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Ergo Mainnet Launch happened on July, 1st, 2019 (with no premine proof made of latest block hashes from Bitcoin & Ethereum and latest headlines from The Guardian, Vedomosti and Xinhua).

What are the main points of Ergo?

• Rigorous research and scientific approach: Ergo is based on original research, published at known peer-reviewed conferences. List of scientific papers is available at https://apograf.io/c/7MEY3, but Ergo is not limited by research and it also implements other novel scientific ideas.
• Contractual money: a new advanced transactional language built from scratch by team, with a higher-level language for developers called “ErgoScript”. Two tutorials available on website: https://ergoplatform.org/docs/ErgoScript.pdf and https://ergoplatform.org/docs/AdvancedErgoScriptTutorial.pdf. It is more advanced scripting language than Bitcoin while maintaining security and not introducing blockchain bloat problems. Scripting language in itself is non-Turing complete but applications ran on the platform can be made to be Turing complete as demonstrated in this peer reviewed paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.10116v1.pdf.
• New PoW consensus algorithm Autolykos, which was designed in collaboration with The Research Institute (https://researchinstitute.io/). It is the first ASIC-resistant and pool-resistant consensus algorithm to be deployed (mining pools won’t work in Ergo for sake of Decentralization!). Technical details in this paper: https://docs.ergoplatform.com/ErgoPow.pdf.
• Trustless Light Clients with Minimal Resource Requirements: Ergo block header supports NiPoPoWs that enable synchronizing network by downloading < 1Mb of data. This is further made possible by the fact Ergo state is authenticated as detailed in this paper from 2017: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/994.pdf.
• New Economic Model: Key feature of the new model is miners charge users a fee for any UTXO that remains unmoved in state for 4 years (“storage rent fee”). This accomplishes stable mining revenue to secure network, prevents “state bloat” and enables a short release schedule – Ergo emission fully completes in just 8 years. Details in this paper: https://fc18.ifca.ai/bitcoin/papers/bitcoin18-final18.pdf.
• Mined from Zero via PoW with no ICO or Pre-mine. It is about a hope to achieve as fair distribution of Ergs as possible to enhance decentralization.
• Decentralization First: Core commitment of Development team and community. Top item in “Ergo Vision” section of white paper. Many of the above features’ main purpose is to achieve this goal.
• Resiliency and Survivability: Decentralization First is to accomplish this goal. Ergo should be alive and operational for an indefinite amount of time and Contractual Money contracts on Ergo should be able to survive for at least the length of a person’s life time despite a changing external environment.
• 2+ Years Full-time Development: Full-time development from scratch for 2+ years starting in 2017. Will launch as mainnet, ready for developers, miners and users to immediately start using Ergo.
• Other: Ergo offers anyone the ability to issue their own tokens (non-native tokens) on the platform and leverage off its security and decentralization. Advanced on-chain governance is built with miners being able to vote on a number of parameters including simple items like block size – gradual changes only to ensure stability.

The above is just a short summary. For more info, visit the website and ask questions here.

* Website: https://ergoplatform.org/

* Forum: https://www.ergoforum.org/

* Short high level intro (5 pages only): https://docs.ergoplatform.com/teaser.pdf (Chinese: https://docs.ergoplatform.com/cn/teaser%E5%B0%94%E6%A0%BC%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0%E7%AE%80%E4%BB%8B_%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%89%88.pdf )

* White Paper I: https://ergoplatform.org/docs/whitepaper.pdf (Chinese: https://docs.ergoplatform.com/cn/whitepaper_cn.pdf )

* Twitter: @ergoplatformorg (https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg)

* Telegram: https://t.me/ergoplatform

* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7cht_rw6ofX3wTirrQG8kw

* Github: https://github.com/ergoplatform (but important to note multiple other highly relevant Github Repository links can be found on website)

* Development Team already has 25+ Smart Contract Examples ready for Deployment by Developers: https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/tree/master/sigmastate/src/test/scala/sigmastate/utxo/examples

* CUDA-based GPU miner https://github.com/ergoplatform/Autolykos-GPU-miner

* AMD miner https://github.com/mhssamadani/ergoAMDminer

* Russian thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2170754

* Chinese Telegram group: https://t.me/ergoplatform_CH


How to get and store Ergo:

 * Exchanges: ProBit, Tidex, HotBit, Waves.Exchange, P2PB2B, Vite, GJ.com
 * Wallets: Magnum Wallet (Web), inbuilt into node (127.0.0.1:9053/panel)

Ergo Platform Testnet 2.1.0 released. Voting for soft-forkability feature implemented, Sigma-State language updated. More details in the description of the release.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v2.1.0

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1136214698364420099

Announcement of the new thread on Bitcointalk

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1136218324809977856

"We have reached agreement with Ergo Platform to make its native token, ERG available for payment and swap with over 170 crypto! ERG will be listed soon after mainnet launch expected to be on June 20,2019!"

https://twitter.com/SwftCoin/status/1136293239219113986

Finally the project is launched, this is good news. Waiting for launch with friends

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Autolykos is brand new ASIC- and pool-resistant. In some aspects it is similar to Equihash (used in ZCash) with slightly different problem and parameters. However, a secret is needed in order to mine (w. a zero-knowledge proof of PoW solution knowledge included in a block header), thus Autolykos is pool-resistant. For current GPU implementation, minimum amount of RAM needed is 3GB, however, for efficient mining another 4 GB are needed. Thus Autolykos is good for 8+GB GPUs. Algorithm details could be found in a dedicated paper  https://docs.ergoplatform.com/ErgoPow.pdf .

This is great. Have been following progress for a long time, excited to see Ergo launching!

Ergo Platform Testnet 2.1.1 released: JRE8 support added, fixes for API spec examples and correct error handling. Sigma-State language updated.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v2.1.1

https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/releases/tag/v2.1.1

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1136618300987891712

尔格（Ergo）的中文网站上线了！我们郑重向您呈现中文网站https://ergoplatform.org/cn/ 。网站上也可以找到尔格的中文Telegram和微信论坛。Our Chinese Website is up! And on website, there are also links to our new Chinese Telegram and Wechat channels: https://t.me/ergoplatform_CH

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1136916494695239681

"... your paper "On Contractual Money" has been accepted for presentation at RAMICS 2019 Hida-Takayama" so, dear currency researchers, see you in Japan this September"

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1137800291397656577

Discord?

hi. what news? start mainet june 20?

"In my recent episode, I not only share why I believe money is the killer application for crypto, but I also did a sponsored interview with Ergo, a platform who's building the framework for contractual money"

https://twitter.com/Nicholas_Merten/status/1138439305876189184

Ergo Platform Testnet 2.1.2 released - Support of coordinated network bootstrapping. Fixes of multiple genesis processing and network byte in addresses.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v2.1.2

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1138809707626475520

I follow this project since April '18, no doubt it will be huge.

The Bad Crypto Podcast - Episode 276: Crypto for Good with The Giving Block featuring Ergo

https://badcryptopodcast.com/2019/06/13/crypto-for-good-276/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1139129158573985794

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!

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1139164264168591362

"We're excited to announce that EFYT (Ergo First Year Token) is listed on Tidex Exchange!  We will also list Ergo native token (ERG) right after the mainnet launch."

https://twitter.com/Tidex_Exchange/status/1139282057643905024

Only Telegram at the moment, do you think we need for Discord as well?

恭喜 尔格（ERGO）即将登陆SWFT Pay

https://www.jinse.com/blockchain/389767.html

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1140580602682511361

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9Qn1W8XYAAzOA4.jpg

尔格（Ergo）和早期的比特币相似，合适个人电脑用显卡挖矿。正成为去中心化的价值储存新秀。

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzU0Njg2Mzc0NA==&mid=2247488446&idx=1&sn=61e910d14259fbc0c47e9ce91bac8cb1

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1141689404911755264

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9gYGQ7XsAAe_Cy.png

why did you change the thread ?

it is not very active, conversely coin price is pumping on waves DEX in pre-launch.

Ergo Mining Telegram group is now open. Both CPU and GPU miners are welcome to join. AMD GPU mining software will be available soon.

https://t.me/ergo_mining

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1143115425422749697

when is AMD software out?  ???

"We've decided to test Ergo core for two additional days, so mainnet launch is postponed till Monday, July 1, 10:00 AM UTC. Instructions on how to join mainnet right after launch is coming shortly."

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1143824003632685056

Ergo Platform Testnet 2.2.0 released  - Sigma-State language updated, new API methods. This release introduces breaking changes, please update your node.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v2.2.0

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1144159213398216704

"Ergo will enter on our platform. Ergo Platform is a Resilient Platform for Contractual Money. It is designed to be a platform for applications with the main focus to provide an efficient, secure and easy way to implement financial contracts."

https://twitter.com/p2pb2b/status/1144642629361160194

Joining the Ergo main network at the very beginning. Mainnet release included.

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_06_28_mainnet-bootstrap/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1144709656570474497

If everything goes according to plan, the launch of the project should take place on this Monday, July 1

I'm really looking forward to this project and for some reason I have a feeling
that this project, like Bitcoin at the beginning of its journey, or like Aether, in which too few people believed in it at the beginning,
But we now see the success of these coins ... and who believed in them from the very beginning, he was definitely not mistaken ..))

So now I really believe in the success of this unique project and the ERGO coin !!)

Good luck to the team and my support with you guys! ;)

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.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.1

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1145682102689652736

can you explain a little ?

"We're happy to announce that ERGO ($ERG) is listed on Tidex Exchange!"

https://twitter.com/Tidex_Exchange/status/1146161192878190594

WTB ERGO OTC with an escrow you choose, PM me with prices.

Ergo Withdrawal Instructions

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_07_03_mining_withdrawal/

Ergo Mainnet 3.0.2 released. This release includes API improvements. Details in the description of the release

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.2

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1146737921183100928

This is a hidden gem. Two+ years of development written from scratch, AMAZING  ;D

Chinese thread link?

Do people only like meme coins now  ;D

How to buy?   ???

Currently, Tidex only

https://tidex.com/exchange/erg/btc
https://tidex.com/exchange/erg/waves

SWFT, P2PB2B & Waves gateway are announced and coming, more announces soon!

Do you have any linkedin profiles for your developers? All of your developers have only the git and twitter links. At least one of them has a linkedin profile, right?  But anyway, who are the possible users for the contractual money application? Please elaborate more on its nature. Thanks.

Better than linkedin:
https://iohk.io/team/alexander-chepurnoy/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmeshkov/?originalSubdomain=ru

You are looking at a Ada level researchers.

When will you guys produce a non-technical friendly video? The features of ERGO, why the smartcontracts are better, what scorex means for ERGO, the pool resistant features, the built-in security, a brief explanation of ERGO data, etc.

I look forward to seeing what is produced ! Great project :)

yes very important.

After-Launch Thoughts and Ergo Roadmap

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_07_09_after_launch/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1148565579743318016

Not sure about video, if we are talking about coming days.

But I've made the forum https://www.ergoforum.org/ , and going to create threads there on Ergo features there. It would be quicker than writing full articles. 

