When discussing blockchain, it is important to remember that wallets are completely anonymous. On Ergo, you do not know who owns a particular wallet. Due …
29 April, 2022
Over the past decade, countless reports from government regulators and the mainstream media have painted a rather dark narrative surrounding the crypto …
26 April, 2022
ErgoRaffle, an incentivized crowdfunding platform, had the Ergo community buzzing long before it ever even launched. Winning first place at the inaugural …
21 April, 2022
Night Owl aims to harness Ergo’s capabilities to recreate the casino industry utilizing a unique approach that will remove centralization and integrate …
20 April, 2022
“When looking at the things Alex has done, and the team has done, and the community has done, they are logically consistent with what Bitcoin would have …
13 April, 2022
In October 2020, NFTs on the Ergo blockchain were launched. Looking back, it seems incredible how so much has been achieved in barely a year and a half. In …
7 April, 2022
The Ergo blockchain is quickly becoming known within the crypto space as a leader in blockchain development and innovation. While this reputation is well …
1 April, 2022
Introduction Proof of Work (PoW) was described in the original Bitcoin white paper as having two parts. The first part is digital signatures. The second …
29 March, 2022
In this article, we continue our series of guides for setting up and using one of the many new Ergo wallets. For this demonstration, we explore SAFEW …
25 March, 2022
Have you ever wanted to mine Ergo but thought you might not have the technical knowledge? Surprisingly, it is not as inaccessible an activity as you might …
22 March, 2022
Mining Ergo as part of a mining pool is easy, particularly on Windows. It is possible to start mining Ergo on a computer with a GPU video card in less than …
17 March, 2022
Introduction A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a new type of cooperative. DAOs enable groups of any size and individuals to coordinate, pool …
15 March, 2022
In the last month, there has been a significant increase in the infrastructure of Ergo’s ecosystem. Until recently, users were limited in their choice of …
10 March, 2022
What is an NFT? When you have a unit of currency, such as the U.S. dollar, it is interchangeable with any other U.S. dollar. One Euro is the same as any …
8 March, 2022
From the inception of Bitcoin, blockchain technology has undergone enormous advancements over the twenty-first century. Enhancements to security, access …
3 March, 2022
After a very successful ErgoHack III, the jury has made their final decisions! There were so many amazing projects that participated in this last hackathon …
1 March, 2022
Today, USD-pegged circulating stablecoins account for nearly 185 billion USD market capitalization - a 500% increase from last year. As stablecoin market …
24 February, 2022
Infrastructure coins are important because we need them to pay gas fees for using decentralized finance and deploying contracts. Decentralized finance …
22 February, 2022
tl;dr: Storage rent is a fee for long term storage on the Ergo blockchain. Four years from your last transaction, you will be charged ~0.14 ERG and a …
18 February, 2022
After the first whitepaper surfaced on the internet in 2008, blockchain technology has evolved enormously. Founders, developers, and blockchain enthusiasts …
17 February, 2022
See docs.ergoplatform.org to access the final submissions of the participants in their entirety. Nautilus Nautilus is a community-initiated web-extension …
16 February, 2022
On last week’s AMA, Dan Friedman and Joseph Armeanio were joined by Marty from ErgoPad. They started their broadcast with an overview of ErgoPad and the …
14 February, 2022
Looking at the second day of updates for ErgoHack III, it is becoming clear that it will be very hard to choose a winner! Check out the latest work from …
13 February, 2022
The first day of ErgoHack III is complete and here are the latest project development reports from the teams. ErgoHack continues until tomorrow night, so …
12 February, 2022
Finally, we are pleased to announce ErgoHack III officially starts today! Welcome video from Alex Chepurnoy This ErgoHack, we received eleven …
11 February, 2022
People need to trust the owners of centralized platforms to protect their funds and privacy. On these platforms, a few trusted people control all the …
10 February, 2022
Introduction Checking the validity of smart contracts on a Proof of Work (PoW) blockchain has costs, both in time and resources. If these costs are not …
9 February, 2022
In 2008, an unknown group or person released a peer-to-peer store of value and named it Bitcoin. Since then, the world’s understanding of money and …
8 February, 2022
ErgoHack III registrations are now closed and we would like to thank everyone for their interest! It is truly exciting to see new developers and Ergonauts …
3 February, 2022
Financial Privacy and Public Blockchains Bitcoin is a public distributed ledger network that is accessible for everyone who wants to verify the state of …
1 February, 2022
The first official Ergo community in Italy Ergo was born on April 8th, 2019. At 8:41 p.m. the first block was mined, the first cry of a child screaming: …
28 January, 2022
