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Getting to grips with metadata on Cardano

Adding information about transactions is a powerful tool for companies and developers

3 November 2020 Alan McSherry 5 mins read

Getting to grips with metadata on Cardano

In a previous post, Bringing new value and utility to the Cardano blockchain, I discussed the notion of transaction metadata. I also explained why this is crucial to Cardano’s Goguen evolution as a utility platform for decentralized finance (DeFi) operations.

There are many potential uses for metadata. With that in mind, IOHK has been working to ensure that both developers and…

Bringing new value and utility to the Cardano blockchain

Adding metadata to transactions prepares Cardano to become part of the DeFi revolution

29 October 2020 Alan McSherry 5 mins read

Bringing new value and utility to the Cardano blockchain

With the rollout of Goguen, Cardano is becoming a smart contract platform. Adding metadata – information about the data being processed – to transactions is key to this, and last month this capability was added to the blockchain. From a focus on transactions, Cardano is now becoming a utility platform open for partnerships, enterprises, and commercial applications that can be…

A Joint Statement on Ethereum Classic’s Monetary Policy

27 February 2017 Alan McSherry 3 mins read

A Joint Statement on Ethereum Classic’s Monetary Policy

I'd like to thank everyone from the Ethereum Classic community for their support. I'm really excited to present the following statement which is in reference to monetary policy for the ETC platform. The Ethereum Classic community has grown substantially since its inception in July of 2016. In order to further Ethereum Classic’s vision, the community needs to adopt a monetary…

Introducing The Grothendieck Team

10 December 2016 Alan McSherry 4 mins read

Introducing The Grothendieck Team

The Grothendieck Team

Hi everyone, it's my pleasure to officially announce the new team known as The Grothendieck Team! The team has been named after Alexander Grothendieck, a German-born French mathematician who became a leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry. They have been committed to Ethereum Classic by IOHK in order to build a Scala client for ETC based on IOHK's