We also publish weekly updates, which can be found here.
08.03.2019
Kate Sills talks about some of the security issues using NPM packages, the EventStream incident that created a security breach in a package, and Realms and SES (Secure ECMAScript) as possible solutions to NPM package security vulnerabilities. Read more
07.03.2019
Agoric will collaborate with Cosmos core developers on delivering cross-chain interoperability standard Read more
05.13.2019
We are excited to announce that we have secured a $4 million raise from esteemed funders to propel our mission Read more
05.12.2019
At the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance, BiTA Spring Symposium, our CEO, Dean Tribble, explains how blockchains and hybrid smart contracts can reduce the cost of trust for transportation and logistics. Read more
02.01.2019
Dean Tribble presented a solution to the train-hotel problem at the Stanford Blockchain Conference. The train-hotel problem comes from Andrew Miller and demonstrates a difficulty with cross-shard communication. In the problem, we want to get a train ticket AND a hotel reservation - if we don’t get both, we want neither. Read more
01.28.2019
Reentrancy attacks can be entirely prevented with eventual-sends. Eventual-sends (think JavaScript promises — promises actually come from eventual-sends!) allow you to call a function asynchronously and receive a promise, even if the function is on another machine, another blockchain, or another shard, making sharding and cross-chain contract communication much easier. Read more
12.03.2018
A popular npm package, event-stream, included malicious code that attempted to steal the private keys of certain Bitcoin users. At Agoric, we think this attack was entirely preventable, and the answer is POLA, the Principle of Least Authority. Read more
09.20.2018
We’re excited to reveal the proof-of-concept of our distributed smart contracts system. Read more
07.28.2018
SES takes us one step closer to a world of smart contracts by creating a secure subset of JavaScript for object capabilities. With SES, even untrusted JavaScript programs can execute in the same environment safely. Read more
07.13.2018
We’re excited to announce that Agoric has been unanimously approved as a member of ECMA International and TC39. ECMA International is the organization responsible for publishing ECMAScript (JavaScript) standards, and TC39 is the working group in which decisions about the future of JavaScript are made. Read more
05.21.2018
Agoric is committed to making strong security easier to achieve. We are delighted to announce that Agoric has completed a seed funding round from the Zcash Company, Naval Ravikant, and Polychain Capital. Read more