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The Latest News
28 July, 2021
Happy to announce that an Android wallet is now available on the Google Play store!
Generate wallets and restore wallets (compatible to node wallets) - Add read-only wallets without entering your secrets - No need to make a full sync, this is a lightweight client - Request ERGs by showing QR code or sharing a link - Send ERGs manually or by scanning a QR code - Show wallet balance denominated in fiat curency. Your secrets are stored password-encrypted or authentication-protected and never leave your device. This app does not log any information, does not track you and does not profile you.
13 July, 2021
Updated 2021 RoadMap From Kushti
Kushti updated Ergonauts on the 2021 Roadmap during his video address at the 2nd ErgoVersary. Check out the article below for an overview of his discussion and what to expect from all the exciting projects going forward!
13 July, 2021
Ergo Swags!
Hey Ergonauts! Our friends at Moonboy Merch are the first business to accept $ERG as payment for their products! Head on over to their website and check out all the cool Ergo swag you can own!
10 July, 2021
Giveaway Event!
Hey Ergonauts! Show us your mining rigs for a chance to win $ERG and NFT’s! Check out the link below for all the details on how to enter and win!
8 July, 2021
What’s Going on Behind the Screens: Ergo Weekly Dev Update July 7th
Focusing on the moon is great, but the truth is a rocket takes an incredible amount of engineering. Designing and building systems that are subject to immense pressure is not an easy task. Check the latest updates on Ergo Ecosystem
7 July, 2021
2nd ErgoVersary Wrap-Up
During our Second ErgoVersary, Kushti updated Ergonauts on what to expect going forward with an updated roadmap and Armeanio dropped some pretty big news about new exchange listings for Ergo!
24 June, 2021
ErgoHack Results
We wanted to thank all of the participants in the first ErgoHack event. This was something that Kushti had wanted to put together. It was thrown together pretty quickly, but the end result was a group that proposed and implemented some interesting concepts or ideas.
27 May, 2021
Youtube Video Competition Winners!
Thank you for joining the Video Competition! There was a lot of helpful and informative contributions, yet we needed to choose the winners. So we evaluated the videos with the amount of information provided and also the ease of understanding. Here are the winners:
17 May, 2021
Ergo Integration With Gravity Network
After months of hard work, we’re happy to announce that we’ve completed the cross-chain tests and the Gravity-Ergo-Proxy contracts are almost complete. This partnership will help Ergo access different chains like the Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum, NEO, Solana, thanks to the use of Gravity Network. At the same time, other platforms will use the complex and rich design of Ergo to take new dApp ideas to their chains.
10 May, 2021
The Opolo Hardware Wallet Becomes The New BPSAA Partner
The BPSAA is excited to officially announce it’s newest partner, Opolo. It is the latest and one of the most exciting partnerships for the BPSAA. Not least because of the interoperability opportunities it brings. Opolo is primed to be the most secure hardware wallet in crypto, allowing users to safely store their funds on their custom hardware.
7 May, 2021
Ledger Network integrates Ergo Network
We’re happy to announce our collaboration with Tesseract Systems through our grants program that is going to provide full integration with the Ledger hardware wallet. This integration will allow Ergonauts to safely store their ERG tokens with the world’s most secure hardware wallet.
7 May, 2021
Use ERG To Make/Receive Payments Worldwide
Now you can accept $ERG #cryptocurrency on your website & store platforms like #Shopify #Bigcommerce #WHMCS #Woocommerce, #Wordpress, & as donations on #Streamlabs #Twitch #Twitter & more!
7 May, 2021
Use SigUSD To Make/Receive Payments Worldwide
Running a business is a matter of managing costs. Accepting ERG as payment is great… but isn’t crypto volatile? If you want to run a crypto gateway and require predictability, we now have you covered.
30 April, 2021
What’s Going On Behind The Screens: Ergo Weekly Dev Update April 28th
The Ergo weekly Dev update is not the sexiest crypto blog. Focusing on the moon is great but the truth is, a rocket takes an incredible amount of engineering. Designing and building systems that are subject to immense pressure is not an easy task.
22 April, 2021
What’s Going On Behind The Screens: Ergo Weekly Dev Update April 21st
Check out about lates updates on Ergo Platform development!
22 April, 2021
What’s Going On Behind The Screens: Ergo Weekly Dev Update April 21st
I might miss a few updates, if that’s the case don’t think it’s not appreciated by the community. Busy week for Erg devs, as always, thanks for putting in work.
22 April, 2021
WrapAssets announces integration with ErgoDEX!
ErgoDEX team recently published Plutus Port proposal on Cardano’s Project Catalyst platform. It offers a cross-chain exchange built on top of Ergo Blockchain for Cardano Ecosystem. WrapAssets is a service provider for wrapped assets (like waBTC, waETH, waDOT) on top of Cardano Ecosystem. This integration will help ErgoDEX to achieve high liquidity and ADA holders can benefit from a secure cross-chain DEX with a variety of ready-to-use assets.
26 February, 2021
SigmaUSD - Ergo’s Community Deployed Stablecoin Is Live!
