News from the Foundation

Enabling Limited Key Rotation for the 200M ALGO Staking Rewards Program

News on launch of Covid tracker

A detailed update on Period 1 of the 200M Staking Rewards program.

Eastern Blu Entertainment is the latest winner of an Algorand Foundation Development Award

Latest Update on 200M Staking Program

Purestake's GoalSeeker wins Algorand Foundation development award.

Node Runner Vesting: Accelerated Vesting Model

Detailed Timings for 200M Staking Rewards First Period

The Algorand Foundation is delighted to annouce its first winners of its inaugural Development Awards. Here we see Proofbox Inc's winning poject.

The Algorand Foundation is delighted to annouce its first winners of its inaugural Development Awards. Here we see Riley Ge's winning poject.

New Developer Documentation website launches today to support Algorand's Developer community.

The Algorand Foundation's latest Transparency Report for the period from November 2nd, 2019 to Febraury 10th, 2020.

Final update on 200M Algo Staking before March 1st

Launch of Algorand Ambassador Rewards Program

200M Staking Closure Deadline reminder

First EAC report of 2020 which pulls together the various changes made to Algo token dynamics post 2019 launch in June.

Today in Milan, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni (FUB) signed a collaboration agreement with the Algorand Foundation of Singapore aimed at experimentation and advancement of the underlying technology of the Algorand blockchain platform.  

Results of vote on long term vesting.

Voting has begun on EIP-11252019AF.

Dec 3rd Extension of Suspension approved.

4 day extension vote

V2 upgrade has reached 90% usage and has acheived concensus, now time for remaining nodes to upgrade.

December Long Term EIP Proposal

Algorand Launches Major Protocol Upgrade, Providing for the Next Wave of Distributed App Development

First developer awards program launches to support innovation in the Algorand ecosystem.

Algorand Foundation Transparency Report -- June 19 - Nov. 1, 2019

Algorand EAC releases first State of the Economy report.

Algorand Foundation confirms burn of Early Redemption Auction Tokens.

Relay node runners vote to suspend their own daily rewards for the next 30 days in order to develop an improved plan for relay rewards that supports the long term vision of the Algorand Network.

An updated on the suspension of vesting for eary node runner rewards.

Proposal to extend the temporary suspension of vesting for an additional 30 days has received significant support and therefore will be put to a vote.

August 2019 200 Million Algo Staking Rewards Program required KYC process and the deadline to comply has been extended from October 10, 2019 to February 10, 2020. Participants should read and take action as appropriate.

The foundation has completed the processing of the optional early redemption: Of the 25 million Algos auctioned on June 19, 2019, about 19.9 million Algos (or 79.7%) were voluntarily rendered for early redemption.

Relay node runners vote to suspend their own daily rewards for the next 30 days in order to develop an improved plan for relay rewards that supports the long term vision of the Algorand Network.

Details on the voting procedure for Economic Improvement Plan 09092019PC.

After a 7 day review and feedback session, the Algorand Foundation shares the next steps for the Economic Improvement Proposals.

The Algorand Foundation shares recently received Economic Improvement Proposals with the community.

In the spirit of transparent communication regarding ongoing ideas and proposals, Massimo Morini of the Economic Advisory Committee shares preliminary guidelines for Economic Improvement Proposals from the Algorand Community.

As of today (August 19, 2019), 98 million Algos have been staked, with 102 million Algos remaining. This means participants stand to receive 2.04X Algos for every 1 Algo staked.

Inclusive program offers participants an opportunity to earn a return of more than 100% for holding Algos and supporting the network

Massimo Morini shares his thoughts on recommending actions to encourage behaviours aligned with long term value creation.

Focus on economic policy and incentives aligned with long-term growth and transparency

The Algorand Foundation’s mission is to promote the long-term success of the Algorand public blockchain network.

The Algorand Foundation is excited to announce its partnership with New Profit to further opportunities for blockchain applications for social impact organizations and initiatives that are creating equity and opportunity in America.

As we previously shared, the Algorand Foundation has put in place safekeeping measures to ensure that we are able to fulfill our refund commitments to our auction participants under the terms of the Auctions.

We encourage our community to stay vigilant and aware of fraudulent activity.

We would like to thank you our community again for participating in the inaugural token auction of the Algorand Foundation.  

The Algorand Foundation is excited to share Tether’s announcement of their integration with the Algorand protocol. 

The Algorand Foundation is excited to announce Co-Pierre Georg as the latest member to the EAC. 

The Algorand Foundation welcomes auction participants to the Algorand community!

This post is intended to help answer common questions about rewards from Algorand users.

There have been many questions regarding Algorand’s circulating supply.

Algorand Foundation ushers in the Borderless Economy built on first-of-its-kind public and permissionless blockchain platform from Turing Award winner Silvio Micali

World’s Leading Technology Institutions Come Together to Support Broad Algorand Ecosystem

June 19th Dutch Auction will mark the official launch of the Algorand network as tokens enter circulation

Dr. Tal Rabin, former head of the Cryptography Research Group at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center, appointed to lead research at the Algorand Foundation