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Online/Offline Accounts and Participation Key
What do you mean by this, @liz?
Algorand's New Website Announcement
Hello Algorand Community! algorand.com is scheduled for a major upgrade, and along with that will come some exciting additions and (hopefully) not too inconvenient changes.
community.algorand.org will transition to a powerful Algorand Events platform. Hosted by B…
Reporting Bugs for Node
Thank you, David. I’ll add to TestNet Resources Topic.
Are we filing issues on go-algorand-doc until the rest is open-sourced?
-c Flag for Goal Clerk
Wow, that’s actually a nifty little feature. First time I’ve seen it as well. For reference:
-c, --close-to string Close account and send remainder to this address
So:
./goal clerk send -a <amount> -f <from address> -t <to address> -c <send remainder in from address after amount is sent and clos…
Testnet & Node Setup
As to your other question about what people are building, @ihagopian created Algochat: https://github.com/jsign/algochat
How to Join the Algorand Testnet
- Create a GitHub account if you don’t already have one.
- Apply to Access Repo and Forums: https://www.algorand.com/apply-testnet
- Wait for approval. (Let me know, and I’ll try to get you approved ASAP) This will grant you…
NEW BLOG POST: Algorand's Core Technology (in a Nutshell)
Here is Algorand Founder, Silvio Micali, giving a high-level overview of Algorand’s Core Technology.
Algorand Welcomes Maurice Herlihy, Renowned Distributed Computing Expert
Maurice is currently a professor of computer science at Brown University, is the recipient of the 2003 Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing, and many more awards.
TOP Network Announces Strategic Partnership with Algorand
TOP Network, the world’s first blockchain powered cloud communications network with over 60 million users, and Algorand have entered into a strategic partnership to collaboratively research and develop scalable blockchain services.
Local Community Outreach & Education
I’ll PM you to see if we can work something out.
VRF and Binomial Splits
Great find, Ignacio. You’re correct! From the team: The formula in the paper is slightly wrong, and the right way to think about it is in terms of random variables – if X comes from Binomial(n1,p) and Y comes from Binomial(n2,p), and if X and Y are independent, then X+Y is…
Join Us at One of Algorand's Upcoming Events
Algorand’s Upcoming Event Schedule
- March 9: MIT Bitcoin Expo
- March 19: Money 20/20
- April 16: Paris Blockchain Week Summit
- April 23: Rebuild Conference
- May 7: Boston Blockchain Week
Efficient and Secure Digital Signatures for Proof-of-Stake Blockchains
Algorand’s commitment to security and scalability has led to our innovation towards a more efficient and secure digital signature scheme for Proof-of-Stake blockchains.
Local Community Outreach & Education
Next week is a little busy, but the Wednesday of the following week could work. Feel free to email me details.
I’d be down to be the first to go on your channel for an AMA.
Welcome to Algorand!
Welcome to the Algorand Community Collaboration Center! Here you’ll be able to find information about Algorand, what we’re building, ask general questions, and talk about blockchain technology.
The Algorand Testnet is in the final phase before a TBD public release.
This place is for contributor….