The SigmaUSD stablecoin has been deployed by the community and is live and ready for all Ergonauts to use at https://sigmausd.io/
24 February, 2021
BitMart has listed Ergo
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on BitMart Exchange
21 February, 2021
Ergo explorer backend 7.0.0 released
Support for detailed UTXO queries
19 February, 2021
Ergo Mainnet 4.0.7 released
#1296 : Docker container description reworked implementation for #856 : box selector settings moved to config re-announcing of new blocks reverted (it may cause node being banned by most of its peers)
18 February, 2021
2020, Year in Review - Ergo Cast Episode #6
Following the short hiatus for the Summit, the Ergo Cast has returned to pass-down all fruitful news which Ergo has to offer!
18 February, 2021
Ergo Mainnet 4.0.5 released
#1281 : description for wallet/boxes/collect added #1289 : the node is re-announcing new blocks received from other peers #1288: API method to get Merkle proof for a transaction added more log output for wallet failures fix for #1294
16 February, 2021
ErgoMixer Tutorial - Taking Fire - Version 3.0.1 & Above
Join us in another hands-on of wrestling the beast, with Anon2020's attuned ErgoMixer.
16 February, 2021
Ergo will be listed on BitMart on Feb, 24th
BitMart will list Ergo (ERG) on our digital assets platform on February 24, 2021. The following trading pairs will be available: ERG/BTC, ERG/USDT
12 February, 2021
2000 ERG in Prizes to be Won in the Ergo Digital Art Competition!
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 of 500 ERG.
11 February, 2021
Building Ergo: How the AgeUSD stablecoin works
The elegant design avoids some of the complexity and potential problems of other approaches to creating decentralised, collateralised stablecoins.
9 February, 2021
Lots of improvements and fixes for AMD GPU & CPU miner for Autolykos v2
SRBMiner-MULTI CPU & AMD GPU Miner 0.6.6 Win64 & Linux
8 February, 2021
ERGO ($ERG) is listed on TradeOgre
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on TradeOgre Exchange
6 February, 2021
Nanominer v3.2.0 / release 05.02.21
Added Autolykos algorithm support for Ergo coin. Fee is 5%. Needs at least 3 GB GPU. Suppports Nvidia and AMD
5 February, 2021
Huge performance increase on Autolykos v.2 algorithm on AMD GPU and CPU
SRBMiner-MULTI CPU & AMD GPU Miner 0.6.5 Win64 & Linux
4 February, 2021
NVMiner 1.1.0 with improved hashrate(3-4x) by Mhs_sam
Windows and Linux version
3 February, 2021
“Hardening” Hard Fork Post-Mortem
Description of what happened today during the hard fork
2 February, 2021
Ergo Mainnet 4.0.4 Release
MANDATORY UPDATE! This version contains fixes for protocol version 2 initial difficulty value and recalculation rule.
2 February, 2021
"You can mine ERGO coin with us after "The Hardening" protocol upgrade at block 417,792 around 16:00 February 2th"
Join Nanopool
1 February, 2021
Ergo added to https://666pool.cn mining pool
"Our Ergo pool is online, testnet for now, will switch to mainnet right after the hard fork. Pool link: www.666pool.cn, mining endpoint is ergo.666pool.cn:9556"
1 February, 2021
Ergo Mainnet 4.0.3 released
#1248 /node/shutdown method to shut the node down #1246 API method to collect the boxes for external applications (/wallet/boxes/collect) #991 API methods for fee estimation (/transactions/poolHistogram, /transactions/getFee, /transactions/waitTime) #1263 API method to get scan-related transactions (/wallet/transactionsByScanId) #1259 Node panel updated Also, mining rewards can be recognized and be added to the wallet now with wallet being locked.
1 February, 2021
Ergo is on https://WoolyPooly.com mining pool!
Mining guide
31 January, 2021
Autolykos v.2 added to SRBMiner-Multi CPU & GPU Miner
How to mine Ergo by Hero Miners
29 January, 2021
The AgeUSD protocol specifications/smart contracts/off-chain code
Have a good weekend!
29 January, 2021
Mining Ergo before and after the Hardening Upgrade by Mhs_sam
Reminder, The Hardening Upgrade is coming on block 417,792
27 January, 2021
Ergo JS Template
Entry Point to Ergo dApp Development
25 January, 2021
AgeUSD instantiation will be launched in about two weeks by Ergo community!
AgeUSD is a novel crypto-backed algorithmic stablecoin protocol that has been created in joint partnership by the Ergo Foundation, EMURGO, and IOG on top of the Ergo Blockchain.
24 January, 2021
Ergo Summit 2021 - Full video
Links to chapters included
23 January, 2021
Robert Kornacki announcing The Release Of The AgeUSD Stablecoin Protocol!
AgeUSD is a novel crypto-backed stablecoin protocol that has been created in joint partnership by the Ergo Foundation, EMURGO, and IOG on top of the Ergo Blockchain
23 January, 2021
We’ve just released the Ergo Summit Schedule! Check it out and get ready for the most Ergo-packed day of 2021
Ergo Summit 2021 - Entering The New Era - Announcing AgeUSD & The Hardening Upgrade
17 January, 2021
Ergo Mainnet 4.0.0 Release - Please update your nodes
This 4.0.0 release represents "The Hardening" protocol upgrade and thus contains breaking changes!. The Hardening protocol upgrade will be activated on block # 417,792. Initial difficulty for the block is set to "6f98d5555555" (in hex), which is corresponding to ~ 1TH/s hashrate.