ERG is now available in Magnum Wallet

https://twitter.com/Magnum_Wallet/status/1148948899618598915

Asset Issuance Standard and Oracles https://www.ergoforum.org/t/asset-issuance-standard-and-oracles/43

Ergo Addresses Details https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-addresses-details/40

RAMICS 2019 Hida-Takayama program is now online. A lot of interesting talks. Alexander Chepurnoy and Amitabh Saxena will talk on contractual money.

https://sites.google.com/view/ramics-2019-takayama/program/academic-conference

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1151632334464196608

Ergo Mainnet 3.0.3 released. This release includes fixes and introduces new API methods. Details in the description of the release

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.3

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1151909174563004422

how to start and is there a video tutorial?

https://ergoplatform.org/en/tools/

Ergo Mainnet 3.0.4 released. This release is introducing a timestamp bugfix in block candidate generation algorithm. Highly recommended for miners.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.4

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1152134863862022145

On video, one enthusiast promised to deliver something here. However, we would be happy to see more videos done by community members. Bonuses will be paid for that for sure.

Please try AMD miner, it is more stable than anytime before now https://github.com/mhssamadani/ergoAMDminer

We have enough material for 3.0.5 and even 3.1.0 (a release which will require for re-syncing with a fresh database). In particular, improvements we already have for being included are providing 2x memory footprint reduction and 3x faster sync.

3.0.5 will also introduce a new transaction assembler which tries to avoid creating too big transactions and collecting dust automatically.

And for sure we're working on getting more API methods to expose Ergo features to application developers.

With the improvements done we will start to recommend miners to raise up computational limits few weeks later. For that, a miner just needs to write (an individual) target value into node config (and restart the node). Then the node will automatically vote for raising the limit while it is no more than the target value (by creating blocks with a vote included). If 50+% of miners are voting for raising the limit during the epoch (of 1,024 blocks), the next epoch will start with the limit increased by 1%. 

Ergo gateway on WavesDEX is working! And so EFYTs buy-back started! Yesterday 1K testing payment was sent to the gateway, today 10K Ergs passed the gateway. All 11K Ergs were used to buy back EFYTs by creating orders @ 1.000 Ergo/EFYT rate. 11K EFYTs bought back are burnt. All these actions are traceable, Waves account for the Foundation is https://wavesexplorer.com/address/3PK9QAbwufVJQ2YVLdNxgVnAqG4iciw9LYE

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

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.5

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1156234837692469248

AMD miner devs reported that issue w. prehashing has been solved. So now AMD cards w. 8GB RAM should be highly competitive. Mining software link: https://github.com/mhssamadani/ergoAMDminer

Ergo reference client v.3.0.6 is out! https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.6

Next release would be 3.1.0 probably, with optimized (3x faster in our tests) database layer.

Now we are going to make node friendly to applications. We have some external teams willing to develop tokenization module for commodities, full-fledged wallet (w. support for tokens and contractual applications), ultra-light mobile wallet with atomic swaps, somewhat decentralized pool, oracles. Working closely with them, we will deliver API updates, tutorials, open-source applications. And if you are willing to build applications on top of Ergo (Lightning/Rainbow network, DEXes, mixers, community currencies etc) please let us know! If you are willing to invest in applications on top of Ergo please let us know too!

Mining Ergo on AMD Cards

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2018_08_08_amd/

Do your pools run? I can connect. I cant connect. Anyone who ever answers in support?

Do you mean the ergoplatform@protonmail.com inbox? I'm there and do not see anything about pools. You can PM me here on the forum, thanks!

Hi, ERGO team!
VGATE is going to list ERO very soon.
Welcome to trade here https://vgate.io/
https://image-1257137467.cos.ap-hongkong.myqcloud.com/discover/ergo.png

Ergo Reference Client 3.0.7 released!

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.0.7

"$ERG is alive. Welcome to VGATE. Exchange link: http://x.vite.net/assets"

https://twitter.com/VGATE2/status/1163718592505925632

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECWVmx2XsAAgwqf?format=jpg&name=900x900

Ergo listing PR has been merged into Bisq https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/pull/3125 . So Ergo will be listed in next Bisq release which is planned for mid-Sep.

Someone made Arabic translation of the whitepaper, please provide feedback on translation quality https://www.docdroid.net/WichSr6/ergo-ar.pdf

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

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.0

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1166380590955995137

Persian translation of the whitepaper is now available also, thanks mhs : https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwhs9ihcls2d0vc/ergo_whitepaper.pdf?dl=0

We are doing first small crowdfunding campaign on Ergo blockchain (so with no any website or other third-party collecting funds & doing refunds in case of failure), Please join!


Full description is on the ErgoForum: https://www.ergoforum.org/t/simple-crowdfunding/70

One developer already willing to get the tools done in case of successful crowdfunding.

My background:

Publications list (a couple of new papers is not there): https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=AG_OSPgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F5o5GtNWf8RUeKnFORRLq58S5ekxmN3ia8nu2s2H-q3bymsw0_tloGPKOzf6kE_6rpzMAL9awNo1ueXp0Mh_8hASM7e295cAZFn-cvp0LeH7EbItWw

Blockchain development:
 2013 - some Bitcoin-related apps
 2014-15 - Nxt core development and smartcontract.com (now ChainLink)
 2016-17 - IOHK (iohk.io)
 2017-now - Ergo development (but initial design was born in 2016)

The team is at https://ergoplatform.org/en/team/ , but we also had and have external collaborators (from both academia and industry).

And we would be happy to get more contributors onboard!

The first smart contract based crowdfunding campaign on top of Ergo intended to raise funds for developing a CLI tool to do crowdfunding campaigns is already successful and continues! https://www.ergoforum.org/t/simple-crowdfunding/70/4

"We are happy to announce upcoming listing of ERGO"

https://twitter.com/Hotbit_news/status/1169883351093694464

I've decided to give Friday updates again:

So current listings: Tidex, WavesDex, Vite

Upcoming listings: Bisq, P2PB2B, SWFT

And today HotBit integration was announced! https://twitter.com/Hotbit_news/status/1169883351093694464

Crowdfunding for developing crowdfunding CLI has raised enough! So we'll have tools to do crowdfunding soon! https://www.ergoforum.org/t/simple-crowdfunding/70/

And first set of CLI tools was for file notarization on Ergo blockchain has been released today (by Sininen Taivas  team) https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-notary-command-line-tool/


Asian tour is coming! Next week I'll give a talk @ RAMICS2019 conference (Session 6D, program is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1omymhVG_wu6mLRoCbCK_A4SMkbMJLKE6/view ).

Then meetups will be organized in the following cities:

Mon.   16th  - Tokyo
Wed.   18th  - Seoul.
Thurs. 19th  - Hong Kong
Sat.     21st  - Ho Chi Min City
Mon.   23rd  - Shanghai


Then on September, 28-29th I'll visit Iran Blockchain Summer School (@ Sharif University) and give a keynote talk there: https://iranbss.ir/pages/ibssconf/

As a project launched by previous co-founder of smartcontract.com,when do you guys consider to integrate decentralized oracle ChainLink for fully interacting with real world?

I'm not in touch with the guys anymore. First oracle is coming in Ergo, maybe next week. What "decentralized" oracle means btw ?

Alex Chepurnoy will be a special guest of the Iranian blockchain conference https://iranbss.ir on September 28-29th

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1169711147991347202

"This September, we are glad to be an event partner of co-hosts Ergo and ProximaX on the discussion forum Driving Mass Adoption in Blockchain."

https://twitter.com/twogap_official/status/1168823313717547008

Ergo Seoul Meetup, Sept. 18th

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1171765632410341377

that's a real interesting exchange!

Ergoプラットフォームの初東京ミートアップ Ergo Tokyo Meetup, 16th of September

https://ergo-tokyo-meetup.peatix.com

"Second presentations session of the day. Still questioning cryptocurrencies for social change with various case studies."

https://twitter.com/ramics_asso/status/1171971207794528258

Ergo is listed on p2pb2b

https://twitter.com/p2pb2b/status/1172593194825068549

Ergo will be presented tomorrow (Sept, 16th) in Tokyo. Please come or inform your peers! https://ergo-tokyo-meetup.peatix.com/view

Slides from Tokyo meetup

https://www.slideshare.net/AlexChepurnoy/ergo-presentation-tokyo

Bisq v1.1.6 has been released, with support for Ergo

https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v1.1.6

"Alex Chepurnoy, core developer and researcher at Ergo, is speaking about their latest updates and progress at the ErgoPlatform meetup in Seoul."

https://twitter.com/MonikaKCS/status/1174378361117786112

https://twitter.com/MonikaKCS/status/1174376015906271232

Ergo meetup in Hong Kong

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1174601498094755840

“It’s not realistic to store anything for free forever”

https://twitter.com/larrysalibra/status/1174655720765001730

Alex Chepurnoy presenting Ergo in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1175347190820155393

Ergo Meetup in Shanghai, Sept, 23rd

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1175818607172956160

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1176122539401261056

"A set of useful utilities for Ergo protocol starts with Path matcher"

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo-utility/releases/tag/v0.1

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1176087124891844608

"Multi-Stage Contracts in the UTXO Model" by Alexander Chepurnoy and Amitabh Saxena

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-31500-9_16

http://deic.uab.cat/conferences/cbt/cbt2019/resources/chepurnoy.ogv

http://deic.uab.cat/conferences/cbt/cbt2019/resources/chepurnoy.pdf

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1178577553789014016

D. Meshkov is leaving Ergo core

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/d-meshkov-is-leaving-ergo-core/100

An update (will do them periodically again until a new road show)

The road show was highly successful. In particular, we're now talking with some Korean and Vietnamese exchanges, there is a small team now starting decentralized pool development, we've got new fans and hundreds of business cards.

HotBit listing announced https://twitter.com/Hotbit_news/status/1179366976046714881 . Listing will take place likely within few days after holidays in China( Oct, 1st - 7th). Within few days after listing we'll have AMA session for HotBit users.

New listings are coming!

External developers are reporting that they're testing pricing oracles and non-interactive coin mixing. With the oracles we can do loan contracts, mutual credit systems and other DeFi (decentralized finance) applications.

3.1.1 is coming with simplified user-friendly interface added.

There's enough new features for 3.1.2 as well, e.g. a new version of language interpreter with much improved performance.

And please note, unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum, where formal verification techniques took years to appear around, in Ergo a crowdfunding contract used in practice has some formally verified properties just within 3 months after launch, see https://www.ergoforum.org/t/simple-crowdfunding/70/19 for details.

So everything is going well, if you want to help us, please join the community, spread the word and hodl!

ERGO (ERG) LISTED ON HOTBIT
 
Deposit opens at: 2019-10-09 15:00（UTC+8）
Trading opens at: 2019-10-09 15:00（UTC+8）

https://twitter.com/Hotbit_news/status/1181492203035643904

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGWA45JVUAM5x2z?format=jpg&name=900x900

AMA on Hotbit Wechat Group at 16:00 (UTC+8) on October 10th.

https://twitter.com/Hotbit_news/status/1181528994581114880

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGWiWpLU8AA44nq?format=jpg&name=small

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.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.1

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1181583225115820037

Ergo Platform: A Resilient Platform For Contractual Money and Decentralized Finance by Alex Chepurnoy. Thanks to Genesis Block for hosting us in Hong Kong.

