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Cardano builder IOG and University of Edinburgh to create first ever index to provide industry standard metric for crypto decentralization

18 November 2022 Fernando Sanchez 4 mins read

Cardano builder IOG and University of Edinburgh to create first ever index to provide industry standard metric for crypto decentralization
  • Edinburgh Decentralization Index (EDI) will be based on a methodology developed at a leading UK university
  • EDI will be the first index of its kind, and calculated continuously to track the fast-moving blockchain market
  • EDI could protect users against opaque centralization of blockchain projects

Edinburgh, UK, November 18, 2022: Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the builders of Cardano, the leading proof of stake blockchain, has partnered with the University of Edinburgh, one of the most highly rated academic…

IOG announces new blockchain to protect data and safeguard technology freedoms

18 November 2022 Fernando Sanchez 4 mins read

IOG announces new blockchain to protect data and safeguard technology freedoms
  • Data protection-based blockchain, Midnight, will protect sensitive commercial and personal data
  • Industry-first platform aims to safeguard users’ fundamental freedoms to speak, interact and share information securely
  • Platform is designed for developers to build and deploy rule-based confidentiality DApps using a variety of programing languages, starting with Typescript

Edinburgh, UK, November 18, 2022: Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), a leading blockchain research and developer, has revealed that it is creating a data protection-based platform to allow users to operate more freely and securely by safeguarding sensitive personal…

The University of Edinburgh and IOG introduce the Edinburgh Decentralization Index

18 November 2022 Ivan Irakoze 2 mins read

The University of Edinburgh and IOG introduce the Edinburgh Decentralization Index

Networks are often structured as centralized, distributed, or decentralized. A decentralized network’s security increases as the number of participants increases. The same outcome cannot be achieved on centralized or distributed networks.

With most blockchains claiming to be decentralized, it is hard to determine each claim’s validity. Any assertion of decentralization remains…

What IOG has delivered for Cardano

Cardano’s development is guided by a methodical, research-based, and deliberate approach to innovation. Over five development phases, IOG introduced innovations, new functionality, and novel features, with each phase building upon the previous phase's achievements

18 November 2022 Olga Hryniuk 11 mins read

What IOG has delivered for Cardano

This paper has been written by Fernando Sanchez and Olga Hryniuk with input from all IOG teams.

Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end

Introduction

The development of the Cardano blockchain is guided by a methodical, research-based, and deliberate approach to innovation. Since Cardano’s first iteration as a federated network of just seven nodes, Input Output…

ZK-Lab – investigating the foundations of zero-knowledge proofs

ZK-Lab is a sister lab to the Edinburgh Blockchain Technology Laboratories collaborating with IOG on the delivery of high-assurance blockchain solutions

18 November 2022 Olga Hryniuk 3 mins read

ZK-Lab – investigating the foundations of zero-knowledge proofs

As a leading blockchain research and development company, Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG) cooperates with top universities and research hubs to investigate distributed technology and deliver secure blockchain solutions.

A recent post discussed how IOG established a network of institutions and laboratories committed to the investigation of blockchain technology based on…