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Earning ERG in 2023 and Beyond

The Ergo blockchain uses a Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism, known as Autolykos.

What is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and How can it benefit you?

The innovations of the blockchain industry have the potential to affect numerous aspects of society.

Ergo Platform 2022 Year in Review

What a year it has been for the blockchain industry.

Cold Wallet Explanation: Everything You Need To Know

What is a cold wallet? Cold wallets allow for the offline storage of cryptocurrency, providing the strongest form of security and.

The Ergo Roadmap: What’s Next Part #3

Decentralization, transparency and security are three prominent features of Ergo’s ethos.

Ergo Multisig Wallet: What is it and How to Create One?

The Ergo ecosystem has seen the creation of many new wallets this past year, and as a result the community is enjoying much more e.

Babel Fees on Ergo: How-To Guide

The Problem Every blockchain requires a fee to fund transactions, and it is most often a blockchain's respective coin that pays fo.

The Ergo Roadmap: What’s Next Part #2

As we finish ErgoHack V and prepare for the upcoming Ergo Summit on November 26th, Ergo continues to march ahead, building and des.

ErgoHack V Results

While most of the industry continues to talk about the current state of markets, the Ergo community continues to build on the inno.

Centralized Exchange (CEX) vs Decentralized Exchange (DEX): What are the Differences?

Building Blocks of DeFi With new decentralized finance platforms across different blockchains, crypto holders may be wondering wh.

What is a Mining Rig? - Comprehensive Guide

Introduction Since the inception of Bitcoin, mining rigs have played a pivotal role in securing and maintaining Proof of Work (Po.

Ergo Protocol Reference Client 5.0.0: A Commitment to Continued Progress

Whether you are an investor or developer, during your time in crypto you have no doubt come across forums or Twitter threads talki.

cNFTcon: Ergo on the Mainstage

During the weekend of Oct. 7-10, the Cardano cNFT conference was held in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

ErgoHack V Participants

Registration for ErgoHack V: Mining and Minting has officially closed, and it is time to explore what the participants have submit.

EIP37 Hard Fork

After the Ethereum Merge, the crypto mining industry witnessed an impressive reorientation of hashing power across several Proof o.

Ergo: After the Ethereum Merge

A Discussion for the Mining Community It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for the crypto mining industry.

ErgoHack V: Meet Our Judges

With applications now open, ErgoHack V is fast approaching.

The Ergo Roadmap: What’s Next. Part #1

Since the mainnet launch of Ergo on July 1, 2019, the blockchain has reached many important milestones.

ErgoHack V Prizes

With Ethereum’s merge, we are witnessing a seismic shift in the hashrate landscape for Proof of Work blockchains.

ErgoLend: The First Loans on Ergo

In the spirit of building tools and products that take inspiration from the Ergo Manifesto, the team at ErgoLend ($EXLE) is buildi.

Ethereum Mining Community and GPU Miners: The Case for Ergo After The Merge

A Seismic Shift is Coming in the Field of Minable Blockchains The Proof of Work crypto mining landscape is about to drastically c.

Paideia: A Secure, Easy to Use DAO

Paideia is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) software suite for the Ergo blockchain.

Ergo and The Autolykos Consensus Mechanism: Part II

Last week, we introduced an in-depth exploration of Ergo’s Autolykos consensus mechanism.

Ergo Node v.5.0: The Next Evolution of the Ergo Platform

It’s been an incredibly active year for development on the Ergo Platform.

ErgoHack Fest: Meet Our Judges

After three incredible weeks of activities, it is now time for our adjudicators to review the work of our ErgoHack Fest participan.

ErgoHack Fest: Third Week Update

Projects LETS The LETS team is working on the design for a Local Exchange Trading System.

Ergo and the Autolykos Consensus Mechanism: Part I

The following is an in-depth, technical breakdown of Ergo’s consensus mechanism, Autolykos.

ErgoHack Fest: Second Week Update

Projects Ergo Family Banners The team behind Ergo Family Banners aims to mobilize and utilize the existing Ergo community talent,.

ErgoHack Fest: First Week Update

Projects Azorus The team behind Azorus is designing a web3 data intelligence suite that will provide ledger data for all UTXO bl.

Ergo’s Reemission Vote EIP27: A Path to Sustained Growth?

Ergo Tokenomics and Emission As a Proof of Work blockchain, Ergo has a defined emission schedule for the release of ERG tokens.

ErgoHack Fest: May 9 - 30

Are you a developer? Or maybe you have a business idea you would like to explore in the blockchain industry? If so, you need to kn.

Ergo’s EIP-0028: ErgoAuth

When discussing blockchain, it is important to remember that wallets are completely anonymous.

Ergo Now Available on Indodax

Ergo Trading is Now Live on Indodax Singapore - April 27, 2022 - Announced today, Indodax cryptocurrency exchange has officially .

Ergo and Blockchain: What is Privacy?

Over the past decade, countless reports from government regulators and the mainstream media have painted a rather dark narrative s.

DeCo and the Power of Community Initiatives on Ergo

ErgoRaffle, an incentivized crowdfunding platform, had the Ergo community buzzing long before it ever even launched.

The World’s Most Decentralized Casino is Being Built on Ergo

Night Owl aims to harness Ergo’s capabilities to recreate the casino industry utilizing a unique approach that will remove central.

Ergo Pulse with Charles Hoskinson

“When looking at the things Alex has done, and the team has done, and the community has done, they are logically consistent with w.

