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The Ergo blog covers blockchain technology updates, DeFi developments, technical guides, ecosystem news, and research insights about the Ergo platform.

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New articles are published regularly, covering technical updates, ecosystem developments, and educational content about Ergo blockchain.

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Content is created by Ergo core developers, community contributors, ecosystem projects, and technical writers passionate about decentralized technology.

Ergo TeamNov 11, 20255 min

Latest Articles

17 articles

The Agent Economy Manifesto: Every AI Agent Will Need to Pay and Be Paid

Autonomous agents are a new kind of economic actor. They need to transact at machine speed, without identity, with programmable acceptance conditions, and at micropayment scale. Every payment rail built for humans fails them. This is why.

Mar 20, 2026

12 min read

Developer Relations

ErgoScript Acceptance Predicates: The Missing Primitive for Agent Payments

Acceptance predicates embed task completion conditions directly in the payment UTxO — enforced on-chain by miners, no escrow, no oracle, no dispute resolution. Here is how they work and how to implement them.

Mar 20, 2026

10 min read

Developer Relations

Notes vs Tokens: Why Bearer Instruments Matter for AI Agent Payments

Ergo has native tokens and Notes (programmable bearer instruments). For simple transfers, tokens work. For agent payment pipelines — conditional, expiring, Reserve-backed — Notes are the right primitive.

Mar 20, 2026

8 min read

Developer Relations

The State of On-Chain Agent Payments: 2026 Report

Chain-by-chain report card on autonomous agent payment infrastructure. What is working, what is broken, which chain is technically ready, and what builders are actually doing in Q1 2026.

Mar 20, 2026

12 min read

Developer Relations

How to Build an Agent That Pays for Its Own API Calls on Ergo

Step-by-step tutorial: autonomous agent with Ergo wallet, paid Express API that verifies on-chain payment, complete end-to-end agent payment flow on testnet. Full source code included.

Mar 20, 2026

15 min read

Developer Relations

Why AI Agents Can't Use Stripe — and What They Need Instead

Stripe, PayPal, and every payment rail built for humans shares the same fatal flaw for autonomous agents: they assume persistent identity and centralized trust. Here is what agents actually need from money — and why Ergo already has it.

Mar 20, 2026

10 min read

Developer Relations

Babel Fees: Pay Ergo Transaction Fees in Any Token

Ergo's Babel Fees turn gas payments into an on-chain market, letting users pay transaction fees in almost any token while miners still receive ERG.

Dec 14, 2025

9 min read

Technical Team

Ergo Oracle Pools: A Trust-Minimised Oracle Model Explained

Learn how Ergo's decentralized oracle pools minimize trust assumptions through on-chain aggregation, permissionless participation, and transparent data storage in eUTXOs.

Dec 11, 2025

12 min read

Technical Team

NiPoPoWs: Trustless Light Clients & Bridges on Ergo

Learn how Non-Interactive Proofs of Proof-of-Work (NiPoPoWs) enable lightweight blockchain verification, stateless clients, and trustless cross-chain bridges on Ergo.

Dec 7, 2025

8 min read

Technical Team

Ergo And Sigma Protocols: The Next Step In Blockchain Privacy

As first-gen privacy coins see a resurgence of activity, Ergo's composable zero-knowledge signatures offer new options for compliant confidentiality.

Dec 4, 2025

9 min read

Ergo Team

Sigma Protocols Explained (Without A PhD)

A plain-English guide to Sigma Protocols – the powerful, flexible zero-knowledge cryptography that powers Ergo's privacy and smart contracts.

Dec 1, 2025

10 min read

Privacy Team

ErgoScript Tutorial: Smart Contracts on Ergo Blockchain

ErgoScript is the Ergo blockchain's functional smart contract language, purpose-built for the eUTXO model. Learn how it works and what makes Ergo smart contracts secure and predictable.

Nov 27, 2025

12 min read

Technical Team

How Ergo's Storage Rent Solves Blockchain State Bloat

Ergo's miners can charge small fees on dormant accounts, clearing dust transactions and ensuring blockchain state stays manageable.

Nov 24, 2025

8 min read

Ergo Team

Autolykos: Ergo's Sustainable GPU Mining Algorithm

Autolykos is the Ergo mining algorithm: a memory-hard proof-of-work designed for ASIC-resistant mining, sustainable PoW, and a more decentralised, GPU-friendly Ergo blockchain.

Nov 21, 2025

10 min read

Technical Team

Two Blockchain Models: Why Ergo Chose Differently

Deterministic execution, explicit state transitions, and auditable privacy patterns — how Ergo's eUTXO model differs from Ethereum's account model for secure, scalable DeFi.

Nov 17, 2025

8 min read

Technical Team

The Ergo Manifesto: Ergonomic Money for Everyone

The foundational vision of Ergo Platform by Kushti - creating decentralized financial tools that empower ordinary people. A manifesto for true peer-to-peer economic freedom.

Nov 14, 2025

10 min read

Kushti