Running Doom on blockchain: a landmark moment for Cardano and Hydra
16 August 2024 13 mins read
Intro
Doom (1993) is an era defining game. Not just for its contributions towards community participation in gaming, such as distributing a shareware version of the game and an open sourcing of the game engine, but also for bringing gaming (previously a virtually console-exclusive feature) to the mainstream on personal computers.
Appearing in an era of floppy disks and very…
Input | Output (IO) at Rare Evo 2024: blockchain innovation and demon slaying in the neon city
14 August 2024 5 mins read
Input | Output (IO) will attend Rare Evo 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, taking place from 15-17 August. A blockchain convention created to ‘celebrate around the theme of interoperability and the convergence of traditional industry with Web3 technology’, the Cardano Foundation and Emurgo will also attend, as will teams from Project Catalyst, Midnight, and the member-based…
Announcing the alpha v1 release of the partner chains toolkit
Discover the first step in the partner chains journey. This alpha v1 release lets developers bootstrap blockchain security using Cardano's extensive network of stake pool operators, ensuring robust and efficient protection.
1 August 2024 2 mins read
Input | Output is excited to showcase the first step in the partner chains journey, following Charles' vision at the Cardano Summit in November 2023 and this blog post. This initial release represents a landmark moment in the roadmap to deliver on that vision.
Some chains lack a sufficient number of validators, rendering the network vulnerable to low-cost attacks. The partner…
IOG votes in the Interim Constitutional Commitee election
27 June 2024 3 mins read
The elections for the interim Constitutional Committee have been taking place over the last week or so. Kudos to all of you picking up those Voltaire governance shovels and contributing towards another important step in Cardano governance!
We felt it important that IOG voted. And we wanted to vote as wisely and fairly as possible. When choosing a candidate, it’s critical to…
Ouroboros Genesis design update
A deep dive into the design and implementation of Ouroboros Genesis, the latest incarnation of the consensus protocol responsible for the reliability and security of Cardano
8 May 2024 11 mins read
Ouroboros Genesis is a series of enhancements to the already robust Ouroboros protocol, with countermeasures to protect a network node when it is new or returning after an absence.
Ouroboros is the consensus protocol at the heart of the Cardano blockchain. Given the continuing development and increasing uptake of Cardano, Ouroboros has progressed along its planned upgrade path. Ouroboros Classic was the first provably secure proof-of-stake protocol. Ouroboros BFT was an interim solution that enabled the Byron update. Ouroboros Praos…