15 January, 2021
We're holding the 2021 Ergo Summit!
To help spread the word we're giving away 100 ERG for the best tweet about Ergo Summit. Result on next friday. All the necessary information on the website
14 January, 2021
Instant Ergo web wallet for experiments and temporary usage (not HODL)
Urlwallet
14 January, 2021
If you want to help the project with promotion, then join our special chat room on Telegram
Telegram channel for sharing links where anyone can advertise Ergo. Make threads, tweets, tell about Ergo on different forums. Help each other to reach a common marketing goal.
9 January, 2021
Here are our winners of articles contest - Verium fellow, JAGO and Can Degen
Articles were very good, we are very proud of our community.
8 January, 2021
Unblocked with Robert Kornacki
Robert Kornacki - R&D head at Emurgo and long-term EF member - making an appearance on the Unblocked podcast
3 January, 2021
Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - December 2020
A summary of the news surrounding Ergo in December
2 January, 2021
HeroMiners - "We opened testnet ERGO pool"
"Until the Mainnet starts, you can test your miners here."
31 December, 2020
Happy New Year Ergonauts!
Ergo team wishes you an amazing 2021
30 December, 2020
A new tutorial on ErgoMixer by Anon2020s and Sakata
ErgoMixer Tutorial - Windows, Mac, JVM & Docker - Version 3.0.1 & Above
29 December, 2020
A tool for airdrops added to ErgoUtils by Anon_real
The aim of https://ergoutils.org/ is to provide useful utilities to be used by any wallet in a safe and trustless manner using the assembler service.
27 December, 2020
ErgoMixer v3.2.0, ZeroJoin for ERG and tokens on Ergo released by Anon2020s
The very first programmable and non-interactive mixer in the cryptocurrency space where final receiving point can`t be distinguished with covert address.
24 December, 2020
Details on updated Proof-of-Work scheme Autolykos v.2
The goal of this post is to explain and discuss upcoming proof-of-work function change.
23 December, 2020
From the family at Ergo, we present The Sigmaverse
Your portal to the Ergo universe
23 December, 2020
The Hardening protocol upgrade activation is set to block 414,720
(around January, 27th, 2021)
23 December, 2020
Ergo protocol reference client 4.0.0 (The Hardening Upgrade) pre-release
The Hardening Upgrade client & Stratum support
23 December, 2020
Ergo Summit 2021 - Entering The New Era, Announcing AgeUSD & The Hardening Upgrade
FREE online event on Ergo's YouTube - January 23, Saturday 2pm UTC [9am EST]
18 December, 2020
"Tutorial #3 for the Headless dApp Framework is out" by Emurgo
Continue developing your own Headless dApp. Check out the new tutorial now.
18 December, 2020
Love Ergo Platform? Want to share your knowledge and earn some ERG?
We're giving away 500, 300 and 200 ERG for the best articles explaining the different features that make Ergo so awesome!
18 December, 2020
2021: The Next Battlegrounds for DeFi
The challenge for Ergo and all DeFi platforms over the next year is to work towards the complete set of features that will enable DeFi to take on the conventional financial sector: decentralised atomic composability at scale with opt-in auditable privacy.
16 December, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.3.7 released
Distributed signatures API, improvements in scans and wallet API, support for tokens in inbuilt wallet UI, bugfixes
15 December, 2020
Understanding Headless dApps with Robert Kornacki
Robert discusses the concept behind the new "Headless dApp" model and why this novel approach to decentralizing the development process is the way of the future for building dApps
15 December, 2020
In less time it takes to make cereal, launch your NFT artwork auction on Ergo with any wallet
Follow the guide attached! Kudos to Anon-real for dev & video, thanks to Yeti for vocals!
14 December, 2020
Welcome to a new era of Ergo ecosystem development!
One day event of online presentations!
11 December, 2020
Ergo Bootstrap, Streamlining Ergo dApp Infrastructure With One Simple Tool
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 to jump in and get started.
9 December, 2020
Ergo Headless dApp Framework Now Available
This new development will have a number of implications for the Ergo ecosystem and developers, making it far easier to build applications on Ergo.
4 December, 2020
Ergo/Emurgo Stable Coin, NFT, Mixer, and more! | The Cardano Aura #9
Livestream with Alex Chepurnoy, the core developer of the Ergo Platform
1 December, 2020
Ergo "Headless dApp Framework" just released by Emurgo
This new Rust framework flips the dApp development model on it's head by providing developers the very first library for UTXO-based Headless dApps on any blockchain.
1 December, 2020
ErgoTree & ErgoScript 3.3.3 Release
Added missing code coverage tests, new benchmarks and optimizations
27 November, 2020
An introduction to ‘Headless’ dApps
This new approach offers a streamlined interface for interacting with on-chain contracts, enabling anyone to build dApps using simple building blocks.
