model is ideal for layer 2 zk-rollups like Orbis

The Cardano blockchain is constantly evolving to serve a thriving community of users that leverage it for various financial services and transactions. This year, the blockchain’s main focus is to develop and implement scaling solutions methodically. Layer 2 solutions create additional improvements to the layer 1 protocol, helping a blockchain scale and prov...

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Olga Hryniuk

07/01/2022

Cardano Data Querying + 1

Cardano data on BigQuery

Summary: BigQuery allows querying Cardano data quickly, seamlessly, and at a low cost Article: The Cardano blockchain is fast becoming a hive of development for decentralized applications (DApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions. With almost one hundred projects already live, and over one thousand projects busy building, Cardano’s database of tr...

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Cexplorer.io06/22/2022

Staking explore + 8

Cardano staking and how does it work?

Staking is the process of allowing people to participate in the decentralisation and security of the Cardano network. People can earn rewards for participating. In a decentralized network, decision-making power must be distributed among the participants. ADA coins are used to do this. Everyone who owns an ADA coin holds a stake, i.e. a certain share of decis...

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Ivan Irakoze04/29/2022

Real Finance DeFi + 1

Welcome to the age of RealFi

Original author: John O'Connor - African Operations Director Originally published on IOHK.io: November 25, 2021 Summary: By integrating digital identity with Cardano, we can create real value and opportunity for people across the globe Article: "The point of RealFi is to serve real people real finance, and thus be able to innovate and do interesting th...

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Ivan Irakoze06/21/2022

Cardano Development + 2

Vasil upgrade - the state of play

Original author: Nigel Hemsley - Head of Delivery and Projects Originally published on IOHK.io: June 20, 2022 Summary: Very close but a little further still to go. Here’s an update on the progress towards the Vasil upgrade Article: On Friday, the core Input Output Global (IOG) team working toward the Vasil upgrade held its regular end-of-week evaluatio...

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Ivan Irakoze04/29/2022

Ouroboros Decentralization

The Ouroboros path to decentralization

Original author: Prof Aggelos Kiayias - Chief Scientist Originally published on IOHK.io: June 23, 2020 Summary: The protocol that powers Cardano and its design philosophy Article: Designing and deploying a distributed ledger is a technically challenging task. What is expected of a ledger is the promise of a consistent view to all participants as well a...

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Plutus Application Backend (PAB): supporting DApp development on Cardano

Olga Hryniuk

03/23/2022

Plutus PAB + 2

Plutus Application Backend (PAB): supporting DApp development on Cardano

Original author: Fernando Sanchez - Technical Writer Originally published on IOHK.io: October 28, 2021 Summary: The PAB provides the components and an environment to help developers create and test DApps, before deploying them to a live production environment Article: The Alonzo protocol upgrade introduced Plutus – a platform that provides a native sma...

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Our million-dollar baby: Project Catalyst

Ivan Irakoze04/29/2022

Project Catalyst Funding

Our million-dollar baby: Project Catalyst

Original author: Dor Garbash - Head of Product Originally published on IOHK.io: February 12, 2021 Summary: The next Catalyst funding round will be our most accessible and ambitious round of funding yet Article: We launched Project Catalyst six months ago as a series of experiments to advance on-chain governance and accelerate community-driven innovatio...

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No-surprises transaction validation: part 2

Olga Hryniuk

06/17/2022

Alonzo Transaction + 2

No-surprises transaction validation: part 2

Original author: Polina Vinogradova - Research Engineer Originally published on IOHK.io: September 7, 2021 Summary: Alonzo transaction validation is performed in two phases to ensure fair compensation for validation work Article: In our previous blog post, we discussed the deterministic nature of transaction and script validation on the Alonzo ledger, ...

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No-surprises transaction validation on Cardano

Morgan

03/23/2022

Transaction EUTXO + 3

No-surprises transaction validation on Cardano

Original author: Polina Vinogradova - Research Engineer Originally published on IOHK.io: September 6, 2021 Summary: Cardano's EUTXO model enables the deterministic nature of Plutus script execution Article: As the Alonzo hard fork brings core Plutus smart contract capability to Cardano, the ledger evolves to meet the growing need for the deployment of ...

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Ivan Irakoze04/29/2022

Development Fees + 1

Network traffic and tiered pricing

Original author: Philip Lazos - Research Fellow Originally published on IOHK.io: November 26, 2021 Summary: Decentralized finance will continue to build demand on Cardano. Our research project is looking at ways to maintain fair access and throughput for every user Article: A recent blog post outlined some of the ways in which the Cardano network would...

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Lace: speed, simplicity, and seamless flow

Olga Hryniuk

06/10/2022

Wallet Light wallet + 2

Lace: speed, simplicity, and seamless flow

Author: Olga Hryniuk - Technical Writer Summary: IOG’s new light wallet – now in development – will help drive adoption by offering enhanced capability and ease of use to crypto users Article: Wallets allow crypto users to safely store and access their digital assets. They come in different forms, from desktop and mobile applications to hardware (USB-li...

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Interoperability is key to blockchain growth

Olga Hryniuk

04/28/2022

Interoperability Sidechain + 2

Interoperability is key to blockchain growth

Original author: Olga Hryniuk - Technical Writer Originally published on IOHK.io: April 13, 2022 Summary: Bridges, sidechains, and the AGIX ERC20 converter are providing solutions for Cardano cross-chain development Article: Cardano is steadily expanding a broad community of developers and blockchain enthusiasts. According to Cardano blockchain insight...

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