Functional correctness with the Haskell masters
Training to build quality code on scientific excellence
26 September 2018 6 mins read
At IOHK, we are proud of our scientific approach and close collaboration with academia. We publish in peer reviewed scientific journals and present our results at acclaimed international conferences to ensure that our protocols and algorithms are built on rock-solid foundations. Our software must reflect this scientific excellence and quality, which means that we need a process…
Haskell and Cryptocurrency Course in Barbados
Two graduates share their experience of IOHK's functional programming course
7 April 2018 7 mins read
The IOHK Haskell and Cryptocurrency course in Barbados brought together students and professionals who were interested in learning the Haskell programming language. The course ran for eight weeks at the University of West Indies. Barbados was the second time the programme was offered, after a successful inaugural course held in Athens last year. The goal of the course is to…
How Cardano's transaction fees work
The mathematician working on the protocol's incentives explains the research and IOHK's design
19 October 2017 4 mins read
Why do we need transaction fees?
There are two main reasons why transaction fees are needed for a cryptocurrency like Cardano:
People who run full Cardano nodes spend time, money and effort to run the protocol, for which they should be compensated and rewarded. In contrast to Bitcoin, where new currency is created with each mined block, in Cardano, transaction fees are the only…