19 November, 2020
DarkFund0 - ZK Fund for privacy applications
New privacy-preserving designs, instructional and promotional materials for the mixer, zk treasury, different Ergo tools and financial privacy in general. All are welcome
19 November, 2020
Autolykos v.2 details
The goal of this post is to explain and discuss upcoming proof-of-work function change.
18 November, 2020
Ergo Foundation Makes Key dApp Infrastructure Grant
The Ergo Foundation will consider proposals for grants towards projects that will support significant ecosystem developments.
17 November, 2020
Introducing the ‘Ergonaut’: the Ergo Foundation NFT sale!
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 history, thanks to the updated Auction House working with any Ergo wallet!
13 November, 2020
ErgoTree & ErgoScript 3.3.2 released
More memory and performance optimizations (#693), the Protocol and Requirements to replace AOT with JIT via soft-fork (#695)
12 November, 2020
Updated Roadmap 2020 - 2021
Blockchain Auctions - Stablecoin Integration - Ledger Integration - Atomic Swaps - ErgoDEX
11 November, 2020
Magnum Wallet Closing in 20 days!
Please use wallet in-built in full node, Yoroi or Coinbarn https://ergoplatform.org/en/wallets/
10 November, 2020
Ergo Explained: Episode 01 - Basics & Forking
New series of videos by Alex Chepurnoy about the state of development and principles the Ergo Platform is based on.
10 November, 2020
First steps towards interoperability with Cardano oracles
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 blockchain.
6 November, 2020
Ergo Foundation is welcoming its new member Mohammad Hassan Samadani
Mohammad Hassan Samadani is a founder of https://ergopool.io and released first ERG miner for AMD cards!
6 November, 2020
Ergo Explorer 4.0.1 released
Features: Assets order preservation, synchronization nodes ranking
5 November, 2020
Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.6 released
#1231 : fix for peers discovery, #1234 : fix for docker build failing because of sbt-1458
3 November, 2020
Single-Chain Swap Contracts (DEX basis) by Alex Chepurnoy
Learn ErgoScript by reading example smart contracts powered by the Ergo Playground
2 November, 2020
"EMURGO is happy to release it's Ergo Node Interface for the Ergo dev community"
You can find this new Rust based library on EMURGO's github
28 October, 2020
Ergo Cast Episode #4 - Yoroi Wallet
In today’s show we have the pleasure of being accompanied by two core members of Emurgo, who will be walking us through all of the specifics relating to the latest substantial release for the Ergo ecosystem – Yoroi
26 October, 2020
“Waves partners with Ergo to foster interoperability solutions via Gravity”
"We are excited to announce Waves’ new partnership agreement with the Ergo Foundation. The agreement stipulates integration of Ergo as a Gravity target chain, as well as collaborative R&D on cross-chain solutions with a focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) and decentralized oracles."
24 October, 2020
Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.5 released
#1224 : inactive connections being dropped, fix for #1165 : double-spending transactions not allowed in mempool (with RBF replacement strategy) #1220, fix for panel issues during wallet init/restore (issue #1212 )
20 October, 2020
Ergo ($ERG) is listed on BTCNEXT Exchange
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on BTCNEXT Exchange
16 October, 2020
Announcing the Auction House, NFT Marketplace on Ergo
The platform allows users to sell Ergo’s NFTs – an important development in the growing DeFi movement – securely and easily.
11 October, 2020
Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Gate.io Exchange
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Gate.io Exchange
8 October, 2020
Yoroi Wallet now supports Ergo!
Store, Send and Receive $ERG in Yoroi Wallet
8 October, 2020
Learn ErgoScript By Example Via The Ergo Playground with Robert Kornacki
Enjoy the video and jump straight to this repo https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergoscript-by-example
6 October, 2020
Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.4 released
Improvementss and fixes. Details in the description of the release.
6 October, 2020
Ergo explorer backend 3.3.0 released
Features: New fields added to an unconfirmed transaction API endpoint
5 October, 2020
What will DeFi look like in 10 years?
This is the first in a series of articles speculating on how the fast-emerging DeFi sector might evolve in the coming years.
2 October, 2020
Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - September 2020
A summary of the news surrounding Ergo in September
30 September, 2020
Ergo Utilities - General utilities to make writing off-chain Ergo code in Rust simpler
his library was born from abstracting out reusable components from the Oracle Core.
29 September, 2020
ErgoTree & ErgoScript 3.3.1 released
Improvementss and fixes. Details in the description of the release.
28 September, 2020
Ergo Cast is now back online, now with a new co-host Sakata
Oracle Pools, Smart Contracts, DeFi, Ergo, Chainlink, Cardano. All in one podcast.
28 September, 2020
Ergo explorer backend 3.2.1 released
Index field added to TransactionInfo / TransactionSummary
25 September, 2020
NFTs on Ergo
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.
21 September, 2020
“Emurgo is connected to Cardano. Both are connected to Ergo. How come & what’s Emurgo doing with Ergo Platform?”
Crpyto Rich interviews Robert Kornacki, Head of Research about the work that Emurgo are doing with Ergo.
17 September, 2020
Ergo explorer backend 3.2.0 released
Index, outputIndex fields added to InputInfo, DataInputInfo, inclusionHeight field added to TransactionInfo. Optimizations: /addresses/balances API endpoint now returns only first 100 addresses.
