IOG appoints W. Sean Ford as CEO of newly created stablecoin venture
IOG is today announcing two new senior hires to form new stablecoin venture
23 October 2023 2 mins read
Input Output Global (IOG), a software research and development company, is proud to announce W. Sean Ford as the CEO with David Markley as COO of a newly created spinout company focused on the stablecoin space.
Sean has deep expertise as a tech entrepreneur and executive from his roles as a member of the founding team at Algorand Inc, where he served as COO and CEO, as CMO of…
Calling trailblazers to Midnight
Midnight, the new data protection blockchain from Input Output Global, launches in a sandbox devnet for an initial group of pioneer developers
5 October 2023 7 mins read
Midnight is a data-protection blockchain that simplifies the creation of secure and compliant smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps) on the blockchain.
First announced during IO ScotFest at Edinburgh in 2022, Midnight is the culmination of over four years of fundamental research and applied development. It is now ready for release to an initial group as an early…
How Mithril facilitates strong security settings
Built on Cardano, Mithril prioritizes security while aiming to enhance the efficiency of chain synchronization and state bootstrapping – find out how
23 August 2023 5 mins read
Security is of the utmost importance in any cryptographic protocol for safeguarding the integrity, confidentiality, and authenticity of transactions and user data.
Mithril is the protocol built on Cardano that prioritizes security while aiming to enhance the efficiency of chain synchronization and state bootstrapping. Mithril introduces a stake-based threshold multi-signature…
Mithril nears mainnet release
Now in its final testing stages, Mithril is preparing for a mainnet launch. Dive in to recap what Mithril is, how it helps, and how to get involved
20 July 2023 5 mins read
Mithril is a stake-based signature scheme and a protocol that improves the speed and efficiency of nodes' syncing times. Mithril boosts node syncing time, offers security, and empowers decentralized decision-making. With Mithril, Cardano's network becomes more efficient, streamlined, and capable of supporting a wider range of applications and use cases.
Mithril's proof of concept was released in August 2022. In December, the team officially presented Mithril, revealing more about its benefits, applications, and roadmap…
Wadler follows the giants of science
The stellar career of a leading light in Cardano’s development is being marked with fellowship of the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy
6 July 2023 17 mins read
Professor Philip Wadler will be known to many Cardano users as the co-creator (along with Manuel Chakravarty) of Plutus, the blockchain’s smart programming language. His work on computer languages and functional programming has resulted in professorships, a sackful of awards, and fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Anyone who has used Java or Haskell or XQuery, in…