Cardano tokenomics: design, incentives, and stablecoins
The July 2025 Cardano R&D Session brought together researchers, builders, and governance leaders to explore the future of tokenomics on Cardano. From validator incentives to stablecoin design, the discussion unpacked how economic mechanisms can drive sustainable growth, deepen decentralization, and strengthen ecosystem resilience.
9 July 2025 9 mins read
In the second installment of the Cardano R&D Sessions – a monthly series exploring the forefront of blockchain research and development – Input | Output Research (IOR), in collaboration with the Intersect Research Working Group, hosted a dynamic discussion on one of the ecosystem’s most pressing and complex topics: tokenomics.
Bringing together leading researchers and…
Layer 2 expansion: beyond Hydra
Input | Output Research (IOR) hosted June's Cardano R&D session in collaboration with the Intersect Research Working Group. Featuring leading developers and researchers from across the ecosystem, together they explored a new generation of layer 2 innovations, from optimistic and zero-knowledge rollups to enhanced Hydra-inspired architectures
24 June 2025 6 mins read
As part of its evolving approach to community collaboration, IOR hosted the June 2025 Cardano R&D session as a thematic, livestreamed panel discussion on Layer 2 Expansion: Beyond Hydra. The event spotlighted a series of leading layer 2 innovations being developed across the Cardano ecosystem, exploring scaling solutions that extend far beyond the Hydra Head protocol.
IOR has…
IOR outlines a research framework for SPOs
Input | Output Research (IOR) introduced a roadmap outline aimed at empowering Cardano’s stake pool operators (SPOs). Presented during the SPO call on May 1, 2025, this new framework outlines key research goals including infrastructure security, scalability, tokenomics and governance
19 June 2025 8 mins read
SPOs are the beating heart of Cardano — the network’s backbone on which the ecosystem expands. As we scale and grow, it’s essential that we support not just users, builders, and governance innovators, but also the SPOs who’ve helped carry the chain for half a decade.
As part of the Cardano 2025 Budget, IOR joined the monthly SPOs call on May 1 to present the relevant R&D…
IO Research’s vision for Cardano submitted to community for feedback by the Intersect Product Committee
Input | Output Research’s proposal for the 2025 Work Program, presented to the Product Committee via the Intersect Research Working Group, is formally approved for recommendation to the Budget Committee for feedback from the community
5 February 2025 7 mins read
To download the Cardano Vision proposal presentation, please visit the Research Working Group (RWG) page on the Intersect knowledge base. As part of an ongoing consultative process, and following review by the Intersect Product Committee, IO Research (IOR) is now inviting feedback and discussion via the RWG Discord channel.
To continue positioning itself as a leading blockchain…
Input | Output chief scientist receives prestigious Lovelace computing award
Prof. Aggelos Kiayias wins prestigious BCS Lovelace Medal 2024 for advancement of computing as IO Research passes 10,000 citations to become the leading academic blockchain network worldwide
3 December 2024 9 mins read
Professor Aggelos Kiayias FRSE, Input Output (IO)’s chief scientist, chair in cybersecurity and privacy, and director of the Blockchain Technology Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh, has been awarded the 2024 BCS Lovelace Medal.
This award recognizes his transformative contributions to the theory and practice of cybersecurity and cryptography, with his work leading to new…