17 September, 2020
DeFi: Finance, but not always Decentralised?
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 of open, decentralised systems. You can’t stop it, and there’s a very strong argument for saying we shouldn’t try.
16 September, 2020
Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.3 released
#1186 : fix for #1185: command-line parameters support back for docker containers #1184 : Accept to the mempool and propagate locally generated transactions in the digest mode (also, do not download transactions in this mode)
14 September, 2020
"Unlocking The Potential Of The UTXO Model" by Emurgo Research
The extended UTXO model empowers smart contract writers with a robust and flexible base to build on top of. In contrast to the account model, UTXO-based smart contracts have no concept of a function which you call within a transaction in order for state transitions to take place.
14 September, 2020
Explorer backend 3.1.0 released
Enhancements: Mempool chained transactions support and output info enriched
13 September, 2020
Oracle Pools and Interoperability of Cardano and Ergo with Robert Kornacki | TCE 105
The Cardano Effect - EP105
11 September, 2020
Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.2 released
Dockerfile: configurable java heap.Wallet/boxes fix - this API method now correctly returns all the wallet boxes, spent or not. Wallet scan has been reworked to have improved efficiency and memory footprint
4 September, 2020
Announcing the ZK Treasury on Ergo!
Ergo’s Zero-Knowledge Treasury enables users to easily create joint digital signatures, with bespoke conditions for spending funds, while ensuring the signatories to the created address remain hidden.
3 September, 2020
Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - August 2020
A summary of the news surrounding Ergo in August
3 September, 2020
Some thoughts about DeFi, Yield Farming and how open systems ‘should’ be used
At the risk of stating the obvious, decentralisation is the hallmark of DeFi. It is decentralisation that brings the benefits of transparency, accessibility, security, immutability, composability, efficiency and more besides to these new financial initiatives.
1 September, 2020
"ZeroJoin: Combining ZeroCoin and CoinJoin" has been accepted to CBT2020 workshop
4th International Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology - CBT 2020
31 August, 2020
Ergo’s Oracle Pools, and what they mean for the ecosystem
The new scheme developed through the Emurgo-Ergo partnership will see oracle pools – core blockchain infrastructure – run as a public service, accessible by any dApp and developer, free at the point of use.
28 August, 2020
"Today EMURGO and Ergo platform mark a historic moment for UTXO based dApps and DeFi applications"
Developers may now build and run Oracle Pools on the Ergo blockchain with the joint release of our smart contracts & off-chain "Oracle Core"
28 August, 2020
Transcript of the Oracle Pools Q&A session with Robert Kornacki
"Robert Kornacki: I'd like to officially announce that Oracle Pools are live, running on mainnet, with all the code + detailed instructions available for you to start/run your own, and we have a beautiful frontend created by DeadIT now implemented in the explorer https://explorer.ergoplatform.com/en/oracle-pools-list"
22 August, 2020
Ergo Explorer 2.0.0 released
Fixed grabber bug causing chain statuses corruption in some cases, fixed bug causing inconsistent mempool view in some cases, data inputs support and inputs indexing
20 August, 2020
The Evolution of Programmable Money
Ergo is building the most effective programmable currency in history.
20 August, 2020
"App on Distributed Signatures"
"Dear Ergo Community, in this post, I would like to explain a project on top of Ergo’s Distributed Signatures capability."
20 August, 2020
Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.3.1 has been released
If you're running 3.2.x node, just remove wallet/registry subfolder in your ergo data folder (e.g. ~/.ergo). Unlock the wallet after running the node (you can lock it a minute later).
18 August, 2020
"EMURGO is pleased to officially announce that EMURGO’s Head of R&D and smart contract developer Robert Kornacki was appointed as a new board member of the Ergo Foundation."
"This board appointment serves to further strengthen EMURGO’s recently announced partnership with Ergo...and strategically positions EMURGO at the forefront of development of this emerging industry area of UTXO-based smart contracts that is being worked on by Cardano and Ergo."
18 August, 2020
Ergo’s Vision for DeFi: Ergo vs CBDCs
As blockchain technology gains traction, central bank digital currencies are among the most significant applications being developed. But these will inevitably fall far short of the ideal, for one simple reason: control.
16 August, 2020
Building Ergo: Our Vision for DeFi
Everyone is talking about DeFi. Few people are asking what DeFi should look like. Ergo has a vision for what the sector can become.
8 August, 2020
Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.3.0 has been released
If you're running 3.2.x node, just remove wallet/registry subfolder in your ergo data folder (e.g. ~/.ergo). Unlock the wallet after running the node (you can lock it a minute later). If you had only one key in your wallet, lock it and unlock again to have the master key unlocked.
3 August, 2020
"New Video: Robert Kornacki of EMURGO does a deep dive into the ground breaking research behind the Oracle Pools Smart Contract Specification."
This is the very first UTXO based DApp specification to be released.
31 July, 2020
Decentralized Exchange Contracts on Ergo
Ergo has expressive smart contracts and transactional model which allows for an implementation of trustless DEX protocol, in which signed buy and sell orders can be put into the blockchain independently by buyers and sellers.
