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PeakChain Car-Sharing Platform on Cardano Blockchain

PeakChain08/01/2022

PeakChain Car-Sharing Platform on Cardano Blockchain

In recent years, car sharing services have been growing in popularity. Consequently, there is a growing market for such services, meaning the potential for significantly more data. As a result of this, data will need to be managed in a centralized server of the car sharing services. However, centralized servers are consistently targeted by hackers and data ...

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Olga Hryniuk

07/28/2022

Cardano Staking + 5

Staking is the bedrock of Cardano

Staking delegation helps keep the blockchain growing – and ada holders are rewarded for participating Original author: Anthony Quinn Each month, a few more Cardano stake pools are being created, so far bringing the total number of active pools to more than 3,000. At the start of 2021, there were about 2,000. The ada is staked from 1.2 million wallet addres...

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Essential Resources and Documentation for the Plutus Pioneer Program

Oussama Benmahmoud07/23/2022

Plutus Pioneers Plutus + 5

Essential Resources and Documentation for the Plutus Pioneer Program

This blog post will offer the essential resources for you to keep in mind while learning Plutus. The Plutus Pioneer Program’s structure is worth mentioning before beginning with these resources. In this way, this is an online course offered by IOG and led by Dr. Lars Brünjes, the Director of Education at IOG, which aims to educate developers about Plutus — ...

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PeakChain: Connected Car Solution Provider on Cardano

PeakChain07/23/2022

#ProjectCatalyst

PeakChain: Connected Car Solution Provider on Cardano

Modern vehicles have become highly connected IoT devices requiring added security and data privacy. But, despite this, there is no blockchain standard for the automobile industry. Currently, all vehicles are connected to centralized servers. We have chosen Cardano as a platform for building Connected Car DApps. Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platfor...

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How to prepare for the Plutus Pioneer Program

Oussama Benmahmoud07/22/2022

Plutus Pioneers Haskell

How to prepare for the Plutus Pioneer Program

As i was fascinated by Cardano’s philosophy, i have taken the first step towards understanding the technology. I dived into the journey of exploring the technology and understanding the opportunities and challenges of building on Cardano. 1- Haskell Course I begun by learning the basics of functional programming in general, as well as, in particular, the f...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

101 Cardano + 2

Cardano resources and further reading

Technical documentation Our technical documentation site covers all topics about Cardano’s technology, features, etc. Developer portal Find all the tools and resources you need to build on Cardano. Cardano forum Chat and interact with fellow Cardano enthusiasts from around the world. Social media Twitter IOG Cardano community Discord channels IO...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

Cardano 101 + 1

Digital identity

Atala PRISM Identity is key to accessing a range of private and public services. From opening a bank account to obtaining loans or a driver's license, access to education, etc., the need to prove to others who we are is almost omnipresent in everyday life. Atala PRISM is IOG’s decentralized identity solution. It enables people to own their personal data ...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

Cardano 101 + 4

Governance

Liquid Democracy One of the key pillars for Cardano's viability is active community engagement and participation. This necessitates an effective governance mechanism. Using an iterative, anti-fragile approach and setting high standards for effective decision making, IOG provides the Cardano community with the mechanisms and human-processes required to help...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

101 ada + 2

Financial aspects

The ada token: definition and functionality Ada (from 19th-century English writer and mathematician Ada Lovelace) is Cardano's native digital currency. It is the sole means to pay for transactions on the Cardano blockchain. Formal ledger rules determine the effects of these ledger transactions, yielding an immutable and independently verifiable record that ...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

101 ada + 1

Technology

How does Cardano work? The Cardano architecture features three layers: Consensus layer Ledger layer Network layer Consensus layer This layer performs two fundamental functions: Running the Ouroboros consensus protocol. This layer takes decisions like adopting blocks, choosing between competing chains (if there are any), and decides when to produce blo...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

101 Cardano + 1

The Cardano blockchain

Cardano is a third generation, open source, proof-of-stake blockchain platform. Its name derives from Gerolamo Cardano, a mid-16th century Italian physician and mathematician. Third generation blockchain platforms are designed to resolve the issues that the first two generations (Bitcoin and Ethereum) suffer from, including scalability and interoperability, ...

