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Ergohack 9: Innovations in UI/UX and Mining – Meet the Visionary Winners!

The latest annual Ergo hackathon, ErgoHack IX, was a six-day event held at the end of October. The theme for this year was enhanci...

Ergo Foundation Unveils $24,000 Grant to Empower Mining Community

The Ergo Foundation is proud to announce the approval of a $24,000 grant for the Comprehensive Ergo Mining Ecosystem Development a...

ErgoHack IX: Next Steps Towards Increased Adoption

We’ve come a long way since the early days of Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies have boomed into an industry with thousands and thousa...

Ergo Vs Other Blockchain Platforms: What’s The Difference?

Ergo offers a series of unique features that set it apart from other blockchain platforms. In this article, we’ll compare Ergo to ...

Earning With The Rosen Bridge

Bitcoin has officially bridged to the Ergo ecosystem via Rosen Bridge! This newly built, decentralized infrastructure enables trus...

How Sigma Chains Will Bring Bitcoin To Ergo

Ergo’s powerful, flexible, and secure smart contract functionality opens the door to a whole host of new use cases for Bitcoin DeF...

Ergoversary: The Last Five Years, And The Next Five

It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since Ergo launched on July 1, 2019. Community members who have been with us since the s...

Three Opportunities And Challenges For DeFi On Ergo

Every blockchain platform encounters unique circumstances and challenges as it seeks to carve out a niche in the competitive DeFi ...

Comparing Lending Protocols: UTXO Model vs. Account Model

Lending protocols are a cornerstone of decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling users to lend and borrow assets in a trustless envir...

Use Cases For Ergo As A Smart Layer For Bitcoin

Proposals for ErgoHack VIII (May 24 to June 2, 2024) have raised a number of promising applications in which Ergo can extend Bitco...

Ergo: The Smart Layer For Bitcoin

Ergo has the capacity to act as a powerful smart scripting layer for the leading crypto – enabling Bitcoin to maintain its focus o...

How The eUTXO Model Is Revolutionizing Blockchain

The extended Unspent Transaction Output (eUTXO) model used by Ergo and a small number of other smart contract blockchain platforms...

The Six Best Crypto Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) In 2024

Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) offer the ability to swap crypto tokens without trusting a middleman, like the administrators of a ...

Exploring ErgoScript: Ergo’s Native Scripting Language

Blockchain Programming Languages The world of computer programming highlights an expansive and diverse range of coding languages....

How Ergo Remains Decentralized And Secure

Decentralization is the key innovation of blockchain technology. Every advantage offered by cryptocurrency and smart contracts der...

Implementing NiPoPoWs

Non-Interactive Proofs of Proof-of-Work (NIPoPoWs) are one of several innovations used by Ergo. Here’s what they are, and why they...

Introducing Gluon, the future of stablecoin protocols on Ergo

Gluon is a new and innovative stablecoin protocol built to harden existing stablecoins on Ergo such as SigmaUSD. Designed by Dr. B...

How To Create Smart Contracts With Ergoscript | Ergo Platform

Smart contracts are the backbone of decentralized finance (DeFi) and have been one of the primary pieces of utility for blockchain...

DeFi Lending and Borrowing: Duckpools

One of the goals of DeFi (decentralized finance) is to provide a new way of lending and borrowing, one that removes TradFi (tradit...

What is The Fastest and Most Efficient Blockchain?

Introduction In the fast-paced world of blockchain technology, efficiency and speed are a must. As businesses and individuals inc...

What Are eUTXOs?

eUTXOs, or extended Unspent Transaction Outputs, offer a distinct way of creating smart contracts and building dApps on Bitcoin-li...