Miners are the consensus layer of proof-of-work blockchain and the security of all smart contracts relies on them establishing consensus to maintain the …
27 January, 2022
It is now the last week for ErgoHack III registrations! If you want to learn UTXO based smart contracts and build your next project, the time to apply is …
25 January, 2022
During last week’s AMA, Dan provided the community with updates on several initiatives. He informed everyone that he has been working on issues related to …
Ergo is a proof-of-work, open source smart contract platform based on grassroots economic principles. When founders Alex Chepurnoy and Dimitry Meshkov …
20 January, 2022
In this episode of the Ergo & Blockchain series, we will look at various aspects of scalability and why they are crucial for cryptocurrency adoption. …
18 January, 2022
Education initiatives are an important aspect for the ongoing development of Ergo’s ecosystem and the team behind community project Ergo Lend, has …
13 January, 2022
As we enter the New Year, Ergo is witnessing a boom in developer activity with the implementation of several new dApps and tools. With the upcoming …
11 January, 2022
ErgoHack III will take place from February 11-13, 2022 Registrations are open until January 31, 2022 With registration now open, there is great …
6 January, 2022
As the world tries to recover from the effects of Covid and the different stages of lockdown restrictions, cryptocurrencies continue on a path to …
30 December, 2021
In this fourth article of the Ergo & Blockchain series, we will describe blockchain technology on different infrastructure layers. Currently, there are …
28 December, 2021
Dan kicked off the weekly AMA discussion with updates from his side of things. As he has mentioned several times in previous AMA’s, there is a lot of work …
27 December, 2021
Ergo is a PoW (Proof-of-Work) blockchain on the consensus model called Autolykos. The PoW model was chosen because it offers the benefits of a fair launch. …
23 December, 2021
The Ergo Platform is teeming with activity from the numerous projects that have been, and continue to be, developed from previous ErgoHack’s. Following the …
22 December, 2021
When it comes to storing your ERG, traditionally Yoroi has been the main choice for many Ergonauts. In the last year, developer MrStahlfelge undertook the …
21 December, 2021
At the beginning of his address, Dan updated the community on the status of new exchange listings. He revealed that the team is hard at work negotiating …
20 December, 2021
Cryptocurrencies are still a new form of asset class. As more and more people consider investing in the blockchain industry, there is still confusion …
16 December, 2021
Disclaimer: ErgoPad is a community-driven project and does not operate under the Ergo Foundation. The project was developed by a team that participated in …
14 December, 2021
This week’s Ergo AMA provided the community with numerous updates about ongoing business activities as well as in-depth discussions on the developer team’s …
13 December, 2021
Announced today, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has approved Ergo Foundation Ltd as a corporate entity in Singapore. With this …
10 December, 2021
Ergo’s new on-chain analysis platform, Ergo.Watch, is live and Ergonauts can now access useful metrics such as liquidity on exchanges, total value locked …
9 December, 2021
Yasha and Ilya from the ErgoDEX team recently did an interview on Adaverse’s Youtube channel. The team talked about the development roadmap of ErgoDEX, …
7 December, 2021
Ergo’s weekly AMA from December 3rd featured a discussion between Dan Friedman and Joseph Armeanio. They provided numerous updates on Tier 1 exchanges, …
6 December, 2021
Ergo Raffle platform is an on-chain crowdfunding platform where people can join raffles or initiate one. The platform was launched two months ago and has …
4 December, 2021
For this third article in the Ergo & Blockchain series, we will explore the various arguments posited on the privacy and security of different …
2 December, 2021
One of the best aspects of Ergo is the community, known across social media for its welcoming spirit, friendliness and very high concentration of …
30 November, 2021
Last week’s AMA with Dan Friedman and Alex Chepurnoy was full of great topics, covering everything from future exchanges, business adoption, Ergo’s …
Recently, Miami’s Mayor announced that the city would soon start paying residents Bitcoin yields. MiamiCoin, which launched last August, donates 30% …
25 November, 2021
We have been hearing the warnings for a while now and our economies have started to signal the inevitable: rising inflation is here. What does this mean …
23 November, 2021
For those following the recent ErgoHacks, you may be aware of the “SmartPools” concept that was suggested at our first event. This project aimed to work …
19 November, 2021
The recent Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade, includes numerous changes that are encouraging many debates. The Taproot Upgrade consists of three Bitcoin Improvement …
17 November, 2021
The Ergo Auction House is the open-source, decentralized NFT marketplace on the Ergo blockchain. Whether visual, audio or a custom token, users can list an …
11 November, 2021