28 July, 2020
Blog Update: We've new Foundation members and contests!
We've got some more ERG to give back to the community: Miners & Writers, this one is for you!
28 July, 2020
Ergo AppKit 3.2.2 has been released
It includes: Support for multi ProveDHTuple and ProveDLog, FlowCard blog post, upgrade to ergo-wallet v3.2.3, support for data-inputs to TxBuilder
26 July, 2020
Ergo Explorer Backend 1.1.0 has been released
It includes: Fixed grabber bug causing chain statuses corruption in some cases, ResultSet deduplication enabled for search queries, more precise confirmations calculation
24 July, 2020
Video: How to set up and configure a full Ergo node on Windows
Great video made by a community member on setting up an Ergo full node on Windows
24 July, 2020
Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Coinex Exchange
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Coinex Exchange
23 July, 2020
"New EMURGO Research: This week we bring you the official Oracle Pools Smart Contract Spec!"
"This is the first UTXO dApp specification ever released and is an exciting step forward in the Emurgo Ergo DeFi-focused partnership"
15 July, 2020
"Ergo Contracts"
A repository of the Ergo smart contracts with compilation, testing, and formal verification tooling
11 July, 2020
"Summary of the AMA with Ergo Platform"
AMA with GAINS community
3 July, 2020
"Ergopool is live on mainnet"
The Mining Hub for Self-Sovereign Ergo Miners!
26 June, 2020
"New EMURGO Research: We present a brand new model, Oracle Pools, which reimagines oracles from the ground up. This research is part of the Emurgo Ergo partnership"
Oracle Pools
24 June, 2020
"Let’s sign collectively! Distributed signatures API"
Another step to unveil real threshold on-chain signatures to the masses!
22 June, 2020
Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.2.7 has been released
It contains: Generation of block candidate with certain transactions included ( #929 ) Fix for #1035 (incorrect cost computation on signer side) Double-checks for inputs and outputs of generated transaction.
19 June, 2020
"Ergomixer v1.0.0 is available for download"
Big thanks to team of anons!
18 June, 2020
ERGO with Founder Alex Chepurnoy - The Daily Chain
"Ergo is 'Bitcoin-like', but brings with it the latest in blockchain technology and research"
17 June, 2020
Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Sistemkoin Exchange
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Sistemkoin Exchange
9 June, 2020
EMURGO to Partner with Ergo and Build Blockchain-Based Decentralized Financial Solutions
EMURGO, a global blockchain solutions firm & a founding entity of the globally recognized Cardano protocol, announces today a strategic partnership with Ergo - a proof-of-work blockchain protocol built to be a platform for applications with a main focus on providing simple solutions for financial contracts with its UTXO-based smart contracts.
31 May, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.2.6 released
This release is fixing a problem from 3.2.5 with possibility of duplicate inputs for transaction assembler, see ( #1126 ) for details
26 May, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.2.5 released
Support for offchain boxes spending ( #1032 ), downloading logic fix for the case when best full block is not on the best header-chain
18 May, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.2.4 released
Build transaction with token burning (PR #1101), default transaction complexity limit raised to 250K (PR #1104) and fixes
15 May, 2020
ZeroJoin: Combining ZeroCoin and CoinJoin (Alexander Chepurnoy and Amitabh Saxena)
We present ZeroJoin, a practical privacy-enhancing protocol for blockchain transactions.
14 May, 2020
Ergo update, 14 May 2020: New exchange, wallet and first mining pool with collaterals!
Integration with Cypra wallet, Coinsbit listing and censorhip resistant mining pool
13 May, 2020
"Team" page is replaced with "Hall of Fame"
Ergo Platform moving towards being true community-driven Proof-of-Work cryptocurrency
13 May, 2020
Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Coinsbit Exchange
We're happy to announce that Ergo ($ERG) is listed on Coinsbit Exchange
13 May, 2020
Ergo joins BPSAA thinktank
Ergo is a smart contracts and DeFi platform that offers powerful but safe smart contracts, with Sigma protocols enabling flexible, highly composable applications out of the box.
12 May, 2020
Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.2.3 released
Fixes and improvements. Details in the description of the release
8 May, 2020
Building Ergo: Lite full nodes
The extension section contains certain mandatory fields including links for NiPoPoW and parameters for miner voting, such as current block size.
1 May, 2020
Building Ergo: SPV security
Ergo implements NiPoPoWs, or Non-interactive Proof-of-Proof-of-Work. This technology can be explored in full on this dedicated website: https://nipopows.com/
29 April, 2020
FlowCards: A Declarative Framework for Development of Ergo dApps
Ergo is pioneering the declarative model as a better and safer alternative to the now popular imperative model of smart contracts.
24 April, 2020
Building Ergo: Atomic Swaps
Ergo allows partial swaps. Just like on a regular exchange, orders can be partially filled, if that’s what the trader wants.
23 April, 2020
Building Ergo: Oracles
Blockchains are siloed systems that can only reference their own data, established by consensus. Oracles are the solution to the problem of working with external information, which is vital for many everyday use cases.
21 April, 2020
Building Ergo: Storage rent
One community member, Robert, describes this function as ‘on-chain garbage collection’ that reduces the problem of blockchain bloat – and even makes it profitable.
