Foreword
Blockchain Oracles is a very important piece of blockchain and we have learned through a series of articles about oracles by the authors team. And Cardano isnt an exception, Oracles will be the gateway connecting Cardano to the world outside it. However, to build an oracles project on a special ecosystem like Cardano is not easy. Here we will learn...
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...
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...
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Introduction
As the Cardano blockchain evolves by integrating more features and development tools, the interest in developing smart contracts on Cardano is increasing. So, as we start a new year, the Input Output Global (IOG) Education team, want to share in this post the pathway you can follo...
Astarter ISPO Transition Reward Incentive
During the Astarter Ambassador Community Call series (AACC) in March 2022, we embarked on an exploration of ISPOs on Cardano and have since followed through, developing a plan to deliver a two-stage ISPO and Merge Staking Protocol.
We launched the first stage ISPO component (Launchpool) at the end of September 2022...
Cryptocurrency custody is a common discussion topic among those in crypto and blockchain communities.
For instance, there is a self-custodial crypto wallet in which the user retains full control over their cryptocurrencies and their private key at all times.
There is also a non-custodial or third-party custodial wallet in which a third party retains contr...
Cardano is a diverse and expansive ecosystem, home to a third-generation proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain that has evolved into a sustainable PoS system.
Over the past six years, Cardano has undergone several development themes, each adding new features and improvements to expand the blockchain's usability, functionality, and scalability.
As of January 2023...
A paper by IOG and MLabs presenting a way for handling auctions using Hydra
This project is a collaboration between Input Output Global (IOG) and MLabs to develop a reference implementation of an auction that uses Hydra protocols. The purpose of this is twofold:
To demonstrate that it is now possible to develop substantial applications for a valuable use c...
The Cardano blockchain was built with the vision of being the foundation for a better financial system that fosters economic empowerment for all. We believe that stablecoins are and will be the key to unlocking the promise of Cardano. EMURGO Fintech is excited to build products and services, like our fiat-backed USDA stablecoin, that hypercharge our ability ...
Original author:
Kevin Hammond - Software Engineer
Originally published on IOHK.io: January 21, 2022
Summary:
Our new fee estimator – released today – will help developers estimate the cost of smart contract scripts for maximum efficiency and minimum cost
Article:
The ‘Alonzo’ smart contract upgrade deployed to the Cardano mainnet in September 2021 tur...
Original author:
Anthony Quinn - Editor
Originally published on IOHK.io: December 27, 2021
Summary:
Beeple used to illustrate our blog posts, but art NFTs made him a millionaire, and then AI and DeFi arrived
Article:
Incredibly, given the state of our Covid-shocked world back in January, 2021 has had its fair share of fun. And if 2020 was a big year fo...
Original author:
Niamh Ahern - Technical Writer
Originally published on IOHK.io: October 25, 2021
Summary:
Certification will bring high assurance to the development of decentralized applications (DApps) on Cardano
Article:
High assurance is paramount when developing and working with smart contracts. You want to be confident that the source code is of ...
Original author:
Olga Hryniuk - Technical Writer
Originally published on IOHK.io: October 29, 2021
Summary:
A new IOHK-developed protocol acts as a stake-based threshold signature scheme allowing for transparent, secure, and lightweight stake leveraging
Article:
At the Cardano Summit 2021, IOHK researchers Pyrros Chaidos and Roman Oliynykov presented t...
Original author:
Olga Hryniuk - Technical Writer
Originally published on IOHK.io: September 10, 2021
Summary:
Cardano’s EUTXO model provides a secure and versatile environment to process multiple operations without system failures
Article:
Cardano is a UTXO-based blockchain, which utilizes a different programming paradigm for decentralized applications...
Original author:
Tim Harrison - VP Community & Ecosystem
Originally published on IOHK.io: September 12, 2021
Summary:
The Alonzo upgrade is an epochal moment in the birth of a new ecosystem
Article:
Later today, we'll deploy Plutus smart contract capabilities onto the Cardano mainnet via a hard fork combinator (HFC) protocol upgrade event.
The Alonzo ...
Original author:
Sebastian Nagel - Software Engineering Lead
Originally published on IOHK.io: September 17, 2021
Summary:
Scalability is baked into the Cardano development roadmap; enter Hydra
Article:
The Alonzo upgrade enables the creation of smart contracts, decentralized applications (DApps), and other applications on top of Cardano.
Alonzo marks ...
Cardano is a decentralized public blockchain and cryptocurrency project that is focused on providing a secure and scalable platform for the development of applications. One important tool for interacting with the Cardano blockchain is a blockchain explorer, which allows users to view and search for information on the blockchain.
In this article, we will pro...
The Cardano blockchain community continues to grow by leaps and bounds as we head into 2023.
Since the formal launch of Cardano’s mainnet in September 2017, many people and ada holders have consistently joined the Cardano community.
Steady technical development and the introduction of long-awaited features such as Cardano smart contracts and Cardano nati...
Background
Cryptocurrencies (coins and tokens) are the backbone of any public or decentralized blockchain network.
These are the digital assets that give blockchain developers a way to provide needed services for users through DApps (decentralized applications) built on a particular blockchain. These days, there are popular DApps for DeFi (decentralized f...
Cardano is a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform that was developed and launched in 2017 by Input Output Global (IOG) - formerly Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) - a blockchain research and development company. The platform was created to address some of the scalability, security, and interoperability issues that plague many other blockchain networks...