Cardano at Consensus: a look ahead

It’s one of the premier blockchain industry events of the year. And IOG is going to be there. Here's what’s happening…

6 June 2022 Fernando Sanchez 3 mins read

Cardano at Consensus: a look ahead

Consensus, one of the focal points for crypto developers, enthusiasts, and the ‘festival for the decentralized world’, is almost here. The Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, will become a hive of activity for the 2022 edition of this landmark event, hosting some of the biggest names in the global crypto world.

Input Output Global (IOG) will be there, along with our friends from the Cardano Foundation and EMURGO. Charles will be speaking at the main conference while the Cardano main booth space will showcase a range of products, projects and initiatives from the three organizations, including Project Catalyst (Fund9 launching…

From Classic to Chronos: the implementations of Ouroboros explained

Ouroboros is the consensus protocol of Cardano. Here, we explain what it does and how it’s evolving

3 June 2022 Olga Hryniuk 9 mins read

From Classic to Chronos: the implementations of Ouroboros explained

This post is an updated version of the original (created by Kieran Costello) that has been updated to cover new protocol versions.

You have probably heard a lot about Ouroboros: the ground-breaking proof-of-stake consensus protocol used by Cardano. Developed as a more energy-efficient and sustainable alternative to proof of work, upon which earlier cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin and…

Fund9 Catalyst Natives Cardashift challenge: demonstrating and monetizing impact

Project Catalyst announces Fund9’s Catalyst Natives challenge ‘Demonstrating and monetizing impact’ in conjunction with Cardashift, and a chance to fund up to $200k worth of projects using $CLAP tokens

1 June 2022 Tim Richmond 5 mins read

Fund9 Catalyst Natives Cardashift challenge: demonstrating and monetizing impact

Input Output Global (IOG) is delighted to announce that Cardashift will be joining Fund9 through the Catalyst Natives program, with a challenge centered around value creation through positive impact-oriented projects. Cardashift offers up to $200k of $CLAP tokens for selected proposals. This is on top of 12 other challenges in Fund9 where 16m ada is available for funded…

Everything you always wanted to know about impermanent loss and were afraid to ask

How the EUTXO model is better for the predictability of impermanent loss than Accounts-based chains

27 May 2022 Fernando Sanchez 9 mins read

Everything you always wanted to know about impermanent loss and were afraid to ask

Disclaimer: Nothing in this article is intended to be professional advice, including without limitation, financial, investment, legal or tax advice. Input Output Global is not responsible for your use of or reliance on any information in this article.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is an umbrella term that refers to decentralized applications (DApps), services, protocols, and…

Learn how to create low-code, low-cost financial smart contracts in the Marlowe Pioneers Program

Join our new Marlowe training program to discover how to easily build financial smart contacts using drag and drop

11 May 2022 Niamh Ahern 4 mins read

Learn how to create low-code, low-cost financial smart contracts in the Marlowe Pioneers Program

Do you want to learn how to write low-cost smart contracts for finance with an easy-to-use visual tool? Then sign up for our new Marlowe Pioneers training program kicking off on May 19th. Marlowe is a web-based platform where you can build, simulate, analyze, and run financial smart contracts visually, without needing deep programming knowledge.

Next week sees the launch of the…