News

EXLE and WEQNT Cardano Stakepool Launch First Micro Finance Cooperative

Although crypto markets and failing centralized exchanges continue to dominate the news, there are corners of the blockchain industry that are generating encouraging stories. For those who have been active in the Ergo ecosystem over the last year, you will no doubt be familiar with Chris Ray and his work on DeCo and EXLE. DeCo continues to promote and educate the technology of Ergo to prospective students and developers, while EXLE has recently reached a major milestone.

Ergo Reference Client 5.0 Activated

Ergo’s latest reference client update offers a new and improved method for transaction costing while greatly improving the user experience and network efficiency.

zenGate Global Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Sri Lanka Tea Factory Owners Association

zenGate’s Palmyra ComDEX will utilize Ergo NFTs for the tokenization of commodities in Sri Lanka and around the world.

Bitrue Exchange Officially Lists Ergo

Bitrue Marks the Third Exchange Listing for Ergo in 2022

Ergo’s First Multi-signature Wallet Has Been Launched by Minotaur

Ergo development continues forward at a record pace. After the exciting announcement about the launch of Rosen Bridge, another important milestone has just been reached. The Ergo Platform now has its first multisig wallet, which has been designed by the Minotaur wallet team.

Ergo Platform Enables Babel Fees

The Ergo Foundation is pleased to announce that users can now use Babel fees to pay for transactions on the blockchain. This important update significantly increases efficiency for performing transitions on the network.

Ergo Launches Rosen Bridge to Cardano

There has been a plethora of development on Ergo recently and another important milestone has just been reached. The Rosen Bridge has just gone live on Ergo and Cardano in soft launch mode.

New Ergo Reference Client Greatly Improves Cost Efficiency, Transaction Rates and Throughput

With Ergo’s newest reference client, users and developers will notice significant increases in network efficiency. Reference Client 5.0.0 provides a new hybrid costing (AOT and JIT) method that will deploy faster script executions, as well as utilize the space in blocks more efficiently. As a result of these changes, the network will process transactions at faster rates, thereby increasing throughput.

cNFTcon: Ergo on the Mainstage

The Cardano cNFT conference was recently held in Las Vegas at the Convention Center from Oct. 7-10. Although it was primarily an opportunity for Cardano NFT projects to highlight their work, other projects, including Ergo, were in attendance. The Ergo Foundation’s Editor made the trip to Las Vegas and visited the Ergo, zenGate Global, and ERGnomes booths.

EIP37 Vote Passes

Solution to Network Difficulty Offers Stability for Ergo Miners

Merge Update: F2Pool Supports Ergo Mining

As the mining world awaits the Ethereum Merge, the big question is where will Ethereum miners choose to direct their hashing power? Currently, the Ethereum network is secured by over 800TH/s. For comparison, the Ergo network is currently sitting at approximately 27TH/s. Once the merge is complete, Ethereum miners will have an overwhelming and immediate demand for a Proof of Work protocol that supports their hardware.

Ergo Mobile Wallet Officially Listed on iOS App Store

There has been some very exciting news this week in terms of Ergo wallets. Not only was Ergo support added to Zelcore Wallet, but the Ergo Mobile Wallet has been officially listed on the Apple iOS App Store.

Huobi Officially Lists Ergo

For many months now, the Ergo community has been waiting with excitement and anticipation for news on a Tier 1 exchange listing. As of today, the Ergo Foundation is pleased to announce that Huobi cryptocurrency exchange has officially listed Ergo for trading. Per their announcement, Huobi will launch Ergo on their exchange with the following schedule:

Zelcore Wallet Officially Adds Ergo Token Support

The Ergo Foundation is pleased to announce that there is a new wallet option available for use in the Ergo ecosystem. Zelcore wallet, the popular wallet designed for Flux, has added support for the Ergo token ($ERG). With this news, Ergonauts can now use Zelcore to interact with Ergo dApps and markets (such as NFT markets, Spectrum, ErgoPad and much more), as well as swap $FLUX and $ERG via the wallet’s Fusion feature.

Ergo Foundation Announces ErgoHack V: Mining and Minting

ErgoHack V is Co-Presented by the Ergo Foundation, Flux, Alephium and the Djed Alliance

Ergo Summit

As the tooling and dApps on Ergo continue to grow at a rapid pace, the Ergo Foundation has maintained an active schedule hosting online events that promote development and use cases for the blockchain. Since the start of 2022, the Ergo Foundation has already hosted two different hackathons and an Ergo Summit that focused on privacy in blockchain.

Flux Announces Ergo Parallel Asset

The Ergo Foundation is pleased to announce that Flux will be adding a new parallel asset that will provide a bridge to the Ergo Platform. This bridge will bring the potential for cross-chain interaction with Ergo.

Ergo is Turning 3 ErgoVersary July 1 2022

That’s right, Ergonauts! Ergo is turning three this July!