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1182228109694779392

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShHAHbMpzxs

Hotbit AMA transcript

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/hotbit-ama-10-10-2019-transcript/107

A lot of news already for this week (3.1.1, HotBit listing and AMA, video from Hong Kong etc), but we have more:

* 3.1.2 is ready (in the dedicated branch https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/tree/v3.1.2) and under testing
* An oracle posting ERG/USD price is done by "Sininen Taivas": https://github.com/sininen-taivas/ergo-oracle , we are testing it. With the oracle it is possible to develop such applications as LET systems , p2p loans, rainbow channels etc
* First stage of EIP-0001 (application-friendly wallet) implementation is done and under review: https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/pull/897
* EIP-0003 (BIP-44 for Ergo) and EIP-0004 (tokens standard) are proposed : https://github.com/ergoplatform/eips/pulls
* Ergo community is on the way to get an implementation of non-interactive mixing scheme done: https://www.ergoforum.org/t/lets-play-with-ergomix/108

And now very important announcement:

* development of a decentralized pool has been started! Please note Ergo does not allow centralized pools, but decentralized pools where miners generate block candidates on their own (which is important for resistance to censorship) and cooperate with the help of blockchain contract are actually possible. Some ideas were discussed on the forum: https://www.ergoforum.org/t/creating-an-ergo-mining-pool/42, and now lead developer of AMD mining software "mhs" started the pool development! So 2-3 months later Ergo will be friendly to small miners (currently you need for 30+ GPUs to see stable income). However, collateral will be needed for decentralized mining contract (better to have 130 Ergs at least, so about 2 block rewards, even if you're a small miner), so better to buy Ergs for cheap and store them to mine later probably!

Ergo Mainnet 3.1.2 released. This release includes rebroadcasting of mempool transactions. API route to generate P2SH address disabled

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.2

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1183738362039013376

Indistinguishable outputs of a mixing transaction

https://explorer.ergoplatform.com/en/transactions/52ba7476f4cadd2c25b53d235ae7cad06fd7c79860c521435032c1d4001e4538

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/lets-play-with-ergomix/108

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1183736638503116801

CUDA-based GPU miner for Ergo updated

https://github.com/ergoplatform/Autolykos-GPU-miner

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1183712773869572101

Test oracle which is writing nanoErg per US cent price from CoinMarketCap into R4 register of a box labeled with the "c402..." singleton token: https://explorer.ergoplatform.com/en/addresses/9fRusAarL1KkrWQVsxSRVYnvWxaAT2A96cKtNn9tvPh5XUyCisr

Details on how to run an oracle will be published on the ErgoForum soon.

With the oracle now financial contracts such as trustless LETS and loan contracts could be developed.

On decentralized pool, currently there's controversy that a single party can control a lot of mining power hiding under many pseudonymous identities. While there are no evidences so far behind this theory, decentralized pools can make significant share of mining power visible but without possible issues of centralized pools (in regards with censorship). The Foundation also welcomes research in probing the Ergo network, finding geo distribution of mining power etc. Such research may be sponsored.

Core developers have enough material for couple of new releases, including support for wallet operations in new UI, updated (more efficient) ErgoTree interpreter, new API methods for applications development, and fixed P2SH addresses. Probably 3.1.3 will be out on Monday (Oct, 21st).

We are looking for external development teams willing to develop a decentralized exchange and a full-fledged (desktop?) wallet (with mixing and 3rd part applications support), please contact the core community members on that.

Vite representatives shared this deposit instructions picture. Please note, me personally and Ergo core devs in general do not endorse any exchanges!
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See it.

Decentralized oracle means many nodes to feed the same data in order to prevent single point error IMO.For Chainlink,there are 20+ nodes now.

What about Ergo oracle?

Currently, there's only one oracle, but the scripts (to create oracle and  update its data) will be open-sourced soon so anyone will be able to run an oracle with no much hassle.

It is possible to do an aggregate oracle, which is taking e.g. data from 8 oracles , removes 2 min and 2 max values (to reduce noise) and then calculates average for medium 4 values. We are discussing such a contract in the community. Also, it is possible to do oracle directories and other contracts to have better (less trusted) oracles. So we are waiting for startups willing to take this space. 

ErgoPlatform Update 21.10.2019:


HotBit is now reworking its withdrawal procedure, we're helping them. Withdrawals are currently disabled.

A lot of new talks with exchanges, some announces are coming :)

Also, we're in talks with external teams willing to develop decentralized exchange (DEX), p2p loans and bonds (collaterized with ergs) platform, a platform for tokenization. The decentralized pool is under active development!

3.1.3 is ready and will be released tomorrow or on Wed. It will include  simplified wallet UI (really simple!) and couple of bugfixes.

Oracle publishing ERG/USD price from CoinMarketCap on the Ergo blockchain

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1187400047450832896

Version 3.1.3 is finalized. It will contain simplified wallet UI, improved interpreter for low-level smart contract language ErgoTree (as well as improved compiler from higher-level language ErgoScript to ErgoTree), and few bugfixes.

USD/ERG oracle is open-sourced and running, please run your own oracles: https://www.ergoforum.org/t/erg-usd-oracle-on-top-of-ergo/119 / https://github.com/sininen-taivas/ergo-oracle

Swapping is going on. Another one was yesterday, next on will be on Monday.

ProBit Exchange Lists Ergo: https://support.probit.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035171632-ProBit-Exchange-Lists-Ergo-ERG-

Probit might not be a big exchange as compared to others but I guess it is a good exchange to list with rather than those exchanges that are heavily manipulated. And with the continuous development of this project, I believe they are going to stay long here in crypto. Good luck Ergo!

Thanks! Ergo is here to stay for long time! And the most important thing is to have time on our side. This is true for Ergo because :

* Proof-of-Work
* Supply cap
* Rich functionality of the blockchain core (custom tokens, safer and powerful contracts)
* Focus on survivability in the long-term (storage rent, light fullnodes, safer light modes with no full-node security)
* Possibility of painless system parameters readjustment, also improved soft-forkability
* Precisely defined social contract, treasury to fund development
* Sigma-State language, privacy by choice

However, the beast is very new and we need for some time to tame it. But external teams are already working on applications, exchanges are integrating the coin, the core is getting more polished with time also.

Btw, I think there's potential in developing games on top of Ergo in form of smart contracts! 

Ergo Mainnet 3.1.3 released - This release includes simplified wallet UI, improved memory footprint due to more efficient ErgoTree interpreter, and some bugfixes

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.3

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1189210550322028544

Ergo Platform: A Resilient Platform For Contractual Money and Decentralized Finance by Alex Chepurnoy in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SrzybpblMM

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1190685105632792576

Please try the new simplified ui (in 3.1.3 release (https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.3)) and let us know how the UI can be improved (you can do this by opening a new Github issue (https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/issues))

https://i.postimg.cc/3wXGGBnr/ewallet.png (https://postimg.cc/xkdqDLwB)

Roadmap for next versions:
3.1.x - improved serialization, NiPoPoW (https://nipopows.com/) proof generation, candidate block generation with provided transactions included (needed for decentralized pools)
3.2.0 - Improved database storage for UTXO set, EIP-0001 (external applications support)
3.2.x - multisig (ring / threshold signatures) support

3.1.x code is mostly done and under review.

Applications development:

Current ETA for decentralized pool launch is 6-7 weeks.
"Sininen taivas" has rolled out oracle script delivering GAU (gram of gold) price on the ergo blockhain: https://github.com/sininen-taivas/ergo-oracle (https://github.com/sininen-taivas/ergo-oracle)
Interest-free loan contract code is done: https://www.ergoforum.org/t/interest-free-loan-contract/67 (https://www.ergoforum.org/t/interest-free-loan-contract/67)
Auctions on top of Ergo: https://www.ergoforum.org/t/auctions-on-ergo/122

Ecosystem Decentralization & Anti-fragility:

Development Fund Board established. It has 6 members: mx, herb_mentalist, Justin Simpson, mobybit, morphic and me. If you want to get funding from the fund, please contact a Board member. Majority is needed to approve a spending.

We are looking for more core and ecosystem contributors, app developers, community leaders and so on. Please come to the community!

Appkit: A Library for Polyglot Development of Ergo Applications

https://github.com/aslesarenko/ergo-appkit

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1192311361361076229

Please update AMD miner, it contains a bugfix!

https://github.com/mhssamadani/ergoAMDminer

Update from 15.11.2019
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EFYTs Buyback
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Currently, all the sell orders fulfilled, even more, at the moment of writing this post there's a buy order of 16+K. So the Foundation is swapping the tokens successfully!

Events:
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I'm going to this event in Istanbul tomorrow: "EuroAsia Cryptocurrency Investment Summit" https://www.eventbrite.com/e/euroasia-cryptocurrency-investment-summit-tickets-74541833631 . If you're around let's get in touch!

In December we're going to China again, Proof-of-Value conference (I'll be on a panel there) and meetup @ Zhejiang university at least. More tour events to be announced.


Ecosystem Decentralization & Anti-fragility:
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A repository is started to discuss community and development practices, please help us with that!
 https://github.com/ergoplatform/community/issue and https://github.com/ergoplatform/community/pulls

Core Development:
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3.1.4 will be out next week, 3.2.0 in progress.

We have many new bounties for writing manuals etc please help us https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/issues

App Development:
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Appkit library to develop application with different languages is released: https://github.com/aslesarenko/ergo-appkit . Soon it will be more documentation and examples!

Core has support for decentralized pools now, and the development of the first pool is making good progress (will be released before NY hopefully).

Contract examples for bonds based on Ergo https://www.ergoforum.org/t/bonds-based-on-ergo-or-the-yield-protocol/128 (similar to the Yield protocol http://research.paradigm.xyz/Yield.pdf )

There's a team working on LETS implementation.

In the next update it will be more details on new wallets coming!

3.1.4 is postponed a bit, as we want to include more optimizations and features into it. At the same time, good progress is done with 3.2.0. It will have much faster bootstrapping (~3-4x improvement on my laptop with HDD) and also support for external applications (EIP-1 https://github.com/ergoplatform/eips/blob/master/eip-0001.md ).

New Asian tour will take place from Dec, 4th till Dec, 11th and will include events in Shanghai (some private event and one event to be announced), HangZhou (Zhejian university), Beijing (Tsinghua university), and Seoul. Details will be announced in coming days.

Pool (with collaterals and need to run node on miner's side) is mostly ready as reported by its development team, private tests will be started around this weekend. If you are willing to help with a mining rig please write me.

To simplify installing and running the node, new versions will have an installer script, so it will be possible to get working node with a proper config by just running one script (in Linux):

https://i.postimg.cc/ZRvSTh9m/installer.png

Thanks a lot! Is it your resource or you just posted the news there?

Hi everyone, good time for another update  :)


Asian tour postponed till February or March due to cancellation of Proof-of-Value conference (and also our partners in shanghai pulled out of joint meetups, it seems now it is not good time to do events in Shanghai).

Spent some time over the weekend to read about popular PoW coins. I wasn't impressed at all! Some are planning or have done recently hard-forks to change monetary policy, PoW function or even to replace PoW with some other consensus. How long-term investors can trust them? Hardforks could be done only to fix critical security vulnerabilities not to please wishful thinking of devs not done their homework before the launch properly.

Please note that Ergo is for long-term HODLing, thus there's commitment (clearly formulated in the whitepaper) to avoid hardforks.