3 April, 2020
Ergo use case: Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)
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 best way to start is from the grassroots.
3 April, 2020
Ergo use case: ‘hot potato’ monetary policy
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 innovative, targeted implementations of economic stimulation that the conventional banking sector cannot achieve.
24 March, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.2.2 released
Fixes and improvements. Details in the description of the release
23 March, 2020
Introducing Σ3 - ErgoMixer
A powerful mixer that works by pooling funds and enabling participants to spend them without anyone knowing who made the transactions
3 March, 2020
Building Ergo: UTXO vs Account
This series explores the choices we have made in creating Ergo, with the first article unpacking the advantages of the UTXO model
26 February, 2020
Coinbarn, a simple wallet for Ergo has been published in Chrome store
Desktop versions can be found here https://github.com/coinbarn/coinbarn-extension/releases/
19 February, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.2.1 released
Mempool and miner made friendly to transactions spending outputs of offchain transactions, parameter for syncing detection during headers-chain download and more
4 February, 2020
Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest
January 2020
2 February, 2020
Ergo Platform Roadmap for 2020
Please note that this plan is minimum and very realistic
23 January, 2020
Ergo Platform Discord Server has been created
You are welcome to join us
17 January, 2020
Bypassing Non-Outsourceable Proof-of-Work Schemes Using Collateralized Smart Contracts
In this work, we propose a concrete example of such a mechanism which is using collateralized smart contracts
17 January, 2020
Introducing the Ergo Foundation, a community-driven entity
Join us and help build the decentralized future
12 January, 2020
Security Audit (by Jean Philippe Aumasson)
We would like to announce that Ergo has successfully passed security audit of certain (most critical) parts of the code
8 January, 2020
Alexander Chepurnoy: "your paper Bypassing Non-Outsourceable Proof-of-Work Schemes Using Collateralized Smart Contracts has been accepted for publication at
[email protected]
"
7 January, 2020
Ergo Mainnet 3.2.0 released
This release introduces breaking changes and improvements, ~3-4x faster-bootstrapping 👍 Resync needed, more details in the description of the release 🔥
4 January, 2020
Coinbarn wallet now has its desktop version
Download binaries for MacOS, Windows and Linux
4 January, 2020
Make Your Own Ergo Wallet: Managing Ergo Coins with ErgoTool
ErgoTool is a command line interface (CLI) for Ergo blockchain
24 December, 2019
ErgoTool: A Command Line Interface for Ergo blockchain
24 December, 2019
Universal dApp Interface & Package Standard
https://github.com/robkorn/blockchain-ruminations/blob/master/universal_dApp_interface.md
23 December, 2019
Early description of Ergo contractual approach
(combining cryptographic sigma-protocols with predicates on blockchain state and spending transaction)
23 December, 2019
Ergo is using highly efficient AVL+ tree
Ergo is using highly efficient AVL+ tree implementation for authenticating the state, proof size is few times smaller than in Ethereum! details: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/994
23 December, 2019
New tutorial: 'Mining Ergo for Fun and Profit'
https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/wiki/Mining-Ergo-for-Fun-and-Profit
19 December, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.1.5 released
Node UI (/panel) updated, cross-build for Scala 2.11 and few fixes. Details in the description of the release
12 December, 2019
A New Quest for Decentralization
Part I: Technical Aspects
4 December, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.1.4 released
This minor release includes new API method /script/executeWithContext and new integration tests.
4 December, 2019
Typescript library for Ergo with the support of custom tokens and complex transactions
The library for Ergo platform, written in TypeScript, and compiled to JavaScript
3 December, 2019
5 Ways Ergo Application Development Is Changed Forever Thanks To Appkit and GraalVM
Appkit: A Library for Polyglot Development of Ergo Applications
3 December, 2019
How to set up and configure a full Ergo node
Simplified tutorial for new users
30 October, 2019
ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Probit Exchange
We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Probit Exchange
29 October, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.1.3 released
This release includes simplified wallet UI, improved memory footprint due to more efficient ErgoTree interpreter, and some bugfixes
14 October, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.1.2 released
This release includes rebroadcasting of mempool transactions. API route to generate P2SH address disabled
8 October, 2019
ERGO ($ERG) is listed on HOTBIT Exchange
Deposits and trading open at: 2019-10-09 15:00（UTC+8）
8 October, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.1.1 released
New UI available(e.g. 127.0.0.1/panel). A simplified wallet UI will be added in next versions. New API methods to get wallet status and address from a script
16 September, 2019
BISQ has officially added ERG
BISQ, the decentralized P2P exchange network, added support for ERG
14 September, 2019
ERGO ($ERG) is listed on P2PB2B Exchange
We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) is listed on P2PB2B Exchange
6 September, 2019
Ergo will be listed on Hotbit exchange
We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) will be listed on Hotbit exchange
27 August, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.1.0 released
This release is introducing an improved database layer - faster bootstrap, reduced storage size and memory footprint. Full resync is needed
20 August, 2019
ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Vgate Exchange
We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Vgate Exchange
20 August, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.7 released
This release includes fixes and introduces new API methods. Details in the description of the release
6 August, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.6 released
This release is introducing a filter for cumulative transaction input scripts complexity for the miners. Wallet, API methods and Swagger UI updated
30 July, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.5 released
This release is introducing an improved box selector aka transaction assembler and memory footprint reduction thanks to optimized (de)serialization 🔥
19 July, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.4 released
This release is introducing a timestamp bugfix in block candidate generation algorithm. Highly recommended for miners
18 July, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.3 released
This release includes fixes and introduces new API methods. Details in the description of the release
11 July, 2019
ERG is available in Magnum Wallet
We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) is integrated with Magnum Wallet
9 July, 2019
After-Launch Thoughts and Ergo Roadmap
Big thank you to all enthusiasts, developers, miners, other folks, and our families for measureless help with Ergo development and launching.
