Mithril is a solution that enables users to obtain the current state of the Cardano blockchain without retrieving its full history. Previous posts discussed how the Mithril protocol works and updated the community on the release of the proof of concept.

At IO ScotFest at Edinburgh, Jean-Philippe Raynaud, technical lead at PaloIT, and Iñigo Querejeta Azurmendi, Cardano lead cryptography engineer at IOG, presented Mithril revealing more…

Input Output Global (IOG) is proud to welcome two new hires and announce one promotion:

• Dr. Vanishree Rao, head of applied cryptography
• Sabina Begum, creative director
• Arnaud Bailly, promoted to head of architecture for Cardano

IOG is a prominent blockchain research and engineering company, best known for building the Cardano blockchain.

This article delves into these individuals…

This blog post has been written by Arnaud Bailly, Michael Peyton Jones, Sebastian Nagel, Polina Vinogradova, and Brian Bush.

The previous post discussed how Ouroboros handles time on Cardano and explained the importance of determinism. Here is more about specific use cases for time on Cardano.

How do Plutus scripts handle time?

Plutus scripts get access to the transaction validity…

Image by Noor Younis.

This blog post is a collaborative effort carried out by Arnaud Bailly, Michael Peyton Jones, Sebastian Nagel, Polina Vinogradova, and Brian Bush.

Time is necessarily relative to every participant in the blockchain system and is critically important to support and maintain the safety properties of the Ouroboros consensus protocol. Minted blocks are expected…

• 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…