There's also need to make Ergo more friendly to long-term usage by introducing better tutorials, lighter clients and applications (to make valuable things with the digital gold, such as financial apps, derivative instruments, mixing etc), and that's we're are working on. More details below.

There's also new and good introduction to Ergo, please check and distribute: https://thecryptoassociate.com/what-is-ergo/

Trading
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Our exchange guys are now targeting bigger exchanges, and talks are not going fast for this case. So no concrete news to announce at the moment, but there's progress here.

HODLing
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For helping users running fullnodes, we're going to publish new tutorials in coming days. It is much easier to run a node now that few months ago, but there are no new tutorials on that at the moment. Also, we'll explain soon how to run a lighter node which is not holding UTXO set but still have full-node security guarantees (based on https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/994).


BUIDLing
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 With initial applications done in September-October (Ergo Notary, Ergo Crowdfunding CLI, Ergo Oracle) it became obvious that better support for custom tracking rules could help
external applications a lot. Version 3.2.0 implementing EIP-1 (https://github.com/ergoplatform/eips/blob/master/eip-0001.md) is about that. It is conceptually done, it requires just more testing, polishing and documentation.

A tutorial is coming on Ergo AppKit (https://github.com/aslesarenko/ergo-appkit/).

More
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3.1.4 version is finalized and merged: https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/pull/980 . The release will be done tomorrow.  This version is not big about new functionality per se but is a good preparation for 3.2.0 internally.  


Collateralized and semi-decentralized pool is mostly ready, as reported by its devs, private testing is to be started within few days.

Ergo Mainnet 3.1.4 released  This minor release includes new API method /script/executeWithContext and new integration tests.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.4

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1202253909869441025

The Typescript library for Ergo with the support of custom tokens and complex transactions.

https://github.com/coinbarn/ergo-ts

https://twitter.com/coinbarn/status/1202195454672482305

Simplified tutorial for new users - How to set up and configure a full Ergo node

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_12_03_how_to_setup/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1201957291269988352

Appkit: A Library for Polyglot Development of Ergo Applications

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_12_03_top5/

https://twitter.com/avslesarenko/status/1201935368452558848

Actually the post above from mx is a good update: we have new release, new client library and new tutorials. Much more in progress, in particular, more text & video content is coming, as well as new applications!

Also let me post here the following text here I put into TG group few days ago. It is about long-term value of the Ergo token:

I checked some PoW coins recently. ETH is going to roll out its 8th hardfork, changing difficulty bomb rules for 3rd(or 4th?) time and only ~40% of nodes are ready for the fork. Monero just changed its PoW along with some other things, gosh, I don't really know how many hardforks they've done through. ZCash is also hardforking often, also experienced inflation bug happened in the protocol published in peer-reviewed paper then implemented, audited etc. Some PoW coins are even going to switch to PoS. Ergo is following the Bitcoin path: no hardforks, minimum intervention into protocol. Then you're buying reduced set of assumptions with minimized human intervention, basically that:

    * hash function is collision-resistant
    * DLOG problem is hard (in a certain group)
    * majority of miners do follow the protocol

So you're not buying that Vitalik and friends will do proper decisions all the time or anything like that.
However, Ergo also takes into account past years experience and trying to get maximum out of cheap tools (like sigma protocols which is actually quite old cryptography from 90's relying in the simplest cases on the same DLOG): ring and threshold sigs and other crypto protocols (like the non-interactive mixing scheme), multi-stage contracts in the UTXO model, stateless clients, storage rent etc. So no need to discuss Schnorr sigs, they are already here. No need to discuss blocksize, miners can change it a little bit if majority of them are okay (and users can catch with them anyway with full-node security but maybe without UTXO set in extreme cases). No need to discuss 40 or 80 bytes for OP_RETURN payload, take 400 but pay for them (every four years). So hopefully it will be possible to disconnect from the network for years and then catch up with the current state of it without software update. And with ultra-compact client Ergo can deliver store-of-value even to Kashmir which is disconnected from the Internet for four months currently (https://www.ergoforum.org/t/e-mail-client-for-limited-or-blocked-internet/134).So even for simple HODLing Ergo should be perfect. But Ergo also allows to do contracts on top of the native SoV token and created monetary systems with different properties (if you need for something in addition to SoV, e.g. some stablecoin).

"Welcoming Ergo Platform — Telegram AMA - 1000 ERGs of prizes split between 10 winners: 3 on Twitter beforehand and 7 on Telegram (https://t.me/GainsChat) on D-day"

https://t.me/GainsChat

https://twitter.com/GainsAssociates/status/1204406021805891585

AMA transcript: https://medium.com/gains-associates/ergo-telegram-ama-december-12-13db412331cd

The Ergo Cast: Understanding Ergo One Episode at a Time. The Ergo ecosystem’s premier podcast https://ergocast.io 🔥

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_12_16_podcast/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1207253475026972672

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybtWmbBfcOM

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1207339456220585984

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

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.1.5

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1207716918116978690

New tutorial: "Mining Ergo for Fun and Profit"

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/wiki/Mining-Ergo-for-Fun-and-Profit

Updated manual: "How to set up and configure a full Ergo node"

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/wiki/Set-up-a-full-node

"Make Your Own Ergo Wallet: Managing Ergo Coins with ErgoTool"

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_12_31_ergo_tool/

https://twitter.com/avslesarenko/status/1211956953083240448

"Coinbarn wallet now has its desktop version"

https://twitter.com/coinbarn/status/1211026427686064133

Ergo Mainnet 3.2.0 released

Attention! This version contains breaking changes in database structure, so please remove "state", "history", "wallet/registry" in your data folder (.ergo by default), and do re-sync. If you did not make derived keys, you can delete the whole folder and recover from mnemonic. Please unlock wallet before the height of the first tokens retrieval!

Main changes:

PR #969 , #1011 - LevelDB is used now for storing the state (UTXO set + authenticated AVL+ tree on top of it)
PR #1004 - a fix for light mode with blocksToKeep set (pruning switched on)
Additionally (fixes for minor issues not related to client functionality):

PR #1010 - support for native-image generation in ergo-wallet
PR #997 - from now every new release will be checked for bootstrapping in 3 full-node regimes (w. UTXO set, w/out UTXO set, w/out UTXO set and blockchain pruning)
PR #1014 - improvements and fixes in ergo-installer.sh
PR #1015 - fix for Docker build
PR #1016 - fix for empty gitHeadCommit (minor building issue)


https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.0

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1214608612288585730

Security Audit (by Jean Philippe Aumasson)

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_01_12_security_audit/

Bypassing Non-Outsourceable Proof-of-Work Schemes Using Collateralized Smart Contracts: A Chepurnoy, A Saxena

https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/044

Introducing the Ergo Foundation, a community-driven entity

https://ergoplatform.org/en/foundation/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1218174658521989120

Ergo Platform Research Fellow Amitabh Saxena is joint author of papers on cryptographic e-cash since 2005

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1219176302969790465

ErgoScript 3.2.0 for Ergo Mainnet has been released- This release introduces optimization of serialization and SCoverage enabled for CI

https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/releases/tag/v3.2.0

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1219191622702895104

Daily Ergo Fact

"Ergo's support for sigma-protocols (aka generalized Schnorr proofs) is truly unique. As building bricks for composable statements, Ergo support Schnorr protocol and proof-of-Diffie-Hellman-tuple, but more can be added via soft-forks"

https://ergoplatform.org/docs/ErgoScript.pdf

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1219164353087311872

First Ergo transaction spending a coin protected by Diffie-Hellman-Tuple

https://explorer.ergoplatform.com/en/transactions/24f6996bea6b914d3dab7d645cd5e5b9a57e3ac88b2774d34a2be26bdf708d28

Alex Chepurnoy participated in the "Insights from the Top Minds of Crypto"

https://medium.com/gains-associates/compilation-of-insights-from-the-top-minds-of-crypto-ec11f037221c

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1219903734467170304

Ergo Platform Discord Server has been created. You are welcome to join us

https://discordapp.com/invite/gYrVrjS

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1220231552669491200

Ergo is a hidden gem  ;D

Exactly! Time to uncover it!

ErgoCast #2, 2019 in review: https://ergocast.io/episode/2019-year-in-review/

Some guy told recently in the Ergo discord ( https://discord.gg/3M3hjR ), ergopool channel :

 "Dear Ergo Community, I would like to announce that the first mining pool for Ergo is coming in the following days. This pool is using collaterals and smart contracts, and it would be almost open-sourced. Technically, we do not have control over what you mine but as an arbiter collect the money and distribute it to the miners. So, the pool is censorship-resistant and somehow decentralized. We hope this step in Ergo mining at the beginning of 2020, mitigates the obstacles of Ergo mining for small/medium miners and spreads the words of Ergo. So please follow this thread for the news."

Ergo Platform Roadmap for 2020

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_02_02/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1224028515340890113

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - January 2020

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1224396688045023232

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - January 2020




   *  Ergo Foundation has been established (https://ergoplatform.org/en/foundation/)

    * Security audit of most critical parts of the reference protocol client is done, report is available (https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_01_12_security_audit/)

    * New paper is out, “Bypassing Non-Outsourceable Proof-of-Work Schemes Using Collateralized Smart Contracts” (https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/044.pdf). This paper describes how to build a pool for Ergo based on smart contracts with collaterals.

    * Public Discord server has been created (https://discordapp.com/invite/gYrVrjS), please join!

    * Ergo Platform reference protocol client 3.2.0 released (https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.0). Updates are coming reguralry!

    * CoinBarn wallet is still under review in ChromeStore, but released a desktop version (https://twitter.com/coinbarn/status/1211026427686064133). CoinBarn is the simplest wallet for Ergo, and it is supporting custom tokens!

    * Ergo now has a command-line wallet also, called ErgoTool. An introductory article on the ErgoTool: https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_12_31_ergo_tool/

    * ErgoCast #2 published: https://ergocast.io/

Ergo pool soon!  ;) ;D

AMA session with Ergo on February 18 on Probit

https://twitter.com/ProBit_Exchange/status/1227159871306395648

Chepurnoy's (AKA Kushti) presentation "A New Quest for Decentralization"

https://twitter.com/fin_nexus/status/1225781259982471170
 
"Bypassing Non-Outsourceable Proof-of-Work Schemes Using Collateralized Smart Contracts will be presented by Chepurnoy at WTSC workshop associated with Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2020 in Malaysia."

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1225765799228559361

Ergo builds advanced cryptographic features and radically new DeFi functionality on the rock-solid foundations laid by a decade of blockchain theory and development. Frontpage was updated

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1228019019392876545

Welcome to Smart Money

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1228019993763295232

There will be an AMA hosted on ViteXExchange on Thursday at 22:00 HKT

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1229794461665894405

Summary of dev meeting:

1. Protocol client 3.2.1 ready. Next versions will include NiPoPoWs support ( @gtklocker is working on NiPoPoW verifier), API methods needed for ergopool. 3.3.0 (with applications support) is ready, more tests and documentation is needed.
2. DEX devs are playing with transactions over the testnet, status is available at https://github.com/aslesarenko/ergo-tool/issues/21
3. Mixer from "anon92048" is working, but command-line UI is overly complex. The command-line tool will be published next week probably.
4. Core dev morphic is working on a simplified ErgoTree interpretation along with specification. It makes easier  to make contract interpreters in other languages.
5. @jasondavies is going to work on EIP proposing applications <-> wallets protocol, to give possibility to sign in a wallet a transaction prepared by an application.

