Introducing the Cardano roadmap
Next steps of development are charted ahead of further information releases
31 October 2017 9 mins read
Cardano has been an incredibly challenging and fun project to work on involving many teams throughout the world with different skills and opinions on design, process and quality. Our core technology team consists of Well Typed, Serokell, Runtime Verification, Predictable Network Solutions and ATIX, with IOHK leading them. Then we have external auditors such as Grimm, RPI Sec…
Designing a new virtual machine and universal language framework
Guest blog from Professor Rosu explains the work being done in a partnership between Runtime Verification and IOHK
26 October 2017 8 mins read
Designing a new virtual machine and universal language framework - Input Output
The IELE and K team Mathematical rigor and good design of programming languages and underlying virtual machines are critical for the success of blockchain technologies and applications. Indeed, decades of accumulated evidence show that formal techniques and their early adoption in the design of computing systems can significantly increase the safety, security and dependability…
How Cardano's transaction fees work
The mathematician working on the protocol's incentives explains the research and IOHK's design
19 October 2017 4 mins read
Why do we need transaction fees?
There are two main reasons why transaction fees are needed for a cryptocurrency like Cardano:
People who run full Cardano nodes spend time, money and effort to run the protocol, for which they should be compensated and rewarded. In contrast to Bitcoin, where new currency is created with each mined block, in Cardano, transaction fees are the only…
Statement on IOHK's Ada Holdings
17 October 2017 2 mins read
IOHK received both Bitcoin and Ada for its contract to work on the Cardano project. IOHK converted most of its Bitcoin at the time of receiving it to fiat in order to ensure project stability. With respect to IOHK's holdings of Ada, IOHK does not expect a need to liquidate any of its Ada to cover immediate costs related to the Cardano project until 2019. However, like most…
Cardano marks its launch with Tokyo event
Hundreds of fans celebrate bright future for the cryptocurrency
16 October 2017 8 mins read
The technology was conceived in an Osaka restaurant more than two years ago and from that small beginning Cardano has been built into a leading cryptocurrency. The project has amassed a team of experts in countries around the world, has generated more than 67,000 lines of code, and has a strong and growing community in countries across Asia and beyond. Along the way, Cardano…
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