Vasil upgrade - the state of play

Very close but a little further still to go. Here’s an update on the progress towards the Vasil upgrade

20 June 2022 Nigel Hemsley 4 mins read

Vasil upgrade - the state of play

On Friday, the core Input Output Global (IOG) team working toward the Vasil upgrade held its regular end-of-week evaluation call. Today (Monday, June 20) was the latest date that we could facilitate a Cardano testnet upgrade before the next epoch boundary, so we agreed to re-evaluate the latest status this afternoon, taking into account the work our engineers did over the…

Cardano's foundational research overview

Here’s the first of a series of blog posts taking a closer look at the research underpinning Cardano

10 June 2022 Olga Hryniuk 6 mins read

Cardano's foundational research overview

Since its inception in 2015, the Cardano project had one clear goal: to alter the way cryptocurrencies are designed and developed. Instead of having a single, authoritative whitepaper, the project combined a range of scientific design principles and engineering best practices to produce a solid, pioneering, research-based blockchain. The key ideas of Cardano development were…

Lace: speed, simplicity, and seamless flow

IOG’s new light wallet – now in development – will help drive adoption by offering enhanced capability and ease of use to crypto users

10 June 2022 Olga Hryniuk 3 mins read

Lace: speed, simplicity, and seamless flow

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-like) devices.

The Daedalus wallet is IOG’s full node implementation and it is a desktop application that fully synchronizes with the blockchain history. While full node wallets are a good option for more tech-savvy users…

Plutus Community Docs: a new documentation site for devs, by devs

As Plutus matures, a new community-driven documentation site will offer a valuable source of documentation from devs building on Cardano

8 June 2022 Ignacio Calderon de la Barca 4 mins read

Plutus Community Docs: a new documentation site for devs, by devs

Input Output Global (IOG) seeks to empower open source and community-driven development. Communities enriching the space are the cornerstone for technological adoption and success.

Similarly, the value of community-driven resources - documentation, tools, etc. - cannot be understated. No single team can match thousands of brains from the community. The best and more relevant…

DISH launches decentralized identification and loyalty coin system built on Input Output Global (IOG) technology

The initiative is part of a long-term collaboration between DISH and IOG to create innovative blockchain solutions to drive adoption of decentralized technologies into the DISH ecosystem

7 June 2022 Fernando Sanchez 4 mins read

DISH launches decentralized identification and loyalty coin system built on Input Output Global (IOG) technology

DISH Network Corporation has taken the first step towards the launch of a decentralized identification and loyalty coin system built on Input Output Global (IOG) designed and developed blockchain technology. This first step enables blockchain capabilities in DISH's infrastructure through Atala PRISM's identity services and Cardano's native asset features.

The end objective of…