ErgoDEX is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange on the Ergo blockchain. The extended UTXO design of ErgoDEX allows it the unique ability to implement …
9 November, 2021
The following article will look into core aspects of cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenomics and the path of the Ergo Protocol. For the …
5 November, 2021
We got a ton of great submissions for the new Ergo Foundation logo to celebrate its incorporation as a legal entity. Thanks to everyone who submitted. …
3 November, 2021
Ergo believes that people should take as much control of the ecosystem as possible to support decentralization and hopes to develop the crypto community …
2 November, 2021
The Ergo NFT Auction House will soon be upgraded to a version that will feature a new user interface as well as important features for protecting artist …
1 November, 2021
The scaling aspect in Ergo Platform’s design has been a high priority since the mainnet launch. In order to gain mass adoption, a blockchain should …
29 October, 2021
During ErgoHack II, a community member initiated an ETH/USD oracle connector project!. The ETH/USD oracle pool is now live on the Ergo mainnet and can be …
28 October, 2021
ERGOHACK II was a huge success and it gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of the event! ErgoHack projects were evaluated on their idea, code, …
21 October, 2021
Hello Ergonauts! We would like to announce that the Ergo Android Wallet now has a “Cold Wallet” option - one of the most secure ways to store ERG coins. A …
18 October, 2021
After weeks of preparation and an intense weekend, we have completed ERGOHACK II! Thank you to all participants and spectators who participated - it was an …
15 October, 2021
As the Ergo ecosystem grows, our community can now enjoy the functions for several of our key dApps. Ergo has a stablecoin protocol where users can mint …
7 October, 2021
Advantages of eUTXO There is a significant difference between the account and eUTXO models. In the account model, all the logic is on-chain but this has …
4 October, 2021
As we get closer to ErgoHack II: Social Transformation, the discussion around blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption is attracting more attention. Bitcoin …
28 September, 2021
The UTXO Alliance The utxo-alliance.org is an initiative created to kickstart collaboration with individuals and organisations to make the UTXO model more …
26 September, 2021
At the end of this How-To Guide, there is a disclaimer explaining the risks and possible scenarios when holding SigRSV. It is highly recommended that you …
22 September, 2021
Tokenomics: Decentralization was one of the most important priorities for Ergo’s launch. There was no pre-mine and there was no pre-allocation to an ICO or …
16 September, 2021
The first ERGOHACK three months ago was such a success that we have decided to host another, ERGOHACK II, from October 8-10, 2021. Interested applicants …
7 September, 2021
Ergo Raffle Beta version is live! Ergo Raffle is an incentivized crowdfunding platform for the community to gather funding for their ideas. You can now …
2 September, 2021
Non-Interactive Proofs of Proof of Work (NIPoPoWs) are important for two essential reasons: Light Clients and Side Chains. These two components are …
26 August, 2021
Over the last few months we have seen an incredible increase in Ergo’s community growth and participation. Online interactions have increased significantly …
24 August, 2021
As we approach the ErgoDEX launch, it is important to highlight the capabilities of UTXO based DeFi (Decentralized Finance) smart contracts. More recent …
19 August, 2021
“Ergo is the spiritual successor to Bitcoin." - Charles Hoskinson Bitcoin and Ethereum are the most well known ledger models in blockchain and …
17 August, 2021
We’re pleased to announce that the ErgoDEX team have launched their first beta! To access the beta, you’ll need to follow the steps below and install …
11 August, 2021
This resource serves as a starting point for anyone interested in learning more about the Ergo community. For more detailed information, please consult the …
4 August, 2021
AgeUSD is a decentralized stable coin issuance protocol. That means everyone can mint SigUSD (that is pegged to the US dollar) or mint SigRSV, providing …
30 July, 2021
We’re pleased to announce the release of Ergo’s first mobile wallet! This app was built on top of Ergo Appkit - Ergo’s official SDK - and has been audited …
29 July, 2021
Ergo is built on the UTXO model, a model that Bitcoin first introduced. This is a model where a total of the Unspent Transaction Outputs (immutable and …
23 July, 2021
You can vote for ErgoDEX in Project Catalyst Fund 5 Within a few weeks, Ergonauts will witness the highly anticipated debut of Ergo’s decentralized …
21 July, 2021
This article is based on a recently published article by IOHK. For an additional resource, please see the following video. Introduction Whether it is Ergo, …
19 July, 2021
Ergoutils.org is a decentralized application created by a community developer to provide useful functions for all users in a non-custodial manner, …
16 July, 2021
Nakamoto created Bitcoin to provide a platform for a decentralized, secure and private peer-2-peer financial system. It’s creation was born out of a …
14 July, 2021
