Ouroboros at Crypto 2017

IOHK presents first provably secure proof of stake algorithm at flagship event

24 August 2017 Jane Wild 3 mins read

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Developing a secure proof of stake algorithm is one of the big challenges in cryptocurrency, and a proposed solution to this problem won the attention of the academic community this week in California. Several hundred cryptographers from around the world arrived at the University of California Santa Barbara on Sunday for the flagship annual event of their field, Crypto 201…

Mantis – Ethereum Classic Beta Release

A command line interface client for the ETC community

8 August 2017 Jeremy Wood 4 mins read

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Mantis – Ethereum Classic Beta Release

We are excited to announce that there is now an Ethereum (ETH) client built specifically for the Ethereum Classic (ETC) community. The release of this beta client, Mantis, will take place today and is the culmination of seven months of work by the Grothendieck Team, the IOHK developers dedicated to Ethereum Classic. There are three reasons for the client. First, IOHK wants to…

Cardano: Resilient and Scalable by Design

System performance engineering so DevOps may soundly sleep

3 August 2017 Peter Thompson 10 mins read

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What we expect from traditional providers of financial services such as banks is both security (my money is safe) and responsiveness (I can move my money in and out at will in a timely fashion). The days when banks delivered such services using legions of clerks writing in double-entry ledgers are long gone – nowadays it’s all done by software, and so the security and…

First Hand Experiences of the Oregon Programming Languages Summer School

27 July 2017 Tamara Haasen 11 mins read

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First Hand Experiences of the Oregon Programming Languages Summer School

The Oregon Programming Languages Summer School (OPLSS) takes place annually at University of Oregon, and brings together academics and professionals who are interested in programming language theory. The goal of the school is to provide an opportunity for participants to understand the current landscape in programming language research.

During this two-week program, professors lecture on a mix of the fundamentals and recent research in the field. Since its start in 2002, OPLSS has covered a range of topics

Why we are building Cardano

10 July 2017 Charles Hoskinson 3 mins read

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Why we are building Cardano

I’m delighted to announce the release of Why Cardano, a document explaining the philosophy behind the design and development of Cardano. Publishing this is a key milestone for the project and I hope it helps with explaining why we are building Cardano. The document is fully translated to Japanese, Chinese and Korean, also join the community by visiting Cardano community social…