2022 was a landmark year for the #Cardano ecosystem, and it was all because of you, the community. A global movement of developers, entrepreneurs & artists built new solutions, businesses, and experiences on rock-solid foundations.
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From the earliest beginnings, you the community ensured the continued growth and success of #Cardano. So, IOG wanted to take a moment to reflect on 2022 and look forward to the age of #Voltaire.
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The year began with a drive towards the #Vasil upgrade named after Vasil St. Dabov, one of #Cardano's ambassadors. #Vasil brought an increase to #Cardano's performance and scalability, giving a boost to the capabilities of the entire network. 3/
In 2022, #CardanoCommunity members and business builders came together around the world at a host of events throughout the year, from discussing auditing and certification in Barcelona to exchanging ideas and sharing experiences in Panama. 4/
At every step of the way, a global community paved the way for yet more innovation. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Austin, Texas, where you made a splash representing #Cardano at Consensus. 5/
This fall, we saw two incredible community-organized events. @cNFTcon in Las Vegas was a celebration of #Cardano's creator community. While @RareBloomEvent in Denver brought together builders from across the whole ecosystem.
IOG was a proud participant in both of these events, and we took the opportunity to introduce @lace_io, our new light wallet platform built to unlock #Web3 for everyone. 8/
For our part, IOG closed out the year with #IOScotFest in Edinburgh, where we launched the Edinburgh Decentralization Index as part of a drive to add greater transparency and inclusive accountability to the decentralized technology space as a whole. 9/ iohk.io/en/blog/posts/…
IOG also took the opportunity to introduce midnight, a new data protection-focused #Cardano sidechain. 10/ iohk.io/en/blog/posts/…
And of course, we can't forget to mention the #CardanoSummit in Lausanne. An amazing celebration of everything accomplished in 2022, hosted in Switzerland by the @CardanoStiftung 11/
IOG believes the future growth of #blockchain will be built on the core principles of academic research. So, we founded the Research Hub at @Stanford to bring together researchers from an array of fields & pave the way for a more decentralized future. 12/ bit.ly/3R7hOaO
We traveled to Mongolia for the graduation of our latest group of students in functional programming. #Cardano is a global platform, & IOG is committed to supporting education in emerging economies, so local solutions can be created for local challenges
The future of #blockchain depends on getting governance right & in 2023, an enhanced governance system within a new members-based organization will provide enhanced frameworks for the continuing development & technical stewardship of #Cardano
By the community. For the community.
So farewell to 2022, and here's to an exciting 2023.
⭐ OUT NOW: #Daedalus 6.0.0 for mainnet, preprod & preview.
Daedalus 6.0.0 is a mainnet release required to cross the upcoming Chang hard fork and operate in the Conway era.
⚠️It is mandatory for all #Daedalus users to upgrade to this version.
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This version upgrades to node 9.1.0, #Cardano wallet v2024-07-27, the dependent Ledger and Trezor hardware wallet libraries, and fixes the #Daedalus auto-update feature to resolve the issue when running Daedalus on Linux with enabled AppArmor reported here:
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⚠️Please note that since this release replays the ledger state from scratch (0%), users may experience longer synchronization times.
Today, we’re delighted to share with you the first two videos in a series which will highlight some of the work of IO’s research division and dive deeper into some of its key papers. 🧵
1/ In this video, Giorgos Panagiotakos, a research fellow at Input Output, delves into scaling throughput and specifically Ouroboros Leios, a new member of the Ouroboros protocol family that achieves near-optimal throughput.
Traditional #blockchain protocols use a leader-based approach for block proposals, but this often results in suboptimal throughput.
Panagiotakos highlights the importance of high throughput for reducing congestion and enabling the efficient operation of layer 2 applications.
Watch now:
2/ The Ouroboros Leios paper is also available for you to read here:
A future video will help outline how fundamental research informs IO’s work and feeds into its prototyping and development work, so stay tuned for that in the near future.iohk.io/en/research/li…
The weekly #Cardano development update is now live.
Check out the key highlights from this week and get the latest on development progress in core technology, wallets and services, smart contracts, scaling and governance.👇 iohk.link/4amLUkk
🔬 CORE TECHNOLOGY: The consensus team worked on cross-era consensus improvements, UTXO-HD functionality, and integrated changes across consensus, ledger, and networking components in preparation for node v.8.10 release.
💳 WALLETS & SERVICES: Lace v.1.9 is here, bringing multi-wallet and multi-account capabilities to @lace_io. Experience unparalleled flexibility and control over your digital assets. Dive into all the details in the latest blog post. iohk.link/49u8Psy
Every Friday, we publish our weekly #Cardano development update. So for the lowdown on what IOG's dev team has been working on last week, head on over and take a look👇 essentialcardano.io/development-up…
🔬 CORE TECHNOLOGY: The networking team improved stability and performance, updated software, and prepared for releases. The consensus team progressed on Genesis design and improved BlockFetch logic while the DB Sync team optimized UTXO query speed and rewards performance.
💳 WALLETS & SERVICES: The team updated vulnerable libraries in #Daedalus and worked on improving the Lace desktop application. The Adrestia team worked on community feedback about Lace and are preparing for the first big cardano-js-sdk and @lace_io update.
1/ #Cardano native tokens are a game-changer for the #blockchain world, enabling innovative use cases and offering unique benefits. Let’s explore the top benefits of Cardano’s native token functionality 🧵. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/ First, here’s a brief refresher on what native tokens are:
3/ Here are some key terms associated with native tokens:
Native: token logic runs directly on Cardano ledger, rather than using smart contracts
Token: the representation of an asset stored on the Cardano blockchain
Check this week’s highlights and get the latest on core technology, wallets and services, smart contracts, and scaling and governance developments. essentialcardano.io/development-up…
Here are the development highlights from this week:
🔬 CORE TECHNOLOGY: The networking team released Dynamic P2P networking to mainnet, the ledger team expanded APIs & worked on governance features, and the consensus team worked on UTXO-HD refactoring, testing & VRF improvements
💳 WALLETS & SERVICES: The Daedalus team improved the starting screen and work is ongoing on Lace desktop development. The Adrestia team extended the multi-signature feature, extracted the transaction balancing library, and optimized cardano-services.