This article is a continuation and summarization of “A Systematic Approach To Cryptocurrency Fees” (hereinafter referred to as the paper) by Alex (Kushti) …
9 July, 2021
Elon Musk recently announced that Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin payments due to its excessive energy consumption. Seeking an alternative option, …
8 July, 2021
New Exchange Listings and Updates from Kushti Last week we celebrated the 2nd year of Ergo’s mainnet launch and it has been truly inspiring to see how far …
7 July, 2021
Building Blocks of DeFi With new decentralized finance platforms across different blockchains, crypto holders may be wondering what are the differences …
6 July, 2021
Ergo offers a lot of use cases. During the first phase of development, lots of implementations have been explored with Ergo Contracts (ErgoScript / …
2 July, 2021
A local exchange trading system — or ‘LETS’ for short — facilitates exchange between members by providing a local currency and a directory of …
1 July, 2021
Happy 2nd ErgoVersary! Happy birthday to us! Can you believe it has been two whole years already?! In recent months we’ve seen an explosion in growth while …
29 June, 2021
Why Ergo Ergo is the inevitable next step in the evolution of Proof of Work blockchain technology, designed for creating and implementing powerful, …
28 June, 2021
Ergo has completed its first Hackathon, it was small and experimental as planned, but got some great submissions. Kushti kicked off the day with his …
19 June, 2021
Hacking the Ergosphere for Sigma & Alpha ErgoHack, the Ergo Environment’s first ever hackathon has had its kickstart with day one drawing to a close. …
12 June, 2021
With Ergo’s recent developments like oracle pools, the AgeUSD protocol, NFTAuctionhouse and ErgoDEX, we would like to share what tools you can use as a …
10 June, 2021
We are looking for new developers on our team to explore ErgoScript with us. ErgoScript is a novel language to create smart contracts on top of Ergo. Its …
9 June, 2021
As our first hackathon grows ever closer, Ergonauts and the Ergo community are excited to present our judges for ERGOHACK. From June 11th-13th, these …
8 June, 2021
Ergo, a community-centered proof-of-work protocol is launching its first-ever hackathon next week, ERGOHACK. It is our goal at Ergo to create a network for …
4 June, 2021
While cryptocurrency addresses are usually pseudonymous, they can frequently be linked to real-world actions and individuals. When creating an account on …
19 May, 2021
Step-by-step guide: How to mint NFTs on Ergo To learn how to auction your NFT directly please check the following video: …
18 May, 2021
Waves and Ergo have announced a partnership in late 2020 to boost interoperability on DeFi platforms. After months of hard work, we’re happy to announce …
17 May, 2021
Intro SigmaUSD.io is the worlds first UTxO-based stable coin. The foundation on which a new era of digital finance will be built. A 100% cryptocurrency …
13 May, 2021
The Ergomixer is the first non-interactive, non-custodial mixer in the cryptocurrency space. There have been requests from the community to understand the …
12 May, 2021
Ergo Blockchain is Layer 1 Protocol for powerful Decentralized Finance Contracts that builds advanced cryptographic features and radically new DeFi …
10 May, 2021
Bitcoin is often thought of as an anonymous currency used by criminals and hackers. While this myth has been dispelled many times, it still lingers on. The …
1 May, 2021
The design of Ergo’s oracle pools are more efficient and programmable than using multiple single oracle data points such as in Chainlink’s oracle design. …
27 April, 2021
Smart contracts are the backbone of decentralized finance. Through smart contracts, users can interact with dApps without middlemen. Blockchain design has …
16 April, 2021
Blockchain interoperability refers to the ability of different blockchain protocols to become compatible with one another. Achieving true blockchain …
8 April, 2021
Trustless Exchange models vary in their use cases e.g AMMs for low liquidity pairs and Order Books for high liquidity pairs. But you don’t have to choose …
6 April, 2021
The SigmaUSD stablecoin has been deployed by the community and is live and ready for all Ergonauts to use at https://sigmausd.io/ After several months of …
26 February, 2021
Create an original piece of digital art and list it for sale on the Ergo NFT Marketplace. The winning entry will receive 1000 ERG, with two further prizes …
12 February, 2021
The elegant design avoids some of the complexity and potential problems of other approaches to creating decentralised, collateralised stablecoins. As part …
5 February, 2021
The concept of ‘marginal gains’ enables Ergo to push the capacity of first-generation blockchain technology further than other platforms. With the …
20 January, 2021
Most users won’t care about the underlying blockchain they’re using – they will just want its functionality. That means DeFi interoperability will be …
5 January, 2021
Your portal to Ergo’s dApp universe is opening. Ergo has some amazing tech and some talented developers. However, as a decentralised and community-powered …
27 December, 2020
The Ergo ecosystem is quickly growing with new design patterns, tools, dApps, and more every single month. This is an exciting point in time for developers …
