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Cardano smart contracts testnet IELE launches

Developers can run programs with increased confidence

30 July 2018 Gerard Moroney 4 mins read

Cardano smart contracts testnet IELE launches

Today we launch the second Cardano testnet, which is for the IELE virtual machine (VM) and follows our recent launch of the KEVM testnet. The technology is not only an important step on the Cardano roadmap, but also for the industry – in offering robust and reliable financial infrastructure. Developers now have the opportunity to explore the smart contracts technology that will…

Cardano in focus at major international event

Smart contracts tech wins attention as computer science innovation

11 July 2018 Jeremy Wood 5 mins read

Cardano in focus at major international event

As a third-generation blockchain, Cardano incorporates state of-the-art technology that attracts the interest of computer scientists on the worldwide stage. In the past year, papers describing the consensus algorithm of Cardano have been presented at the leading cryptography conferences, and this month it was the turn of its smart contracts technology to be in the spotlight.

Self Organisation in Coin Selection

3 July 2018 Edsko de Vries 18 mins read

Self Organisation in Coin Selection

The term "self organisation" refers to the emergence of complex behaviour (typically in biological systems) from simple rules and random fluctuations. In this blog post we will see how we can take advantage of self organisation to design a simple yet effective coin selection algorithm. Coin selection is the process of selecting unspent outputs in a user's wallet to satisfy a…