PEOPLE
Cardano is built by a decentralized community of scientists, engineers, and thought leaders united in a common purpose: to create a technology platform that will ignite the positive change the world needs. We believe the future should not be defined by the past, and that more is possible – and, through technology, can be made possible for all. We measure the worth of a task not by its challenge, but by its results.
Every Ada holder also holds a stake in the Cardano network. Ada stored in a wallet can be delegated to a stake pool to earn rewards – to participate in the successful running of the network – or pledged to a stake pool to increase the pool’s likelihood of receiving rewards. In time, ada will also be usable for a variety of applications and services on the Cardano platform.
TECHNOLOGY
Cardano brings a new standard in technology – open and inclusive – to challenge the old and activate a new age of sustainable, globally-distributed innovation.
From the incremental to global, Cardano improves how we interact, transact, and create – and ultimately operate as a global society.
Cardano is a blockchain platform built on the groundbreaking Ouroboros proof-of-stake consensus protocol, and developed using the Haskell programming language: a functional programming language that enables Cardano to pursue evidence-based development, for unparalleled security and stability. (Discover Cardano, 2020)
Technology realized through evidence-based science
Cardano.org. 2020. Discover Cardano. [online] Available at: <https://cardano.org/discover-cardano/> [Accessed 26 October 2020].
CARDANO NEWS
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- Enhancing Plutus: making Cardano smart contracts cheaper, safer, and easier to build May 18, 2026
- Developer experience initiative: a six-month sprint to make Cardano easier to build on May 18, 2026
- Cardano High Assurance: formal verification, available to every developer May 15, 2026