Developers are still discussing how to do feature-rich UIs.

Ergo Mainnet 3.2.1 released https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.1

Please note that resync is needed if you are upgrading the node from 3.0.x or 3.1.x.

This minor release includes:

It includes following PRs:

Ergo:
#1012 and #1045 : mempool and miner made friendly to transactions spending outputs of offchain transactions
#1044 : pure-Java LevelDB dependency got back (to make possible to run the node on 32-bit platforms such as Raspberry Pi, see #1038 )
#1042: seed node list updates for both mainnet and testnet
#1020: IODB dependency finally removed
#1019: configurable parameter for syncing detection during headers-chain download

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1230145552043716613

Summary of past AMAs:

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1230985345879171072

Smart Money

Ergo is a DeFi and crypto contracts platform that takes a radically different approach to smart contracts than other networks. Ergo enables use cases that would be impossible, risky or expensive with other platforms. Non-custodial and non-interactive DeFi is being done with Sigma protocols https://ergoplatform.org/docs/ErgoScript.pdf, powerful cryptography that allows very flexible and elegant coding of wide-ranging functionality.

Ergo smart contracts are based on a Bitcoin-like but extended UTXO model https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-terminology-a-box-and-a-register/32, where every output is protected by some script. If the scripting language is rich enough, it enables writing of Turing-complete contracts while avoiding ad-hoc solutions for program halting like gas in Ethereum. While having significantly more versatility than Bitcoin script, Ergo script only contains operations, that allow estimation of script complexity before execution, which prevents various DoS attacks. However this instructions set is enough to easily write any possible program. ErgoScript was proven to be Turing complete https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.10116.pdf

Privacy

Ergo is non a privacy coin, but if Ethereum is called "decentralized world computer", then Ergo is "decentralized world crypto-computer" as it has generic and flexible support for variety of cryptographic protocols to be built on top of it, including off-the-peg use of ring and threshold signatures(e.g. 2-out-of-3 which is preserving zero-knowledge, unlike multisig in Bitcoin: by observing a signature not possible to know these 2 guys who signed (only the ring of 3 is known))– great for privacy applications. As an immediate application, Ergo community members discovered ErgoMix, a next-generation mixer, simple, non-custodial (so no risks for operators and also users to get arrested or have money lost) and non-interactive (so more secure). More schemes will be discovered in future definitely, due to flexbility of Ergo's generic approach. And also Ergo's approach is efficient and secure, sigma-protocols (aka Generalized Schnorr Proofs) are known since 90s, they're efficient and well-studied so secure. We also have a DEX on the way and a small but active and growing community building their own dApps.

Value and Survivability

ERG is working as the transaction fees AND storage fees to miners, providing the same incentive for miners even after emission ends, thanks to own economy model. Next very unique one is a contribution to non-interactive and non-custodial DeFi, years of research were put into improving Bitcoin design here, so we have more advanced and more powerful scripting with privacy in mind, advanced proof-of-work, support for tokens, more advanced fees, soft forking approach, miners can change parameters like block size etc on their own, so it is also self-amendable protocol at the same time built with survivability in mind what is important as for digital commodity and cash guarantees.

Main mission of Ergo is proving that cryptocurrency can`t be regulated with its possibilities. In some scanarios Ergo could be "digital gold with contracts" while Bitcoin is just "digital gold". Maybe people will love Ergo for simplicity and mixing. Maybe it will be a backbone to build community finance when the world economy will collapse. Let's see )

Supply, Treasury and Economy

Ergo is POW cryptocurrency with fixed supply cap, like Bitcoin, 97,739,924 ergs to be issued in 8 years. To fund development, Ergo has in place a Treasury which will receive 4.43% of the Ergs, 4,330,791.5 and is completed in just 2.5 years. There was no premine, genesis state contains proof-of-no-premine. To stabilize mining income after emission is done, Ergo’s short emission schedule is made possible through its new economic model, namely, the storage rent fee component to stabilize minind rewards after emissions is done, so you need to pay for UTXOs which stay in the system but not touched for few years. We have modelling done for this new kind of economy, space-scarce economy, showing that this model could be sustainable and improved soft-forkability to avoid hard forks. Other benefits from having the storage rent fee include prevention of “state bloat”, building of an economy around state (users must pay to keep unspent boxes in miners’ memory for the long‐term) and a gradual return of any lost coins back into circulation https://fc18.ifca.ai/bitcoin/papers/bitcoin18-final18.pdf

Security

Initial idea was to combine most prominent ideas from research papers, but also make a practical and simple system. It was really hard! Ergo was started in 2016 but mainnet was launched on July 1st, 2019. For dapps, working apps with UIs is the most needed part of the puzzle, and we're working on that! For 2021 a community member has this proposal https://www.ergoforum.org/t/universal-dapp-interface-package-standard/153 which could change the dapp industry I believe.
Ergo is based on solid research https://ergoplatform.org/en/documents/ done by the team and not only. But it's not a professor coin disconnected from reality, it is an engineer coin. On other hand, we're using solid methods and very careful about everything. As result we have powerful, secure and generic platform.

Consensus protocol of Ergo — Autolykos — is based on the well-known Proof-of-Work (“PoW”) consensus algorithm. PoW was chosen for several reasons including that PoW protocols are widely studied, have high security guarantees, and are friendly to light clients.

PoW has issues, but they are well-known at least, Ergo devs have few papers on PoW security published. About PoS, even problematics is probably not very clear.

Scalability

Ergo allows people to synchronize with the network by downloading less than a megabyte of data, reducing the process from potentially weeks to minutes and enabling it to take place on mobile devices – all with the same security as current third-party solutions.  In addition, Ergo uses authenticated state and for any transaction included, a client may download a proof of its correctness. Thus, regardless of the blockchain size, a regular user with a smart-phone can join the network and start using Ergo with the same security guarantees as a full node. We also have support for ultra-efficient SPV clients via NiPoPoW tech https://nipopows.com Ergo additionally is a self-amendable protocol that allows it to absorb new ideas and improve itself in a decentralized manner.

For interoperability, we have some space left in the protocol to fill in 2021. For volatility, we already have some stablecoin contracts , now apllications are needed. Please note that token mechanics in Ergo makes stablecoins not contradicting with the native token! Native token always has utility, it is being used to pay for storage rent!

Community and Roadmap

Core team has some minimum plan, but it seems, more will be delivered, as external teams and contributors are also working. Minimalistic roadmap for 2020 (https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_02_02/) including crowdfunding tool (we already done some campaigns), non-interactive and non-custodial mixing tool and also decentralized exchange. But from what we know from contributors we can announce more in coming months! And then in 2021 we'll focus on non-custodial DeFi, new funding mechanisms for projects (as IEOs will probably die by then) etc. Our core team is getting bigger and more decentralized over time, and that's the key for success I guess. Fund is providing grants, so please come to build the ecosystem and apply for a grant! https://ergoplatform.org/en/foundation/ Also this is community-based project, so no ICO- or VC-funding related issues. Ergo's focus is on the long-term!

There's no plan to generate revenue for the Ergo Foundation, it will spend Dev Fund on common infrastructure development, and after the DevFund Foundation will switch to other means of funding, such as donations or will just disappear (as Bitcoin Foundation disappeared).

ErgoScript,  language supporting non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs, actually is a small subset of Scala language, which is pretty well known, and now we have tooling to compile a subset of Scala into Ergo contracts (low-level representation called ErgoTree), so now developers can use ordinary IDEs for Scala and use established tools for formal verification, articles on that are coming!

Existing DeFi

The problems with current DeFi solutions are admin keys, centralized UI, control from certain parties over protocols etc. Ergo is focused on non-custodial DeFi. The perfect example is crowdfunding campaign we did: you just create a coin with a certain contract and then project can collect your coin if the crowdfunding contract conditions are met. And you create your coin just with your wallet. You do not send tokens to a smart contract (like in Eth), you just attach certain contract to your tokens https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_04_10-ico-example/

Another way to improve DeFi is community finance, such as LETS systems, to provide ability to boost economic activity without collaterals. Ergo devs presented some example contracts in regards with that https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2019_05_29-exchange/

Comparison?

The big difference with Ergo is that Ergo mainnet with most promises has already been launched. Not like other projects which still need upgrades or countless other changes. Ergo mainnet is already running and any developer or team can build DAPPS on top of Ergo now, not at some promised time in the future. And our core team is getting bigger and more decentralized over time, and that's the key for success I guess.

Ergo is currently listed on Vite, Probit, Tidex, HotBit, Waves.exchange, P2PB2B, GJ.com. More listings are coming.
On Binance at some point we'll be there for sure ) But before that we plan to get on 3-4 smaller exchanges (some are big though, wait for announcements)

Ergo means "Work" in Greek, and also "Therefore" in Latin, both meanings are fine ) Logo is representing Sigma letter from Greek alphabet, an association with sigma-protocols, a class of efficient zero-knowledge protocols Ergo using.

Please join the Ergo comunity to help with development and promotion! Our Telegram: @ergoplatform , Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/gYrVrjS, Twitter: https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg, Github: https://github.com/ergoplatform

Coinbarn, a simple wallet for Ergo has been published in Chrome store

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coinbarn-wallet/pachdpadffdgjhmmgpdjkpnlhkdhbfgf

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1232693257945178114

Looks like http://erg.ezpool.io is out of private testing mode and offering both Nvidia and AMD optimized miners. Non-Outsourceable Proof of Work scheme is broken. Congratulations to the pool creator.

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1233866401192062978

just nvidia
i have radeon 7 and i cant mine it

yes... only NVIDIA with Bad hashrate... not great gain.. WE really need AMD MINER

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - February 2020

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1234909950310305793

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-platform-ecosystem-digest-february-2020/188

Building Ergo: UTXO vs Account

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1234951971855093768

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_03_03_building_utxo/

Update: 3.3.0 is ready and under testing, will be deployed tomorrow to the first testing nodes. DEX and mixing transactions are done in the mainnet, instructions and the command-line tools will be published in coming days, then UI for DEX and mixing will become the main issue.