11 December, 2020
This new development will have a number of implications for the Ergo ecosystem and developers, making it far easier to build applications on Ergo. In a …
8 December, 2020
The novel smart contract will trustlessly enable users to participate in token sales without the downside risks of regular ICOs. 2020 is shaping up to look …
2 December, 2020
The Ergo Foundation will consider proposals for grants towards projects that will support significant ecosystem developments. Ergo is a community-oriented …
17 November, 2020
This major auction will help fund the dev work carried out by our anons, and offers the opportunity for anyone to get their hands on a piece of Ergo …
Magnum, a popular lite wallet for ERG and other currencies, will cease to operate at the end of the month. Many of the Ergo community use Magnum, a lite …
11 November, 2020
The oracle solution for Cardano will post data from Ergo’s oracle pools, treating the pre-processed data as a trusted source for its own records to the …
9 November, 2020
What happens in an election has many parallels to the governance of blockchain platforms. Ergo, though, has a better way to deal with differences and the …
3 November, 2020
The first ever PoW-backed NFT was generated by Ergo developer anon_real, and is being sold to help fund creation of the new Ergo DEX. Ergo recently …
19 October, 2020
The platform allows users to sell Ergo’s NFTs – an important development in the growing DeFi movement – securely and easily. Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, …
16 October, 2020
The new resources provide a powerful but simple way to learn UTXO-based smart contracts. Since its mainnet launch in July 2019, Ergo has steadily been …
12 October, 2020
This is the first in a series of articles speculating on how the fast-emerging DeFi sector might evolve in the coming years. The DeFi movement as it …
4 October, 2020
As with almost every other area of DeFi, Ergo Platform takes a different approach to NFTs that offers some interesting and unique use cases and benefits. …
25 September, 2020
As a recent blog post explored, DeFi – decentralised finance – can and will be used in whatever ways developers and the market see fit. This is the nature …
17 September, 2020
Ergo’s Zero-Knowledge Treasury enables users to easily create joint digital signatures, with bespoke conditions for spending funds, while ensuring the …
4 September, 2020
At the risk of stating the obvious, decentralisation is the hallmark of DeFi. It is decentralisation that brings the benefits of transparency, …
3 September, 2020
The new scheme developed through the Emurgo-Ergo partnership will see oracle pools – core blockchain infrastructure – run as a public service, accessible …
31 August, 2020
Ergo is building the most effective programmable currency in history. Money is changing. It’s interesting that, at a time when money is increasingly being …
20 August, 2020
As blockchain technology gains traction, central bank digital currencies are among the most significant applications being developed. But these will …
17 August, 2020
Everyone is talking about DeFi. Few people are asking what DeFi should look like. Ergo has a vision for what the sector can become. 2020 is shaping up to …
13 August, 2020
Ergo has expressive smart contracts and transactional model which allows for an implementation of trustless DEX protocol, in which signed buy and sell …
31 July, 2020
Ergo Foundation, a community-driven entity, is welcoming its new member Robert Kornacki, head of research and development engineer at EMURGO …
27 July, 2020
Ergo allows any user to run a full node with low resources – meaning you can help maintain the network with a device as simple as a Raspberry Pi. In a …
8 May, 2020
There’s often a tension in the crypto world between security and convenience. That trade-off is unacceptable if we want these technologies to be widely …
1 May, 2020
Because a blockchain is a siloed, self-contained system by design, interacting with other blockchain protocols is challenging. Atomic Swaps enable …
24 April, 2020
Blockchains are siloed systems that can only reference their own data, established by consensus. Oracles are the solution to the problem of working with …
23 April, 2020
We’ve designed Ergo with long-term economic sustainability in mind, and storage rent is one of the ways we’re ensuring miners stay profitable well into the …
21 April, 2020
The need to reform the global financial system has been clear since the last crisis in 2008. Now, COVID-19 has forced our hands. We cannot delay, and the …
2 April, 2020
As the next financial crisis takes hold, it’s clear that conventional monetary policy is at its limit. Smart contract platforms like Ergo enable more …
Ergo’s smart contracts and DeFi functionality are built on Sigma protocols – a powerful, flexible class of zero-knowledge proofs. Find out more about why …
16 March, 2020
Ergo takes the most secure and best-established features of Bitcoin and implements advanced new cryptographic features on its rock-solid foundations. This …
3 March, 2020
Overview Ergo’s native token is called Erg and its emission schedule may be of keen interest to users and miners of the platform. Ergs also have some …
20 May, 2019
