Established 2014
I/O Digital Research Foundation
Blockchain, AI and encrypted data research for privacy focused digital infrastructure.
The nonprofit foundation stewarding I/O Coin, DIONS, AES-256 encrypted messaging, secure data transfer and community driven proof of stake development.
Official I/O Coin curator DIONS identity research AES-256 encrypted utility Fair launch, no ICO
2014 Proof of stake chain and foundation work
No ICO Fair launch and community funded development
AES-256 Encrypted data, messaging and transfer
DIONS Decentralized I/O Name Server research
PoS Energy conscious network validation
Foundation since 2014
A nonprofit research group stewarding practical blockchain, AI and encryption work.
We have been building around I/O Coin since 2014. I/O Digital Research Foundation curates the chain, protects the lasting record and keeps the work focused on privacy, identity and secure data exchange that can be used in real systems.
Our history includes a fair launch with no ICO, community funded development, foundation stewardship, decentralized wallet releases, DIONS, shade addresses, shuffle staking, DVM research, NightHawk direction and applied blockchain use cases.
01
Curate I/O Coin
Maintain the protocol story, wallet direction and public resources around I/O Coin.
02
Research DIONS
Advance decentralized naming, aliases and identity primitives that make blockchain addresses more usable.
03
Build encrypted utility
Explore AES-256 encrypted messaging, data storage and data transfer as blockchain native capabilities.
04
Support community development
Keep development transparent through public repositories, support channels and community education.
Foundation record
Our work did not start yesterday.
We have kept a public record of the project through releases, development notes, conference work and long form research. It shows what we built, what we tested and where we are taking the foundation next.
Public record 2018 to 2025 Fair launch, no ICO
2014
Genesis and fair launch
We launched I/O Coin as a proof of stake chain with no ICO and a community funded path.
2016 to 2017
Foundation and wallet work
We formed I/O Digital Foundation to curate code, engage partners and support community causes, then pushed into decentralized wallet work.
2018
Shade and shuffle staking
We brought optional privacy into the wallet with shade address work and explored fairer participation through shuffle staking.
2019
Multidimensional ledger research
We documented a multi chain vision connecting public and private ledgers, with Chameleon research growing beside I/O Coin.
2020 to 2021
DIONS, NightHawk and DVM
We expanded DIONS, explored NightHawk privacy direction and tested Dions Virtual Machine paths for Solidity compatible contract work.
2023 to 2025
Applied privacy and community reset
We continue connecting encrypted data systems to healthcare, journalism, academia, AI and a renewed community roadmap.
Research foundation
Research domains for privacy focused infrastructure.
I/O Digital focuses on practical systems: secure wallets, decentralized identity, encrypted communication, data protection and protocol stewardship.
The goal is not hype. It is usable infrastructure that protects people, proves state honestly and keeps the base network sustainable.
01 / Privacy
Privacy as infrastructure
I/O Coin includes encrypted messaging, encrypted data storage and optional privacy features designed for real user control.
02 / Wallet
I/O Coin wallet
Secure IOC transaction management with support for encrypted communication, data storage and decentralized applications.
03 / Payments
Shade payments
Optional privacy for transactions, giving users a choice between transparent and private payment flows.
04 / Identity
DIONS identity layer
Decentralized naming research for addresses, aliases and readable identity primitives.
05 / Data
Data protection
AES-256 encrypted data storage and transfer experiments for blockchain records and secure exchange.
Development
Open research, practical releases and community maintained infrastructure.
Protocol
I/O Coin core
Wallet and protocol work around sustainable proof of stake validation, encrypted utility and stewardship.
Identity
DIONS bootstrap
Decentralized naming resources for addresses, aliases and readable identity experiments.
Research graph
Chameleon
Adjacent research and visualization work connected to the broader I/O Digital ecosystem.
Foundation talks
Our talks on I/O Digital, I/O Coin and practical privacy infrastructure.
Joel Bosch: I/O Digital
A foundation talk on I/O Digital, the research mission, decentralized identity, encrypted communications and practical blockchain infrastructure.
I/O Coin: From Blockchain to Real World
We cover data communication, privacy and payments through I/O Coin, DIONS, encrypted messaging and user controlled blockchain utility.
I/O Coin From Blockchain to the Real World
We explain the practical direction behind I/O Coin and the move from chain research into tools people can use.
I/O Digital and IOC at The North American Bitcoin Conference
Our 2018 presentation on I/O Digital, IOC, encrypted services, community development and infrastructure work.
I/O Coin
A long running proof of stake network with privacy research in its DNA.
01
Sustainable validation
Proof of stake architecture supports network participation without the power profile of proof of work mining.
02
Encrypted utility
Messaging, storage and transfer features are treated as core protocol utility, not decoration.
03
Open stewardship
Development remains centered on the community, with public repositories and steady protocol care.
DIONS protocol work
Our Decentralized Input Output Name Server layer.
DIONS is foundation infrastructure for named accounts, associated data, encrypted aliases, messaging and data transfer on the I/O Coin network. It connects identity, privacy and application utility to the base chain.
Names
Decentralized aliases
We use DIONS for named abstract accounts with aliases and associated data that can be public or encrypted.
Messaging
Encrypted communication
The DIONS API includes encrypted communications, plain text messaging and data upload, download and transfer.
Security
AES-256 and RSA 4096
Our data and messaging layer uses AES-256 with RSA 4096 encryption for secure user controlled exchange.
DVM
Dions Virtual Machine
We continue the DVM path for Solidity compatible contract work while keeping the I/O Coin base network intact.
Shade
DIONS Pay privacy
Our Shade API work adds private payment direction based on Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
Data
1MB data payloads
Our platform documentation includes a 1MB data cap for upload, download and transfer use cases.
Community and history