Mar 23, 20256 min readErgo Overview & FundamentalsBeginner
Ergo Blockchain: Introduction & Fundamentals
A quick overview of Ergo's architecture, innovations and mission.
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introduction
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Sigma Protocols
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About This Infographic
This infographic gives a high-level introduction to the Ergo blockchain and its core fundamentals. The first panel, 'What is Ergo?', presents Ergo as a next-generation Proof-of-Work smart contract platform built for long-term sustainability and useful DeFi applications, with a focus on resilient, censorship-resistant financial contracts.
Under the 'Key Innovations' heading, three panels outline Ergo's major technical pillars. The eUTXO Model panel explains how Ergo combines Bitcoin's security with Ethereum's flexibility to support complex, parallelizable smart contracts. The Autolykos PoW panel highlights Ergo's memory-hard, ASIC-resistant consensus mechanism that promotes fair mining and decentralization. The Sigma Protocols panel introduces efficient Zero-Knowledge Proofs that power privacy-preserving applications and secure, non-interactive proofs.
A final panel on 'Mission & Principles' stresses that Ergo is a grassroots, community-driven project with a fair launch and no pre-mine or ICO, committed to open-source development and financial inclusion.
Key Points
Ergo is a next-generation Proof-of-Work smart contract platform focused on long-term sustainability and useful DeFi applications.
The network emphasizes resilient, censorship-resistant financial contracts.
Ergo uses an Extended UTXO (eUTXO) model that combines Bitcoin's security with Ethereum's flexibility.
The eUTXO design enables complex, parallelizable smart contracts on Ergo.
Autolykos is Ergo's memory-hard, ASIC-resistant PoW consensus, promoting fair mining and decentralization.
Sigma Protocols provide efficient Zero-Knowledge Proofs that underlie Ergo's privacy-preserving applications.
Ergo is a grassroots, community-driven project with a fair launch and no pre-mine or ICO.
How to Read This Infographic
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Top line: Based on ergoblockchain.org.
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Main title: Ergo Blockchain: Introduction & Fundamentals.
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Sub-heading: Key Innovations.
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First panel: What is Ergo? A next-generation PoW smart contract platform for long-term sustainability and useful DeFi.
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Second panel: eUTXO Model - Extended Unspent Transaction Output combining Bitcoin's security with Ethereum's flexibility.
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Third panel: Autolykos PoW - Memory-hard, ASIC-resistant consensus promoting fair mining.
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Fourth panel: Sigma Protocols - Efficient Zero-Knowledge Proofs for privacy-preserving applications.
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Fifth panel: Mission & Principles - Grassroots, community-driven, fair launch, open-source.
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Footer: Explore more at ergoblockchain.org/start/introduction.
Related Topics
eUTXO model explained
Autolykos mining algorithm
Sigma Protocols and ZK proofs
Ergo fair launch
ErgoScript smart contracts
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