Goguen is about delivering a Smart Contract capability for the Cardano platform. As part of that, there has been lots of fundamental research going on: sidechains, accounting, multicurrency. Other workstreams within this project include:
Plutus and Marlowe: languages that allow you to execute smart contracts
- IELE: virtual machine that allows other languages like Solidity to be applied on the Cardano platform
- End-User and External Developer: thinking about user-experience for those using and developing smart contracts
- Integration: about bringing everything together into a high-quality platform with supporting infrastructures
- Output for all of this will fundamentally be the computational layer but delivery is also about tools and training: to help everyone understand how to build great smart contracts
The following video is a project updates report covers the following
- Completed fundamental research on Sidechains, Accounting and Multi-currency. Now moving onto formal methods stage: start with prototypes and models that will eventually be used for code that will create the computational layer
- For Plutus and Marlowe: progress is going well and they are developing the specifications and the libraries that will form the languages
- For IELE: pleased to announce the KEVM testnet has been launched
- Now, preparing for the launch of IELE testnet
- End-user and External developer: is in the analysis phase where fundamental technology is understood and research is nearly completed so they are now looking at the educational materials and have begun thinking about the end-users’ experiences
- Part of the project, they will look at different use cases to make sure languages developed are fit for purpose
- Integration (where everything comes together), the target architecture is agreed and now considering support and education
