HelloIOTA 37 posts

As is the case with many things in the IOTA ecosystem, we run the risk of endless confusion when we represent projects/features with acronyms while failing to provide any background. So that we don’t fall into this trap, let’s start slowly…

Cryptocurrency includes the word "crypto" because it uses cryptographic functions to sign and secure transactions. As we'll be doing throughout this piece, let's defer to a security source for a brief explanation of hash functions: "A …

If all goes well, IOTA will be erupting onto the tech scene within the next few years. It has been an experimental research project to this point in time, like all DLTs. Now, the esteemed staff of researchers seems to have the protocol on…

There has been a steady increase in patents filed that reference IOTA in their documentation. It's always exciting when you read another news post or another headline that says IOTA is mentioned "on the 15th patent this month!" Although…

Serguei Popov has been an integral part of the IOTA project since inception. He wrote the Tangle white paper and has guided the protocol toward its new consensus mechanism over years of hard work. He's a cofounder of IOTA, yes, but much…