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1240701747728809985

Anon92048 just open-sourced command-line mixing tool with instructions

https://github.com/anon92048/ergo-mixer-demo

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1240959163716509696

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETjFUJ-WkAM2Yov?format=png&name=small

Introducing Σ3 - ErgoMixer

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_03_20_ergo_mixer/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1241975061059436544

Ergo Mainnet 3.2.2 released:

It includes following PRs:

```
#1068 : Fix bug at restore wallet form at node interface
#1060 : Fix for "calculated and received parameters differ in parameter" in suffix bootstrapping
#1055 : Fix for wrong status after unlock attempt with wrong password
#1048 : Logback-test.xml removed from main application
#1049 : Fix for improper block extension in ExpirationSpecification tests
#1066 : Add -release to avldb build, streamline travis setup
#1069 : Sources for the papers "On Contractual Money" & "Bypassing NO PoW Schemes..."
```

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.2

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1242553439969841156

ErgoTree Specification for Ergo Protocol 1.0

https://ergoplatform.org/docs/ErgoTree.pdf

https://twitter.com/avslesarenko/status/1244264182935179269

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - March 2020

- Anon92048 open-sourced command-line mixing tool with instructions https://github.com/anon92048/ergo-mixer-demo Introducing Σ3 - ErgoMixer, a powerful mixer that works by pooling funds and enabling participants to spend them without anyone knowing who made the transactions https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_03_20_ergo_mixer/

- DEX transactions are done in the mainnet, DEX demo is coming with instructions and the command-line tools, then UI for DEX and mixing will become the main issue

- Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.2.2 released https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.2

- jasondavies got Ergo Foundation grant to implement a hardware wallet, anon92048 works on automating mixing, two exchange listings are coming

- filippounits successfully tested light node on Ras Pi with 1 GB RAM, now testing full node https://twitter.com/FilippoUnits/status/1243610791577899008

- ErgoTree Specification for Ergo Protocol 1.0 released https://ergoplatform.org/docs/ErgoTree.pdf

- ErgoTree & ErgoScript interpreter 3.2.1 released https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/releases/tag/v3.2.1 Certified Ergo contracts repository released https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo-contracts

- BigEvilSoloMiner announced that ERG mining will be suspended indefinitely on http://erg.ezpool.io/ beginning tonight after payouts

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1245311269474832384

Ergo use case: ‘hot potato’ monetary policy

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_04_02_use_hot_potato/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1245979596891267072'

Ergo use case: Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_04_02_use_cases/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1245981013047676928

Anon92048 just published web version of app doing non-interactive mixing following ErgoMix (aka ZeroJoin) protocol

https://github.com/anon92048/ergo-mixer-web/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1251052861032710144

Building Ergo: Storage rent

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_04_21_ergo_positioning/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1252655758480719872

Building Ergo: Oracles

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_04_04_building_ergo_oracles/

Dev meeting summary: 2020 plan will be easily outperformed

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1253390635790368768

Explorer`s backend is updated. Mixing scripts are properly displayed now

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1253423178212237320

Building Ergo: Atomic Swaps

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_04_24_atomic_swaps/

FlowCards: A Declarative Framework for Development of Ergo dApps

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_04_29_flow_cards/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1255555414839758848

Building Ergo: SPV security

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_05_1_spv_security/

Explorer's frontend is updated

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1257000111676293121

Introduction to stablecoins

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_05_05_stablecoins/

Ergo Platform Update

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1258440293692702720

"After 3 months since our official launch, we are absolutely PROUD to announce the latest member to join the Alliance: Ergo"

https://twitter.com/BPSAA_Official/status/1260600981340946440

Ergo Platform moving towards being true community-driven Proof-of-Work cryptocurrency, now "Team" page is replaced with "Hall of Fame"

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1260486198872719374

"Dear users, we are happy to announce you that trading with ERGO is already available on Coinsbit! "

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1260486198872719374

Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.2.3 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.3

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1260271248954855426

Integration with Cypra wallet, Coinsbit listing and censorhip resistant mining pool

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020_05_14_updates/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1261004735865380866

ZeroJoin: Combining ZeroCoin and CoinJoin (Alexander Chepurnoy and Amitabh Saxena)

https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/560.pdf

https://twitter.com/IACRePrint/status/1261243230202605571

Ergo Mainnet 3.2.4 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.4

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1262429684001910786

"Tokens mixer is done"

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1262850415412031493

Dev meeting summary: Lots of developments in progress and talks on contractual capabilities of Ergo Platform

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1263210687087677440

Distributed signing (of true threshold sigs preserving ZK) is finally coming to the Ergo Platform reference client! EIP-11

https://github.com/ergoplatform/eips/pull/8/files

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1263207501065043971

Ergo Mainnet 3.2.5 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.5

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1265173176293752832

Ergo Mainnet 3.2.6 Released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.6

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1267159133150683136

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - May 2020

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-platform-ecosystem-digest-may-2020/230

Tokens mixer was uploaded!

https://github.com/anon92048/ergo-mixer-web/pull/9

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/tokens-mixer-is-done/219/4

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1268190088938369026

"There's been a lot of posts about Ergo Platform lately. Today is not the last time! This project is very cool and interesting.  If you're too lazy to know everything yourself, here's the most important info in one picture."

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaDSPOGWkAICB1F?format=jpg&name=small


https://twitter.com/CryptolandNews/status/1270246265973018624

EMURGO to Partner with Ergo and Build Blockchain-Based Decentralized Financial Solutions

https://emurgo.io/en/blog/emurgo-to-partner-with-ergo-and-build-blockchain-based-decentralized-financial-solutions

https://twitter.com/YoroiWallet/status/1270339964887158786

"A modified version of ergomix is ready to launch on mainnet"

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/tokens-mixer-is-done/219/6

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1271121753746612233

Transaction with threshold signature

Unlike Bitcoin, threshold signatures in Ergo preserve zero-knowledge: not possible to get who were those two guys who actually signed the spending.

https://explorer.ergoplatform.com/en/transactions/5cfc583391c79aa8816712ceb1fea060d8b3213a86c307ec9ee47143188d477d

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1271174453242859524

Alex Chepurnoy and and Crypto Rich discuss Ergo Platform

https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1271045860072316928

https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1270658943929507841

"1. A Brief History Of Smart Contracts
2. Contractual Money
3. UTXO vs Account
4. ERGO

    PoW vs PoS
    Light Nodes
    Governance
    ErgoScript
    Privacy Protocols
    Economy

5. Interview"

https://thedailychain.com/ergo-with-founder-alex-chepurnoy/

https://twitter.com/ggmesh/status/1271959831713320960

"The mixer is almost ready to be launched. Code and binary will be released by June 16, sneak peek https://explorer.ergoplatform.com/en/addresses/335p5LAhvgYiQJRRYgWxkpmhRxfDn6axj9jSzALE2HN8oWgaChxu9iBabSp5wtrTkMVok7nETtmnrN4fGPbxbYKU4ypAJjqBe5HPfUqRBSKCKz9byMJ4BgmpKSCBGYAZ8FdewPVJXtV1FHqqKhvmB9NMrZx5VgzBNYeuAm831dWnQ2gGRyAJWSypzMGviLPi5emFFB4K2u8zeGkoox1TAxWLUEsvmCzd3BwAa9EM5fR882Vw6W2Uojtpw1RQoPK5yoUNJwWjMsryL1nDtDUdvsDZxhA9t3B4UsgZq4ok7mdXyMB1ZiaDSbYGfVw1D4UwzB3MrEsBMtzGBAbxxtNoK6voHhkDGFmfp72tbJtzuXV"

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1272644044158631936

“Congratulations to Ergo (ERG), the winner of Sistemkoin 1st Listing Vote!”

https://blog.sistemkoin.com/sistemkoin-1-listeleme-oylamasi-sonuclanmistir-sistemkoin-1st-listing-vote-has-concluded/

https://twitter.com/Sistemkoin/status/1272848151523753987

Ergo (ERG) is listed on https://sistemkoin.com

https://twitter.com/Sistemkoin/status/1273263813824000000

One-pager updated

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eat5F-mXgAEu5f7?format=jpg&name=small

"Ergomixer v1.0.0 is available for download https://github.com/ergoMixer/ergoMixBack/releases/download/1.0.0/ergoMixer-1.0.0.jar Source code https://github.com/ergomixer Docker image https://hub.docker.com/r/ergomixer/mixer

Support for token mixing is coming"

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1273540224111521793

“New Video! Check out EMURGO’s Robert Kornacki give an overview of our research work around smart contracts based on Extended UTXO.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3jRSgjLMzU

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1273701060616601600

"New EMURGO Research: We present a brand new model, Oracle Pools, which reimagines oracles from the ground up..."

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1276593754108035072

Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.2.7 has been released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.2.7

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1274980310128701444

"Let’s sign collectively! Distributed signatures API"

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/lets-sign-collectively-distributed-signatures-api/259

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1275746240928649220

ChainLink Vs. Oracle Pools

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/oracle-pools-a-new-oracle-model/263

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1277567402528722944

Ergo Platform Explorer backend 1.0.0 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/1.0.0

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1277994487244107776

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - June 2020

Ergo (ERG) was listed on https://sistemkoin.com https://twitter.com/Sistemkoin/status/1273263813824000000

Ergomixer v1.0.0 is available for download https://github.com/ergoMixer/ergoMixBack/releases/download/1.0.0/ergoMixer-1.0.0.jar Source code https://github.com/ergomixer Docker image https://hub.docker.com/r/ergomixer/mixer Screenshot https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ea0AgCmXkAAWnyo?format=jpg

EMURGO to Partner with Ergo and Build Blockchain-Based Decentralized Financial Solutions https://emurgo.io/en/blog/emurgo-to-partner-with-ergo-and-build-blockchain-based-decentralized-financial-solutions A new EMURGO research paper was released, presenting a brand new oracle model https://github.com/Emurgo/Emurgo-Research/blob/master/oracles/Oracle-Pools.md

One-pager was updated https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eat5F-mXgAEu5f7?format=jpg

Tokens mixer was uploaded! https://github.com/anon92048/ergo-mixer-web/pull/9 More info: https://ergoforum.org/t/tokens-mixer-is-done/219/4

[Revised] ZeroJoin: Combining ZeroCoin and CoinJoin (Alexander Chepurnoy and Amitabh Saxena) http://ia.cr/2020/560

Crypto Rich interviews Alex Chepurnoy: Part 1 https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1270658943929507841 Part 2 https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1271045860072316928

Gigamesh interviews Alex Chepurnoy https://twitter.com/ggmesh/status/1271959831713320960

Ergo Platform Reference Clients from 3.2.6 to 3.2.7 released https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases

Ergo Platform Explorer backend 1.0.0 released https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/1.0.0

Distributed signatures API Let's sign collectively! Distributed signatures API

New Ergo Improvement Proposal EIP-5: Contract Template accepted https://github.com/ergoplatform/eips/blob/master/eip-0005.md

Ergo miners raise computational cost limit per block without any recommendations from devs https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1278775397203808256

"New Video, EMURGO Research: Understanding Oracle Pools, a new model which reimagines oracles from the ground up."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfSrNxA-MPo

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1280856695783202817

现在主网上线了吗？我以前在waves钱包的币怎么兑换

Summary of the AMA with Ergo Platform

https://twitter.com/GainsAssociates/status/1281913691638816772

"Ergo Contracts", a repository of the Ergo smart contracts with compilation, testing, and formal verification tooling

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1283170084165431296

CoinEx will list ERG on July 24, 2020 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/coinexcom/status/1286120069051887619

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.

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1286347725886427136

How to set up and configure a full Ergo node on Windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpEDJ1CM6ns

"We are very excited with the upcoming AMA with Alex Chepurnoy, core dev of Ergo Platform"

https://twitter.com/coinexcom/status/1286483691582173184

Ergo Explorer Backend 1.1.0 has been released!

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/1.1.0

"Robert Kornacki, head of research and development engineer at EMURGO, is the latest member of Ergo Foundation!"

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1288133470674280448

Video: How to set up and configure a full Ergo node on Windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpEDJ1CM6ns

Decentralized Exchange Contracts on Ergo

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-07-31-decentralized-exchange-contracts-on-ergo/

"New Video: Robert Kornacki of EMURGO does a deep dive into the ground breaking research behind the Oracle Pools Smart Contract Specification."