A New Era for Ergo: EIP-27 Begins Today

Today marks an incredibly important milestone for the Ergo network and ecosystem. Nearly six months ago, core developer, Alex Chepurnoy, proposed an adjustment to the emission schedule of ERG. The reason for this was to extend the mining rewards beyond the original eight year schedule. In doing so, it would allow for more time to effectively develop the necessary crypto-economic security for the long-term sustainability of the blockchain.

Yoroi’s Ergo Wallet: An Update from the Ergo Foundation and EMURGO

For a long time, the Yoroi Wallet has been an incredibly important piece of infrastructure for the Ergo Community. However, until recently, the Yoroi Ergo Wallet had been prone to syncing delays, and accessing one’s Ergo assets had become more problematic.

Ergo’s EIP-27 Rollout

Alex Chepurnoy Releases Ergo Reference Client 4.0.29 with EIP27 Support

Ergo's new website

Today, the Ergo Foundation is proud to present the newly completed website for the Ergo community. Visitors will enjoy a new and improved user experience and can conveniently access the most up-to-date information available on Ergo.

Ergo’s New Website

Ergo Now Available on Indodax

The first of several listings expected for Ergo in 2022, the Ergo Foundation is pleased to announce that Ergo is officially trading on Indonesia’s largest crypto exchange, Indodax. Get all the details in this latest news post.

Ergo has The First Non-Custodial Token Mixer that can be Implemented Into Wallets and Other dApps — Interview with a Ergo Platform Team

From this recent interview with the Ergo Foundation, Bitcourier dives into what makes Ergo unique. Learn all about Ergo, including its PoW consensus protocol, privacy/security features, eUTXO model, and the team behind the design and construction of this innovative blockchain.

Dev Update March 6

This episode goes in-depth to break down and explain: Dexy Stable coin Rosen Bridge Oracle upgrades + more!

ErgoHack III Results

ErgoHack III was a huge success and our jury was hard pressed to pick just three winners! View the results and the breakdown of prizes in our latest blog post. Congratulations to all the participants!

Dev Update Feb 27

Joseph Armeanio guides us through the weekly developer updates, taken from the wednesday developer discord chat. As always, updates come from both core ergo developers as well as independent devs working on their own projects.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, February 18, 2022

Did you miss our last Ergo AMA? Don't worry, we've got all the details in our AMA Wrap-Up. Dan, Kushti and Armeanio gave updates on behind the scenes work and answered questions on 51% attack network resistance, sharding, Ergo’s dev team, privacy concerns, blockchain as a service, and much more!

Dev Update Feb 20

Joe Armeanio talks about the ErgoHack3 projects, and delivers a double developer update!! Get ready for a lot of exciting info on everything thats being built within the ergo ecosystem. As always, updates come from both core team as well as independent community members and developers working on Ergo or building their own projects.

Ergo Summit Starts!

Throughout the week, we will regularly post links to material on our social media channels. Head over to our YouTube channel to catch all the action.

ErgoHack III Wrap-Up

ErgoHack III is in the books! There were so many great projects, and the work won’t stop for them after this weekend! Check out our latest blog post: ErgoHack III Wrap-Up to see what the teams are building.

ErgoHack III: Day One

The first day of ErgoHack III is completed! Thirteen teams provided their feedback; we have seen a collaboration among Ergo wallets for Ledger integration and multiple teams were building new dApps on Ergo. Check out the blog to learn what happened:

ErgoHack III Starts Today: Event Program & Teams

Welcome to ErgoHack III! We officially start our hackathon today. Please follow the link below to check competing teams and the event’s program. The event will continue until the end of this weekend:

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up February 4, 2022

Did you miss our last Ergo AMA? Don't worry, we've got all the details in our AMA Wrap-Up. Dan and Kushti gave updates on behind the scenes work and answered questions on mining, digital identity and more!

Ergo Pulse Episode 3 - GetBlok

In the third episode of the monthly Ergo Pulse, Dan and Joe had a talk with Rob from GetBlok - the first smartpool on Ergo. They've discussed: -What GetBlok has built so far -Proof-of-Vote system for the soft-fork proposal -Future potential of smartpools (and why they failed on Ethereum) -Governance in Proof of Work If you are a miner, please consider looking into GetBlok smart pool for truly decentralised mining on Ergo:

Dev Update Feb 6 2022

Joe Armeanio talks us through the latest news and updates from Ergo's developer discord channel. The channel features updates from both Ergo core devs as well as independent developers. This week we hear about some very exciting news concerning the long awaited dApp connector, as well as ErgoPay for mobile wallet users. There are node upgrades and new tutorials. ErgoPad and anetaBTC. Ledger. NIPoPoW development. Artist verification for the auction house. The list goes on!

Ergo Summit: Privacy Event

From February 17-23 on our YouTube channel, we will host the first of three Ergo Summits for 2022. In order to achieve mainstream adoption, blockchain needs to be able to provide a balance of privacy and transparency. Ergo provides that balance with uncompromising security. Privacy protects individuals and corporate secrets while transparency allows for the peace of mind that all entities are operating within the legal parameters of their respective jurisdictions. Be sure to join us for this exclusive event, featuring presentations and discussions from some of the leading experts in the blockchain industry.

