Q - What does the Valentine intra-era hard fork achieve?

A - To enable building efficient cross-chain applications, new built-in functions have been added to support ECDSA and Schnorr signatures along with Cardano’s native signature. Once implemented, these functions will become native to Cardano. An added advantage is that security audits by experts will ensure the highest…

• Research hub will facilitate deeper research and learning into blockchain technology
• Launch follows IOG’s investment in hubs and funding across Stanford, Edinburgh and Carnegie Mellon

Edinburgh, UK, November 17th, 2022: Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), the main developers behind the blockchain Cardano, has today announced that it has funded a $4.5m research hub at the University…

• VNew ZK-Lab will focus on researching Zero Knowledge Protocol Technology, seen by many as the future of blockchain confidentiality
• This is the second lab that IOG and the University of Edinburgh have partnered to open

Edinburgh, UK, November 18, 2022: A new research lab focused on the development of Zero Knowledge Protocol technology has today launched at the University of Edinburgh, one of the leading Universities in the United Kingdom. The Laboratory opens with funding from Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the creators of Cardano, the…

• Edinburgh Decentralization Index (EDI) will be based on a methodology developed at a leading UK university
• EDI will be the first index of its kind, and calculated continuously to track the fast-moving blockchain market
• EDI could protect users against opaque centralization of blockchain projects

Edinburgh, UK, November 18, 2022: Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the builders of Cardano, the leading proof of stake blockchain, has partnered with the University of Edinburgh, one of the most highly rated academic…

• Data protection-based blockchain, Midnight, will protect sensitive commercial and personal data
• Industry-first platform aims to safeguard users’ fundamental freedoms to speak, interact and share information securely
• Platform is designed for developers to build and deploy rule-based confidentiality DApps using a variety of programing languages, starting with Typescript

Edinburgh, UK, November 18, 2022: Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), a leading blockchain research and developer, has revealed that it is creating a data protection-based platform to allow users to operate more freely and securely by safeguarding sensitive personal…