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Fernando Sanchez07/22/2022

101 Cardano + 1

Founding and IOG organization

Founding and IOG organization The project to create Cardano was initiated by a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts, investors, and entrepreneurs concentrated in Asia at the end of 2014. Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood founded Input Output (initially, IOHK) to design and implement Cardano. In addition, the Cardano Foundation was set up to oversee and super...

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Cexplorer.io07/21/2022

ada vasil + 2

What Vasil upgrade brings to Cardano

The IOG team doesn’t care if it’s a bear or bull market and is constantly improving the Cardano protocol. What matters is the long-term vision. This way the team delivers what the community expects. Let’s take a look at what the long-awaited Vasil upgrade brings to Cardano. Updates are the future No digital technology can do without a team that fixes bugs ...

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Bridges and Sidechains: Wanchain Making Cardano Interoperable

Olga Hryniuk

07/08/2022

Blockchain bridge Sidechain + 2

Bridges and Sidechains: Wanchain Making Cardano Interoperable

A guest blog post by Dr. Weijia Zhang and Temujin Louie Several months ago, a team from Wanchain reached out to Input Output Global, Inc. (“IOG”) to discuss how to enable interoperability between the Cardano mainnet, Cardano sidechains, and other heterogeneous blockchain networks. The goal? To build the infrastructure required to enable true RealFi applica...

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Cexplorer.io07/19/2022

Cardano explorer + 3

Cexplorer is ready for Vasil

For a network monitoring tool to remain relevant, it must be updated as the network is updated. This is also the case for Cexplorer and the Cardano network, which is waiting for the Vasil hard fork. Cexplorer is Vasil-ready. Let's see all news in the Cardano explorer. dApps overview In ANALYTICS / dApps / Ranklist, you can find a list of script hashes with...

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Hungry Cows by MuesliSwap - NFTs to boost your Farming APR

MuesliSwap07/13/2022

Cryptocurrency NFT + 1

Hungry Cows by MuesliSwap - NFTs to boost your Farming APR

In the anticipation of our Hybrid DEX launch at the end of the month, we are proud to announce our very own NFT Collection called Hungry Cows. In this article we will discuss the whitelist process and the two main drops, as well as unpack how the utility within the MuesliSwap protocol will function. Drop Details (2 Phases) and Whitelisting Phase 1 The spe...

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Research overview part 3: tokens, stablecoins, and fees

Olga Hryniuk

07/07/2022

Cardano Research + 4

Research overview part 3: tokens, stablecoins, and fees

IOG research enabled the implementation of multi-asset support, stablecoins, and friendly fees on Cardano Our previous post discussed Cardano’s innovative EUTXO model and how it facilitates expressive smart contracts on Cardano. This time, we take a closer look at the research that enabled multi-asset support and the creation of a variety of user-defined to...

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Input Output at Blockchain Summit Latam 2022

Ivan Irakoze07/06/2022

Input Output Blockchain Summit Latam + 2

Input Output at Blockchain Summit Latam 2022

We’re delighted to announce that Input Output Global (IOG) will be represented at this year’s Blockchain Summit Latam (BSL) conference by Marshia Martinez, project manager in IOG’s Professional Services Group (PSG). What is Blockchain Summit Latam? Blockchain Summit Latam (BSL) is one of the major global gatherings of Spanish-speaking blockchain enthusias...

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Why the EUTXO model is ideal for layer 2 zk-rollups like Orbis

Ryan Matovu06/02/2022

Layer 2 Scalability + 4

Why the EUTXO model is ideal for layer 2 zk-rollups like Orbis

The Cardano blockchain is constantly evolving to serve a thriving community of users that leverage it for various financial services and transactions. This year, the blockchain’s main focus is to develop and implement scaling solutions methodically. Layer 2 solutions create additional improvements to the layer 1 protocol, helping a blockchain scale and prov...

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Olga Hryniuk

07/01/2022

Cardano Data Querying + 1

Cardano data on BigQuery

Summary: BigQuery allows querying Cardano data quickly, seamlessly, and at a low cost Article: The Cardano blockchain is fast becoming a hive of development for decentralized applications (DApps) and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions. With almost one hundred projects already live, and over one thousand projects busy building, Cardano’s database of tr...

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