On Tuesday (13 November 2018), Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano (ADA) and the CEO of IOHK, announced to the Cardano community the good news that he had been hoping to deliver ever since he and Ken Kodama, the CEO of Emurgo, published a joint statement (on the IOHK blog) with the title "An Open Letter to the Cardano Community from IOHK and Emurgo."