How Cardano can help development in Africa

We are taking the first steps on our journey in the continent and invite you to join us

10 March 2018 John O'Connor 7 mins read

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How Cardano can help development in Africa

Five years ago, I was with a friend when she received a distressing call from her home in East Africa. Without permission, someone had been collecting the rent on a small commercial premises she owned in the capital. My friend had inherited the property five months previously from her father, but had only recently discovered that the property had tenants. The rent collector in…

Cardano 1.1.0 software update

A major package of improvements and fixes is ready for users

7 March 2018 Duncan Coutts 4 mins read

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Cardano 1.1.0 software update

The software update today is the first major release for Cardano since the mainnet was launched at the end of September and it consists of a great deal of work from the development team. The release contains a few new features that are aimed at improving the user experience. And it also contains a set of important fixes for many of the bugs that were identified since the last…

Kaleidoscope – a cryptographic protocol for securely playing poker

Bernardo David presents the research paper at Financial Cryptography 2018

1 March 2018 Bernardo David 5 mins read

Kaleidoscope – a cryptographic protocol

Poker is arguably one of the most popular card games in the world, both in casinos and on the internet. Online poker has become increasingly popular after a boom in the early 2000s, fueling a growing market with revenues estimated in the tens of billions of dollars. However, the current model of online gambling forces users to blindly trust the online casinos, who could easily…

Cardano’s goals for Africa and the developing world

Charles Hoskinson addresses packed crowd at LSE

24 February 2018 Jane Wild 6 mins read

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The London School of Economics has a long history of links to Africa. Founded in 1895 four years before the outbreak of the Boer War, the school launched into the debates of the era. Some of the first leaders of newly independent African nations studied at LSE and its progressive and anti-imperialist stance saw the school play a part in the anti-apartheid movement. With that…

IOHK celebrates a successful Global Summit

Cardano development in focus at Lisbon

14 February 2018 Jeremy Wood 8 mins read

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IOHK celebrates a successful Global Summit

January got off to a busier start than normal for IOHK because on top of all the usual research and development being carried out, pretty much the entire company traveled to Lisbon for our latest meetup. These week-long events are always hectic and challenging – where everyone comes together to push forward work on projects - but they are also fun, allowing people to meet face…