ErgoHack III is Next Week!

ErgoHack III registrations are now closed and it’s time to get ready to watch the action! Check out our latest blog post for what to expect during the weekend of February 11-13. We can’t wait to see what the contestants build next on Ergo!

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up January 28

In last week’s AMA, Dan updated the community on exchange listings, the engagement of an OTC desk, new business partnerships, and education initiatives. Dan and Armeanio answered questions from the community covering transaction efficiency, commercial adoption, Ergo’s blockchain metrics, venture capital investors, user interface, and much more. They talk about the new Nautilus wallet and we learn that Dan’s Star Trek trivia is not to be challenged! All this and more in your AMA Wrap-Up from January 28, 2022!

Ergo Platform 2022: planes y predicciones para el nuevo año

El ecosistema de Ergo logró varios logros en el último año. Se crearon nuevas dApps, Ergo se incluyó en varios intercambios nuevos, la Fundación Ergo se incorporó como una organización sin fines de lucro y la fundación dio la bienvenida a Dan Friedman como nuevo asesor estratégico de la junta. Con el objetivo de construir un 2021 exitoso, Ergo tiene numerosos planes, eventos y asociaciones en proceso para 2022.

Ergo Platform 2022: Plans and Predictions for the Year

The Ergo ecosystem achieved several milestones in the last year. New dApps were created, Ergo was listed on several new exchanges, the Ergo Foundation was incorporated as a non-profit, and the foundation welcomed Dan Friedman as a new strategic advisor to the board. Looking to build on a successful 2021, Ergo has numerous plans, events, and partnerships in the works for 2022.

Resumen del AMA de Ergo Enero 21, 2022

El AMA de la semana pasada cubrió todo, desde adopción masiva, marketing hoja de ruta, ErgoScript, oráculos, EIP-0027 y mucho más. Alex y Dan también actualizaron a la comunidad sobre varios proyectos, incluida la búsqueda de más billeteras para Ergonautas y el compromiso de una incubadora de ecosistemas. Ponerse al día sobre todos los detalles en nuestro resumen del AMA en inglés, clic derecho y traducir para los que no hablen inglés!

Actualización sobre la red

anetaBTC celebró ayer un airdrop. Debido a la potencia del modelo eUTXO y ErgoScript pudieron distribuir 5000 transacciones agrupadas en una. Esta transacción, cuando se incluyó en el bloque y luego se extrajo, terminó causando sobrecarga en la capa P2P. La solución ahora se está implementando en los grupos. y Kushti ha proporcionado información sobre el problema.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up, January 14

During last week’s AMA, Dan and Armeanio updated the community about THE Ergo Foundation’s initiatives for marketing, education, and exchange listings. They also answered questions from the community about community marketing, miner powers, governance in the mining community, EIP-0027, and much more!

EIP 0027 Proposición de un soft fork.

Hay muchas preocupaciones acerca de que la emisión termine en menos de seis años a partir de ahora. Ergo está comprometido con el principio de que el total el suministro debe ser preservado. La sostenibilidad a largo plazo de la emisión corta el cronograma es un riesgo inherente a la viabilidad a largo plazo de la red de Ergo. Nos gustaría crear un sistema que ofrezca incentivos económicos para mineros mientras protege la seguridad criptoeconómica a largo plazo de los red. Se requiere una tasa de aprobación del 90%, que es una mayoría calificada.

Ergo AMA Wrap-Up January 7, 2022

During last week’s AMA, Dan, Armeanio and Mark answered questions on mining decentralization, marketing, the need for education products, the naming of projects on Ergo, bridges, venture capitalists, scaling solutions and so much more! Dan also updated the community on the work for DEX listings, education partnerships and the creation of financial products on top of Ergo! Check out the Ergo AMA Wrap-Up from January 7, 2022!

2021 - Review de fin de año | Joe y Alex

Armeanio y Kushti discutieron sobre todo lo sucedido en 2021, y lo que podemos esperar en 2022. Discutieron los altibajos, las cosas que se pueden mejorar, las lecciones aprendidas, así como las cosas que salió brillantemente y el enorme progreso que se hizo. 2022 promete ser muy emocionante para Ergo, ya que estamos preparados para un mayor crecimiento del ecosistema.

Ergo Pulse Episodio 2 - ErgoLend

¡El segundo episodio de la charla mensual de Ergo Pulse ya está disponible! Observad a Daniel Tetsuyama y Joseph Armeanio mientras conversan con Chris Ray para hablar sobre su trabajo en ErgoLend:

Developer Update - Jan 2, 2022

Our first Dev Update of 2022 is live! Check out this video on YouTube where Armeanio guides us through the latest developer news and recent updates on the dApps and the protocol.

¡Hola! soy nuevo, ¿por qué es Ergo un buen projecto?

Hemos creado un resumen que explica la función de Ergo en el mundo blockchain, y te enseñará el por qué es un gran proyecto que no debes pasar por alto.