Cardano smart contracts testnet IELE launches

Developers can run programs with increased confidence

30 July 2018 Gerard Moroney 4 mins read

Cardano smart contracts testnet IELE launches

Today we launch the second Cardano testnet, which is for the IELE virtual machine (VM) and follows our recent launch of the KEVM testnet. The technology is not only an important step on the Cardano roadmap, but also for the industry – in offering robust and reliable financial infrastructure. Developers now have the opportunity to explore the smart contracts technology that will…

Cardano in focus at major international event

Smart contracts tech wins attention as computer science innovation

11 July 2018 Jeremy Wood 5 mins read

Cardano in focus at major international event

As a third-generation blockchain, Cardano incorporates state of-the-art technology that attracts the interest of computer scientists on the worldwide stage. In the past year, papers describing the consensus algorithm of Cardano have been presented at the leading cryptography conferences, and this month it was the turn of its smart contracts technology to be in the spotlight.

Self Organisation in Coin Selection

3 July 2018 Edsko de Vries 18 mins read

Self Organisation in Coin Selection

The term "self organisation" refers to the emergence of complex behaviour (typically in biological systems) from simple rules and random fluctuations. In this blog post we will see how we can take advantage of self organisation to design a simple yet effective coin selection algorithm. Coin selection is the process of selecting unspent outputs in a user's wallet to satisfy a…

IOHK make a visit to Google’s London offices

Googlers keen to talk Cardano and the future of cryptocurrency

28 June 2018 Jane Wild 57 mins read

IOHK make a visit to Google’s London offices

Cryptocurrency is one of the most discussed topics of the moment, and whatever people think about it, they all want to know what’s next for the technology. An audience that was no different was at Google, where Charles Hoskinson was invited to talk about Cardano and the future of cryptocurrencies. At the meeting, held at Google’s London headquarters last month, Googlers around…

A major brand refresh for Cardano *

How IOHK Creative redesigned the brand with form following function

7 June 2018 Richard Wild 9 mins read

A major brand refresh for Cardano *

In January, Charles Hoskinson messaged to say he’d come across an online video that he wanted us to check out. I took a look at the link he sent, and found that it was indeed eye catching. A cryptocurrency fan had studied Cardano, and had made an animation of its development history. The data visualisation showed each piece of Cardano code appear on the screen as a brightly…