Newest Ergo NFT Marketplace Gaining the Attention of Ergonauts

In October 2020, NFTs on the Ergo blockchain were launched.

NIPoPoWs on Ergo: Innovations in Blockchain

The Ergo blockchain is quickly becoming known within the crypto space as a leader in blockchain development and innovation.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, March 25, 2022

During the last AMA, Joseph Armeanio hosted the show solo since Dan Friedman was still working in Dubai.

Proof of Work, Energy and Ergo

Introduction Proof of Work (PoW) was described in the original Bitcoin white paper as having two parts.

Storing Ergo: SAFEW

In this article, we continue our series of guides for setting up and using one of the many new Ergo wallets.

Mining Ergo on HiveOS

Have you ever wanted to mine Ergo but thought you might not have the technical knowledge? Surprisingly, it is not as inaccessible .

Mining Ergo on Windows

Mining Ergo as part of a mining pool is easy, particularly on Windows.

What is a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization)?

Introduction A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a new type of cooperative.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, March 11, 2022

Dan began last week’s AMA with an update on the work he has been doing for the Ergo Foundation.

Storing Crypto on Ergo: Nautilus Wallet

In the last month, there has been a significant increase in the infrastructure of Ergo’s ecosystem.

How-to: Minting a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) on the Ergo Blockchain

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.

Blockchain and the Case for Ergo

From the inception of Bitcoin, blockchain technology has undergone enormous advancements over the twenty-first century.

ErgoHack III Results

After a very successful ErgoHack III, the jury has made their final decisions! There were so many amazing projects that particip.

Is Stablecoin Adoption on the Horizon?

Today, USD-pegged circulating stablecoins account for nearly 185 billion USD market capitalization - a 500% increase from last y.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, February 18, 2022

Last week’s AMA featured Dan Friedman, Alex Chepurnoy and Joe Armeanio answering questions and updating the community on work be.

DeFi on Ergo: Custom Token Fees

Infrastructure coins are important because we need them to pay gas fees for using decentralized finance and deploying contracts.

Ergo Explainer: Storage Rent

tl;dr: Storage rent is a fee for long term storage on the Ergo blockchain.

An Introduction to Privacy and Security in Blockchain

After the first whitepaper surfaced on the internet in 2008, blockchain technology has evolved enormously.

ErgoHack III Wrap-Up

See docs.ergoplatform.org to access the final submissions of the participants in their entirety.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, February 11, 2022

On last week’s AMA, Dan Friedman and Joseph Armeanio were joined by Marty from ErgoPad.

ErgoHack III: Day Two

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 .

ErgoHack III: Day One

The first day of ErgoHack III is complete and here are the latest project development reports from the teams.

ErgoHack III Starts Today: Event Program & Teams

Finally, we are pleased to announce ErgoHack III officially starts today! Welcome video from Alex Chepurnoy This ErgoHack, we r.

Smart Contracts: Protection for Digital Identity and Crowdfunding

People need to trust the owners of centralized platforms to protect their funds and privacy.

Ergo’s Hybrid Method for Counting Costs

Introduction Checking the validity of smart contracts on a Proof of Work (PoW) blockchain has costs, both in time and resources.

Ergo: An Answer to Modern Monetary Theory Failures

 In 2008, an unknown group or person released a peer-to-peer store of value and named it Bitcoin.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up February 4, 2022

Last week’s AMA featured Dan Friedman and Alex Chepurnoy fielding questions from the Ergo community.

Ergo Summit: Privacy Event

Join us from February 17-23, 2022 for this event.

ErgoHack III is Next Week!

ErgoHack III registrations are now closed and we would like to thank everyone for their interest! It is truly exciting to see ne.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up January 28

In his opening comments, Dan Friedman provided the latest updates on exchange listings.

Decentralized Finance and Optional Privacy on Ergo

Financial Privacy and Public Blockchains Bitcoin is a public distributed ledger network that is accessible for everyone who want.

Ergoitaly.it was born

The first official Ergo community in Italy Ergo was born on April 8th, 2019. At 8:41 p.m.

Storage Rent and the Future of Mining

Miners are the consensus layer of proof-of-work blockchain and the security of all smart contracts relies on them establishing c.

ErgoHack III: Last Week to Register

It is now the last week for ErgoHack III registrations! If you want to learn UTXO based smart contracts and build your next proj.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up January 21, 2022

During last week’s AMA, Dan provided the community with updates on several initiatives.

ErgoHack III: Building Tomorrow's Privacy and Security Tools

Ergo is a proof-of-work, open source smart contract platform based on grassroots economic principles.

Ergo & Blockchain: Scalability and Adoption

In this episode of the Ergo & Blockchain series, we will look at various aspects of scalability and why they are crucial for cry.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, January 14

To kick off last week's AMA, Dan updated the community on the work he has been doing with the Ergo Foundation.

ErgoLearn on Ergo Raffle

Education initiatives are an important aspect for the ongoing development of Ergo’s ecosystem and the team behind community proj.

Community Projects on Ergo: Important Dates

As we enter the New Year, Ergo is witnessing a boom in developer activity with the implementation of several new dApps and tools.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up January 7, 2022

For the first AMA of 2022, Dan Friedman started off by updating the community on work behind the scenes.

ErgoHack III Registration Information

ErgoHack III will take place from February 11-13, 2022 Registrations are open until January 31, 2022 With registration now ope.

Ergo Mining Rewards: The First Drop in Emission

Ergo mining rewards experienced their first drop in the emission schedule on January 2nd, 2022 with block 655200.