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1290275033625944064

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - July 2020

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-platform-ecosystem-digest-july-2020/287

Ergo Platform Reference Client 3.3.0 has been released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.0

"ErgoMixer, ZeroJoin Mixer for ERG and Tokens"

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergomixer-zerojoin-mixer-for-erg-and-tokens/318

"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."

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1295754016044048385

Ergo’s Vision for DeFi: Ergo vs CBDCs

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-08-17-ergos-vision-for-defi-ergo-vs-cbdcs/


Building Ergo: Our Vision for DeFi

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-08-13-building-ergo-our-vision-for-defi/

"New Release! We are one step closer to securely having dApps interact with Yoroi wallet. As part of our Ergo partnership, EMURGO is excited to release our newest specification, to be adapted for Cardano's Gogeun era."

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1292818958425497601

Ergo protocol reference client 3.3.1 has been released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.1

"App on Distributed Signatures"

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/app-on-distributed-signatures/342

The Evolution of Programmable Money

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-08-20-the-evolution-of-programmable-money/

Ergo explorer 2.0.0 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/2.0.0

A Quick Primer on ErgoScript

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/wiki/ErgoScript-Overview

"Today EMURGO and Ergo platform mark a historic moment for UTXO based dApps and DeFi applications"

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1299357201186926594

Transcript of the Oracle Pools Q&A session with Robert Kornacki

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-08-28-transcript-of-first-q-a-session-with-robert-kornacki/

Ergo’s Oracle Pools, and what they mean for the ecosystem

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-08-31-ergos-oracle-pools-and-what-they-mean-for-the-ecosystem/

ErgoMixer - Introduction and tutorials

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1300484477681008641

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1300484478993928193

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - August 2020

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-platform-ecosystem-digest-august-2020/361

"Some thoughts about DeFi, Yield Farming and how open systems ‘should’ be used"

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-09-03-some-thoughts-about-defi-yield-farming-and-how-open-systems-should-be-used/

"Announcing the ZK Treasury on Ergo!"

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-09-04-announcing-the-zk-treasury-on-ergo/

Ergo protocol reference client 3.3.2 has been released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.2

Oracle Pools and Interoperability of Cardano and Ergo with Robert Kornacki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcNZYhAa2xU

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1305149861923258373

"Unlocking The Potential Of The UTXO Model" by Emurgo Research

https://github.com/Emurgo/Emurgo-Research/blob/master/smart-contracts/Unlocking%20The%20Potential%20Of%20The%20UTXO%20Model.md

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1305522352118259712

Ergo protocol reference client 3.3.3 has been released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.3

Explorer v3.1.0 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/3.1.0

Ergo explorer backend 3.2.0 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/3.2.0

DeFi: Finance, but not always Decentralised?

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-09-17-defi-finance-but-not-always-decentralised/

“Emurgo is connected to Cardano. Both are connected to Ergo. How come & what’s Emurgo doing with Ergo Platform?”

https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1307717189655564288

"How does Chainlink oracle compare to Ergo Platform`s?"

https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1307968783999434753

NFTs on Ergo

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-09-25-nfts-on-ergo/

The first PoW-backed NFT token has been issued on Ergo

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1309245427020161024

Ergo Cast is now back online, now with a new co-host Sakata

https://ergocast.io/episode/decentralized-oracle-pools/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1310576523871768578

Explorer 3.2.1 release

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/3.2.1

ErgoTree & ErgoScript 3.3.1 released

https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/releases/tag/v3.3.1

Ergo Utilities - General utilities to make writing off-chain Ergo code in Rust simpler

https://github.com/robkorn/ergo-utilities-rust

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - September 2020

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-platform-ecosystem-digest-september-2020/411

What will DeFi look like in 10 years?

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-10-04-what-will-defi-look-like-in-10-years/

Ergo explorer v3.3.0 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/3.3.0

Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.4 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.4

Learn ErgoScript By Example Via The Ergo Playground with Robert Kornacki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l2v1asHgyA

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergoscript-by-example

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1314162192569323522

Yoroi Wallet now supports Ergo!

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/yoroi-wallet-now-supports-ergo/418

Ergo is listed on Gate.io

https://twitter.com/gate_io/status/1315162412757250048

Announcing the Auction House, NFT Marketplace on Ergo

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-10-16-announcing-the-auction-house-nft-marketplace-on-ergo/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1317069107137830912

Defi Money - Smart Money - Ergo Update - OCT 2020 - PART 1 OF 2

https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1317052468359028736

Defi Money - Smart Money - Ergo Update - OCT 2020 - PART 2 OF 2

https://twitter.com/CryptoRichYT/status/1317054406291054592

Ergo is listed on BTCNEXT Exchange

https://www.btcnext.io/coin-info/erg

The First Ergo NFT Auction Is Under Way!

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-10-19-the-first-ergo-nft-auction-is-under-way/

“Catching up with Alex Chepurnoy” by Cliff Choi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwLwuWNcNA

Ergo Mainnet 3.3.5 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.5

Waves partners with Ergo to foster interoperability solutions via Gravity

https://medium.com/wavesprotocol/waves-partners-with-ergo-to-foster-interoperability-solutions-via-gravity-e184bca91d71

Yoroi Wallet – Ergo Cast Episode #4

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1321453204928909314

"EMURGO is happy to release it's Ergo Node Interface for the Ergo dev community"

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1323287352526151682

https://github.com/Emurgo/ergo-node-interface

The US Election and Blockchain: the Risk of Hard Forks

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-11-03-the-us-election-and-blockchain-the-risk-of-hard-forks/


Single-Chain Swap Contracts (DEX basis) by Alex Chepurnoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_w9F_MX8w

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1323652153290838016

Ergo Platform Mainnet 3.3.6 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.6

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1324099136178790405

Ergo Foundation is welcoming its new member Mohammad Hassan Samadani

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1324800907352092672

Ergo Explorer 4.0.1 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/4.0.1

Ergo Explained: Episode 01 - Basics & Forking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eie6QBVyos8

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1326175116074561537

Magnum Wallet Closing in 20 days!

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/magnum-wallet-closing-in-20-days/468

Updated roadmap

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1326924077563604992

ErgoTree & ErgoScript 3.3.2 Release

https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/releases/tag/v3.3.2

Introducing the ‘Ergonaut’: the Ergo Foundation NFT sale!

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-11-17-introducing-the-ergonaut-the-ergo-foundation-nft-sale/

Ergo Foundation Makes Key dApp Infrastructure Grant

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-11-18-ergo-foundation-makes-key-dapp-infrastructure-grant/

Autolykos v. 2 details

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/autolykos-v-2-details/480

DarkFund0 - ZK Fund for privacy applications

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/darkfund0-zk-fund-for-privacy-applications/398/2

An introduction to ‘Headless’ dApps

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-11-27-an-introduction-to-headless-dapps/

ErgoTree & ErgoScript 3.3.3 released

https://github.com/ScorexFoundation/sigmastate-interpreter/releases/tag/v3.3.3

https://twitter.com/chepurnoy/status/1333406904752754691

"Developing on Ergo? Ergo "Headless dApp Framework" just released + a tutorial"

https://github.com/Emurgo/ergo-headless-dapp-framework

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1333449540318408704

Alex Chepurnoy - Ergo/Emurgo Stable Coin, NFT, Mixer, and more! | The Cardano Aura #9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPOPQLQuPXk

https://twitter.com/bigpeyYT/status/1334946188844523520

Ergo Headless dApp Framework Now Available

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-12-08-ergo-headless-dapp-framework-now-available/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1336649786666196992

Ergo Bootstrap, Streamlining Ergo dApp Infrastructure With One Simple Tool

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-12-11-ergo-bootstrap-streamlining-ergo-dapp-infrastructure-with-one-simple-tool/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1337346187939229696

Welcome to a new era of Ergo ecosystem development!

http://ergosummit.org

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1338535655626985474

Understanding Headless dApps by Robert Kornacki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=temmjyKpsEU

Ergo Mainnet 3.3.7 released

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v3.3.7

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1339190308513456128

How To Issue An Artwork NFT Auction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAHFHrHq3Oc

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1338942493656821762

"dApp Devs: Tutorial #3 for the Headless dApp Framework is out"

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1339951618956042241

Love Ergo Platform? Want to share your knowledge and earn some ERG?

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1339903564089618433

2021: The Next Battlegrounds for DeFi

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2020-12-18-2021-the-next-battlegrounds-for-defi/

Ergo Summit 2021 - Entering The New Era, Announcing AgeUSD & The Hardening Upgrade

https://ergosummit.org

Ergo Protocol Client 4.0.0 - alpha preview version (for testnet)

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v4.0.0-alpha

A Stratum mining pool for Ergo. This project based on Node stratum server and updated to be working on Ergo:

https://github.com/mhssamadani/ErgoStratumServer

Simple Stratum mining proxy:

https://github.com/mhssamadani/ErgoStrarumProxy

The Hardening protocol upgrade activation is set to block 414,720 (around January, 27th, 2021)

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1341050084256063488

Updated PoW description

https://www.docdroid.net/mcoitvK/ergopow-pdf

From the family at Ergo, we present The Sigmaverse, Your Portal to the Ergo Space

https://sigmaverse.io

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1341857932296638464

ErgoMixer v3.2.0, ZeroJoin https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/560 for ERG and tokens on Ergo released by Anon2020s

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergomixer-zerojoin-mixer-for-erg-and-tokens/318/13

Details on updated Proof-of-Work scheme Autolykos v.2

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/autolykos-v-2-details/480

A tool for airdrops added to ErgoUtilsby Anon_real

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergoutils-a-swiss-knife-for-ergo/522

https://ergoutils.org/#/airdrop

A new tutorial on ErgoMixer is done by Anon2020s and NiPoPow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIHLlIZ-47Q

Happy New Year Ergonauts!

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1344654841595965442

HeroMiners pool - "We opened testnet ERGO pool. Until the Mainnet starts, you can test your miners here"

https://ergo.herominers.com

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1345502172830724096

Ergo Platform Ecosystem Digest - December 2020

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-platform-ecosystem-digest-december-2020/531

"For the next episode of Unblocked, Paul Saint-Donat chats with Robert Kornacki, Head of Research at Emurgo and Board Member of Ergo Platform"

https://twitter.com/dlabvc/status/1346135182529634306

Unblocked with Robert Kornacki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sbTMrQwWOw

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1347600203453493250

Here are our winners of the articles contest

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1347685092467101696

If you want to help the project with promotion, then join our special chat room on Telegram

https://t.me/ErgoSocials

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1349502843816914944

Instant Ergo web wallet for experiments and temporary usage (not HODL)

https://erg.urlwallet.org

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1349752004546080770

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

https://ergosummit.org

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1349881508778168322

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.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v4.0.0

The Ergo Summit is in less than 3 days!

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1351974449327779841

We've just released the Ergo Summit Schedule! Check it out and get ready for the most Ergo-packed day of 2021!

