Lace goes live! Let's look at its mission and milestones

The Lace wallet platform has already achieved several milestones along its pre-launch journey. Read on to learn about Lace’s core objectives, features, and journey now that it is live on mainnet

14 April 2023 Ivan Irakoze 3 mins read

Lace goes live! Let's look at its mission and milestones

The world of Web3 is an ever-expanding universe of decentralized identity, decentralized apps (DApps), and decentralized finance (DeFi). While the technology keeps evolving, the user experience remains somewhat complicated.

Enter Lace, the new Web3 wallet platform from Input Output Global (IOG). Built with a vision to become multi-chain and make the Web3 experience accessible…

Former Symphony COO joins Cardano builder IOG as CEO of new Midnight blockchain project

Eran Barak takes on newly created CEO role, bringing extensive financial services experience to the software developer

27 March 2023 Tim Harrison 3 mins read

Former Symphony COO joins Cardano builder IOG as CEO of new Midnight blockchain project

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), a software research & development company, and one of the builders behind world-leading sustainable blockchain platform Cardano, has appointed Eran Barak as CEO of Midnight, its new data-protection focused protocol.

Barak has previously held senior roles in the financial services industry. Most recently, he helped found and served as chief…

Dynamic P2P is available on mainnet

Dynamic peer-to-peer (P2P) networking comes with the release of node v.1.35.6. Network participants can now test automatic node communication without a need for static configurations

16 March 2023 Olga Hryniuk 6 mins read

Dynamic P2P is available on mainnet

Dynamic P2P networking is an important evolution for Cardano and a further boost to the network's performance, resilience, and decentralization. By automating the peer selection process, Dynamic P2P enables enhanced communication between distributed nodes and simplifies the process of running a relay or a block-producing node. This eliminates the need for static configurations…

Valentine upgrade FAQ

A set of frequently asked questions about the recent Valentine upgrade.

27 February 2023 Fernando Sanchez 3 mins read

Valentine upgrade FAQ

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…

IOG Academy: The pathway to becoming a Cardano smart contract developer

Join the next Plutus Pioneers Program starting later this month

9 February 2023 Arturo Mora 7 mins read

IOG Academy: The pathway to becoming a Cardano smart contract developer

As the Cardano blockchain evolves by integrating more features and development tools, the interest in developing smart contracts on Cardano is increasing. So, as we start a new year, the Input Output Global (IOG) Education team, want to share in this post the pathway you can follow to get started with Cardano’s smart contract development and the resources we provide to support…