4 July, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.2 released
This release includes API improvements.
3 July, 2019
ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Tidex Exchange
We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Tidex Exchange
3 July, 2019
Ergo Withdrawal Instructions
This guide will help miners to withdraw mined funds.
1 July, 2019
Ergo mainnet is launched
Ergo mainnet is launced. Check here - https://explorer.ergoplatform.com
1 July, 2019
Ergo explorer released
The Ergo explorer provides detailed information about addresses, blocks and transactions on the Ergo network
1 July, 2019
Ergo Mainnet 3.0.1 released
This release includes hard-coded proof-of-no-premine and genesis state root hash. Thanks to all who made it for mainnet launch
28 June, 2019
Ergo will be listed on P2PB2B exchange
Ergo native token (ERG) will be listed soon after the mainnet launch.
28 June, 2019
Joining the Ergo main network at the very beginning
In order to join the network at its very beginning and compete to mine the genesis block, you need to follow the steps included in this guide.
27 June, 2019
Testnet 2.2.0 released
Sigma-State language updated, new API methods
26 June, 2019
Mainnet launch - Monday, July 1, 10:00 AM UTC
Instructions on how to join mainnet right after launch is coming shortly.
24 June, 2019
Ergo Mining Telegram group is now open
Both CPU and GPU miners are welcome to join
14 June, 2019
EFYT (Ergo First Year Token) is listed on Tidex Exchange
Ergo native token (ERG) will be listed right after the mainnet launch.
13 June, 2019
Mainnet launch postponed
Due to delays with exchange listings and new issues found we've decided to postpone the mainnet launch till June 28. Thank you for your patience and continued support!
13 June, 2019
The Bad Crypto Podcast featuring Ergo
Episode 276: Crypto for Good with The Giving Block
12 June, 2019
Testnet 2.1.2 released
Support of coordinated network bootstrapping. Fixes of multiple genesis processing and network byte in addresses.
11 June, 2019
Interview with Ergo, a platform who's building the framework for contractual money
Bitcoin | The Next Evolution of Money by DataDash
5 June, 2019
Agreement with SWFT Blockchain
ERG will be listed soon after mainnet launch and will be available for payment and swap with over 170 crypto!
5 June, 2019
New Bitcointalk thread
Following up the PRE-ANN thread on Bitcointalk which was started almost two years ago, the Ergo team would like to announce the upcoming launch of Ergo, a resilient platform for contractual money.
5 June, 2019
Testnet 2.1.0 released
Voting for soft-forkability feature implemented, Sigma-State language updated. More details in the description of the release.
3 June, 2019
Ergo whitepaper(Chinese)
We continue to reach out to the Chinese crypto community. Chinese website coming soon.
30 May, 2019
A Trustless Local Exchange Trading System on top of Ergo
A Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) is aimed at developing local economy and is usually used by people of a locality in the vicinity of each other.
20 May, 2019
The Ergo Emission Schedule
Ergo’s native token is called Erg and its emission schedule may be of keen interest to users and miners of the platform.
17 May, 2019
Testnet 2.0.5 released
Wallet persistence added. Stateful validation of transactions via API.
15 May, 2019
Ergo whitepaper
A deep general-purpose overview of the Ergo platform.
7 May, 2019
Release postponed
Due to delays in (mostly) testing and the security audit, we've decided to postpone the mainnet launch until June 20.
24 April, 2019
Ergo teaser
High-level overview of the vision, consensus, clients, survivability, economy, and applicability.
3 April, 2019
Ergo mining tutorial
Mining is the process of adding new blocks into the Ergo blockchain by performing resource-intensive computations.
2 April, 2019
Testnet 2.0.3 released
Testnet 2.0.3 released with various bug fixes and GPU mining support.
19 March, 2019
Q&A session transcript. Mainnet launch is planned for May 26
Transcript of Q&A session with Alex Chepurnoy and Dmitry Meshkov
17 March, 2019
How to set up and configure full Ergo node
Tutorial explaining how to install and configure Ergo node.
14 March, 2019
Testnet 2.0 is live! Smart contracts language updated
The super big step towards Ergo Platform launch! All the major features are implemented, just optimization, testing and security audit remain. It should be binary compatible with the mainnet, time to integrate and write your DApps!
12 March, 2019
ErgoScript, a Cryptocurrency Scripting Language Supporting Noninteractive Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Paper published, we would be happy to get feedback!
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