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1352934087380656130

https://ergosummit.org

Ergo Summit 2021 - Full video(links to chapters included)

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergo-summit-2021-full-video-links-to-chapters-included/559

https://twitter.com/ERGO_101/status/1353414269057048580

AgeUSD instantiation will be launched in about two weeks by Ergo community

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1353777390330253313

Ergo JS Template - Entry Point to Ergo dApp Development

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1354387972238544897

https://github.com/anon-real/ergo-js-template

Mining Ergo before and after the Hardening Upgrade by Mhs_sam

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/wiki/Mining-Ergo-before-The-Hardening-Upgrade

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/wiki/Mining-Ergo-after-The-Hardening-Upgrade

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1354918270298677249

Guide on nvidia reference miner compiling on windows 10

https://adanorthpool.medium.com/ergo-nvidia-miner-on-windows-10-windows-wsl-with-stratum-pool-66374aabad34

Guide for setting up an Ergo Stratum Proxy

https://adanorthpool.medium.com/ergostratumproxy-on-windows-wsl-for-mining-ergo-cryptocyrrency-to-a-mining-pool-2b42814cc474

Guide for setting up an Ergo node on windows 10

https://adanorthpool.medium.com/ergo-nvidia-miner-on-windows-10-windows-wsl-with-stratum-pool-66374aabad34

The AgeUSD protocol specifications/smart contracts/off-chain code

https://github.com/Emurgo/age-usd

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1355256265765744644

Autolykos v.2 added to SRBMiner-Multi CPU & GPU Miner

https://github.com/doktor83/SRBMiner-Multi/releases/tag/0.6.4

How to mine Ergo by Hero Miners https://ergo.herominers.com/#how-to-mine-ergo-erg

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1355856962962026496

Ergo is on https://WoolyPooly.com mining pool!

Mining guide https://woolypooly.medium.com/how-to-mine-ergo-full-mining-guide-f9770b476c7

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1355988392178298882

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: https://666pool.cn, mining endpoint is  http://ergo.666pool.cn:9556 "

Ergo Mainnet 4.0.3 released

Version 4.0.3 of Ergo protocol reference client. It includes:

#1248 /node/shutdown method to shut the node down (/node/shutdown)
#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.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v4.0.3

"You can mine ERGO coin with us after "The Hardening" protocol upgrade at block 417,792 around 16:00 February 2th"

https://ergo.nanopool.org

https://twitter.com/nanopool_org/status/1356396873632927747

Please update your nodes to 4.0.4

MANDATORY UPDATE!

This version contains fixes for protocol version 2 initial difficulty value and recalculation rule.

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v4.0.4

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1356714816145141760

Please help the network with your GPUs!

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1356706696157143041

1 miner has around 90% of the hash right now.. Blocks are very long

NVMiner 1.1.0 with improved hashrate

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1357339291840520195

https://github.com/mhssamadani/Autolykos2_NV_Miner/releases/tag/1.1.0


NVMiner 2.0.0 - This release is built with Cuda 10

https://github.com/mhssamadani/Autolykos2_NV_Miner/releases/tag/2.0.0

Huge boost for AMD GPU & CPU reported for the new version of SRBMiner

https://github.com/doktor83/SRBMiner-Multi/releases/tag/0.6.5

Trust Capital Markets? Gregaard Says Yes - With One Cavoite PLUS Golden Low Down on Ergo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_aZqpfYpqo&feature=youtu.be

No man. One pool have around 90% hashrate, dont worry.

Ergo got listed on TradeOgre, legendary no-KYC exchange popular among miners

https://tradeogre.com/exchange/BTC-ERG

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1358858087885660161

Lots of improvements and fixes for AMD GPU & CPU miner for Autolykos v2

https://github.com/doktor83/SRBMiner-Multi/releases/tag/0.6.6

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1359107933292920837

Building Ergo: How the AgeUSD stablecoin works

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-02-05-building-ergo-how-the-ageusd-stablecoin-works/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1359930303792504833

ErgoMixer is considering income flow tokenization, initial plan is published on the forum

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergomixer-tokenization/648

2000 ERG in Prizes to be Won in the Ergo Digital Art Competition!

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-02-12-2000-erg-in-prizes-to-be-won-in-the-ergo-digital-art-competition/

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1360317817934008323

BitMart will list ERG on February 24

https://twitter.com/BitMartExchange/status/1361456239142649856

ErgoMixer Tutorial - Taking Fire - Version 3.0.1 & Above

https://www.ergoforum.org/t/ergomixer-tutorial-taking-fire-version-3-0-1-above/675

Testing stablecoin bank contract deployed

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1361804594146381829

Unconfirmed Balance: 21.0403 ERG ??? already a day!

2020, Year in Review - Ergo Cast Episode #6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iFf3aBbw1I

https://twitter.com/nipopow/status/1362055193974747136

Ergo Mainnet 4.0.5 released

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1362041655348584448

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v4.0.5

SigmaUSD UI is released, for testing purposes only. Real contracts and UI deployment next week

https://github.com/anon-real/sigma-usd

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1362433897305415684

Ergo Mainnet 4.0.7 Release

https://github.com/ergoplatform/ergo/releases/tag/v4.0.7

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1362880019031347201

Ergo explorer backend 7.0.0 released, with support for detailed UTXO queries

https://github.com/ergoplatform/explorer-backend/releases/tag/7.0.0

BiKi Listing ERG soon

https://twitter.com/BiKiEnglish/status/1364870117360689154

SigmaUSD - Ergo’s Community Deployed Stablecoin Is Live!

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021_02_26-sigmausd-released/

https://twitter.com/emurgo_io/status/1365346469004398593

BitMart has listed Ergo

https://twitter.com/BitMartExchange/status/1364753412630454280

Finding The Right Balance

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021_03_04-finding-right-balance/

Ergo Mainnet 4.0.8 released

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1369029581961887753

Preparations for SigUSD relaunch are going on

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1369753084264652809

https://ergoauctions.org now supports audio NFTs

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1369577749426434048

Now is the good time to build on Ergo

https://twitter.com/ergoplatformorg/status/1369610998211051529

Ergo art competition: Winners Announced!

https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-03-18-ergo-art-competition-winners-announced/

Ergo is listed on Biki

https://twitter.com/BiKiEnglish/status/1372602350146265092

I have 4 Radeon HD 7990.
I would like to use them to mine ERGO ( someone tells me that each of them can give me 110 Mh /s in compute mode)
My Operating system = Win 10 x64
mY Gpu Driver = Radeon Software Crimson for win 10x64

Check this out.
https://www.ergoforum.org/t/autolykos-v2-hashrates/580

Price is rising too much last few weeks. I did not know it before its parabola and impressive rises appear on exchanges' top gainers.

I saw it on whattomine's table  but never mind to look further. Very regret.

What are latest news, upgrades or partnerships that contribute to the recent growths?

Anyone can share if you know. I am interested in Ergo but will need to make more research and wait for corrections to accumulate this coin.

Much appreciated.

Soooo... do we still need bitcoin?? I mean really... compared to Ergo Bitcoin is like an old Servel refrigerator, at some point it kind of is just taking up space and costing extra money, let the new protocol step in with it's flashy and ergonomic design.

It is time for a real update to decentralization, Bitocoin just ain't the answer... find and read the Ergo manifesto.

POW - eUTXo Integration - POS

Looks like while market is dumping people are still investing into Ergo, promising for PoW :fingers_crossed: 

Yes, I much prefer Discord

Yasha and Ilya from the ErgoDEX team recently did an interview on Adaverse’s Youtube channel. The team talked about the development roadmap of ErgoDEX, interoperability with Cardano and the highly anticipated ErgoDEX token.

Trading and providing liquidity in ErgoDEX are currently active and there is over $500K worth of assets locked. ERG/SigUSD and ERG/SigRSV tradable pairs are available and several developer teams are working on bridges to Ethereum, Solana and other EVM compatible chains. Additionally, there are teams working on the Yoroi dApp connector release.

The Yoroi dApp connector was already in use on ErgoDEX with the Yoroi Nightly but now the update will be integrated into the alpha release. ERG integration with Ledger will also enable utilization of ErgoDEX via Yoroi with Ledger hardware wallets.

Full Article
https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-12-07-ergodex-roadmap-updates/?utm_campaign=roadmapupdateergodex

WEEKLY UPDATE & AMA - DEC 10, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfa1fPrP8g

Announced today, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has approved Ergo Foundation Ltd as a corporate entity in Singapore. With this news, the Ergo Foundation establishes a clear pathway towards forming new official partnerships and listings on Tier 1 exchanges.

The Ergo Foundation has been working towards incorporation during this last year as a necessary step in legitimizing the ongoing work of the foundation and treasury. There are several official partnerships already in development and the establishment of the company creates a vehicle for the formalization of these collaborations.

As an incorporated entity, Ergo Foundation Ltd can formally pursue the legal opinions necessary for Tier 1 exchange listings. Coupled with the recent engagement of Kairon Labs as a market maker for ERG, Ergo is positioning itself to be increasingly active in the cryptocurrency industry going forward.

About Ergo
Ergo is the inevitable next step in the evolution of Proof of Work blockchain technology, designed for creating and implementing powerful, efficient, and highly secure financial contracts. It utilizes the best aspects of Bitcoin and Ethereum by using Bitcoin’s UTXO model while implementing the smart contract functionality of Ethereum.

Ergo’s innovation provides an enhanced crypto-economy, aimed at providing social and financial goods for those who value privacy, technical reliability, and investment opportunities. The products Ergo creates position it as a leader in addressing the issues of poverty and accessibility in regions where there is limited or no access to modern financial products and services.

About the Ergo Foundation
The Ergo Foundation oversees the business aspects of the Ergo Platform. The Foundation consists of several board members who are tasked with ensuring that the projects built honor and uphold the initial inspirations for the creation of Ergo. They are responsible for the Ergo Treasury as well as the disbursement of funds to further develop the Ergo Ecosystem. For further information, please see the Ergo Foundation webpage.

Full Article - https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-12-10-ergo-foundation-announces-official-incorporation/

ErgoPad: Ergo’s First IDO Platform

ErgoPad will be the first Launchpad on Ergo to host initial decentralized token offerings (IDOs). This type of dApp aims to kick start the development of various projects and token auctions on the blockchain, thereby allowing developers to raise capital.

Readers may recognize the term launchpad from some centralized exchanges (such as Binance, FTX, etc.), however there are also decentralized versions of launchpads. For example, MISO is currently a decentralized launchpad operating on Ethereum.

Full Article - https://ergoplatform.org/en/blog/2021-12-14-ergopad-ergos-first-ido-platform/

Why incorporate in communist China and be subject to rule by law regime of the Chinese Communist Party?

Ergo foundation is seeking acquaintance with powerful able-bodied entities able to set it on the right path in terms of fundraising and r&d. We are keen on seeking entrance to the domain of big money. Legal papers need to be prepped for that purpose otherwise nobody will give the foundation the green light to find exposure to profound investors in the upper layer of the chinese venture capitalist framework. Ergo they establish themselves as a corporate entity in many asian countries with a primal goal to outsource funding from there.

ERG is heading into the top 10  8)

Well done ERGO on passing EIP37.
In all my years in crypto , never have i saw this.
Im amazed at the speed of this update, solving a DAA issue, getting everyone to agree and rolled out in less than a month. 👏👏👏👏👏

Hats off to all...
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We have all had plenty of time to load up on cheap ERG, now is the time to Hodl tight guys.

You can now trade ERG at Seven Seas Exchange:

https://www.sevenseas.exchange/market/ERG-USDT