Why we are joining Hyperledger

Collaboration is central to fostering industry development and enterprise blockchain adoption.

11 June 2020 Romain Pellerin 3 mins read

Why we are joining Hyperledger

A community's overall success largely depends on its ability to collaborate. How its members interact with each other, how they share knowledge to find new avenues of development, and how open they are to embrace innovation and novel technologies will determine the community's long-term viability.

One of IOHK’s founding principles is its belief in nurturing a collaborative ecosystem for blockchain development. Our commitment to knowledge-sharing and to our deeply-held principles of open-source serves as the rationale behind becoming a member of the Hyperledger community

Looking to the future of Haskell and JavaScript for Plutus

Smart contracts use the GHCJS cross-compiler to translate off-chain code

4 June 2020 Luite Stegeman 8 mins read

Looking to the future of Haskell and JavaScript for Plutus

This is the second of the Developer Deep Dive technical posts from our Haskell team. This occasional series offers a candid glimpse into the core elements of the Cardano platform and protocols, and gives insights into the engineering choices that have been made. Here, we outline some of the work that has been going on to improve the libraries and developer tools for Plutus…

The abstract nature of the Cardano consensus layer

This new series of technical posts by IOHK's engineers considers the choices being made

28 May 2020 Edsko de Vries 21 mins read

The abstract nature of the Cardano consensus layer

As we head towards Shelley on the Cardano mainnet, we’re keen to keep you up to date with the latest news. We also want to highlight the tireless work going on behind the scenes, and the team of engineers responsible.

In this Developer Deep Dive series of occasional technical blogs, we open the floor to IOHK's engineers. Over the months ahead, our Haskell developers will offer a…

Building new standards for privacy and scalability

IOHK joins the conversation around zero-knowledge proofs at the ZKP Workshop

20 May 2020 Brian McKenna 6 mins read

Building new standards for privacy and scalability

Building privacy and agency

In the age of information capitalism, data is a commodity which needs to be protected on an individual and global level. Every time someone makes a purchase, logs into an account, or accesses a website, metadata is connected to their individual IP address. Mass amounts of information move around the world every second but if it is not secured through…

How pledging will keep Cardano healthy

Warding off attacks on the decentralized blockchain is just one benefit of the process

12 May 2020 Lars Brünjes 5 mins read

How pledging will keep Cardano healthy

As we approach Shelley on the Cardano mainnet, decentralization has, inevitably, become a topic of debate. Regardless of any initial founding intent, proof-of-work cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have become more centralized over time. The early days of Bitcoin enthusiasts mining blocks at the weekend are long gone and today we see a small group of specialized…