Coming on the heels of the announcement of the first stablecoin to integrate with the Algorand blockchain, we are pleased to share yet another milestone in our vision of establishing the infrastructure needed for new decentralized assets and financial instruments. Algorand has become a member of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).
A primary focus for Algorand is expanding the breadth and depth of possible transaction classes through advanced financial instruments on the blockchain. …
As we previously shared with our community, Algorand has been working with Flipside Crypto to make sure that developers are enabled with the right tools.
Decentralized applications (DApps) are considered one of the largest potential uses of blockchain technology, as they open a new world of opportunity to create new functionality never seen before. But little intelligence exists in this area, leaving developers lacking insight into what’s going in and out of their DApps. This makes it challenging to measure success and make enhancements.
Today, we are excited to share that DApp developers on Algorand will now have access to…
At Algorand, we have an intense focus on security and take every measure possible to ensure that our blockchain is secure. This includes extensive testing, code reviews, and open-sourcing of the code so that everyone can examine it for themselves.
Because code is only as secure as the protocol it implements, we have carefully analyzed and reasoned about the correctness of the Algorand protocol. But we also know that protocols for distributed systems are notoriously difficult to get right, especially protocols that run on unsecured systems and allow anyone to participate without requiring permission from any authority.
Now that Algorand’s MainNet has launched — What’s Next?
Yesterday, the Algorand Foundation held its inaugural Algo auction, marking the official launch of Algorand MainNet. The inaugural Algo auction was met with overwhelming demand and distributed the first 25 million Algos to global auction participants, marking the start of the borderless economy.
The launch of MainNet and the successful first auction usher in a new era of global economics. …
Algorand is delivering a scalable, secure and decentralized blockchain to enable our developer community to thrive and realize new opportunities. As part of that mission, we believe that making our code open source is critical to the success of the project. Over the past year, we have open sourced several of our projects including our implementation of a Verifiable Random Function and all of our Developer SDKs.
Today we’re excited to announce another significant milestone: the Algorand node repository has been open sourced and is now publicly available. Developers can access the Go-Algorand repository right now at: https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand
Today’s announcement…
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Decentralized applications (DApps) are considered one of the largest potential uses of blockchain technology, as they open a new world of consumer- and business-focused products that utilize smart contracts to create new functionality never seen before. Today, there are over…
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The effort to date on the Algorand platform has been focused on creating a borderless economy that fundamentally transforms the underlying technology of our global financial systems. Today’s announcement from the Algorand Foundation of the first Algo auction is an exciting validation of the platform’s potential and success to date. This milestone gives us the opportunity to reflect and share our progress with the Algorand community, and build on our momentum as we build a borderless economy where everyone has the opportunity to build prosperity.
Our TestNet, which has been open for several months, has demonstrated the platform’s ability to…
Algorand’s core technology is a visionary approach to blockchain and has been rigorously peer-reviewed and published as academic papers — view them here and here. A summary version of our core technology is also available.
While there are a number of resources available, we recognize that sometimes the pace of innovation in blockchain often outpaces the pace of understanding when it comes to the technical specifics of any given project. To further help our community understand how Algorand’s blockchain works, we have composed a short list of Q&As for questions that interested readers may encounter while learning about Algorand.
Algorand
A scalable, secure and decentralized digital currency and transactions platform.
