Cardano

Protocolo P2P

A Layer-1 blockchain using the Ouroboros family of provably-secure Proof-of-Stake protocols, developed with an academic-peer-review-driven research methodology. Governance transitioned in the "Voltaire" era to on-chain mechanisms (CIP-1694): DReps (delegated representatives) vote on governance actions including protocol parameter changes and treasury spending, alongside a Constitutional Committee and SPOs (stake pool operators). The cardano-node repository is now maintained under IntersectMBO (renamed from the original Input Output HK organization in 2023).

DAO
Enlaces
Visitar Sitio Web Sugerir una corrección

Detalles

Licencia Apache-2.0
Estado de Desarrollo 🟢 Activo
Propietario IntersectMBO (the current organizational steward of core development, successor structure to IOG/IOHK); Cardano Foundation (standards/ecosystem stewardship) and Emurgo (commercial arm) are the other two "founding trio" entities.
Órgano de Gobierno Post-Voltaire on-chain governance (DReps + Constitutional Committee + SPOs voting on governance actions) — a genuinely live, binding mechanism, not just a roadmap intention.
País N/A (IntersectMBO/Cardano Foundation/Emurgo are separately-registered entities across multiple jurisdictions)
Año de Inicio 2017
Stack Haskell (core node), with Plutus (Haskell-based) as the smart-contract language.
Financiamiento Historically IOHK-contracted development funding; now also a substantial on-chain Treasury funded by a percentage of transaction fees/protocol rewards, allocated via the on-chain governance process itself (Catalyst funding rounds, treasury withdrawals via DRep/Constitutional Committee approval).
Última Investigación 23 ago 2026

Dominios de Caso de Uso

Evolución de Plataformas y Soberanía

Protocolo P2P Atributos

Orígenes Academic-peer-review-driven L1, Ouroboros PoS consensus family, three-entity founding structure (IOHK/IntersectMBO, Cardano Foundation, Emurgo).
Base de Datos N/A conventional DB; third-party indexers (Blockfrost, Koios) built on top, not part of the core node.
Lenguaje de Consulta N/A conventional query language; third-party indexer APIs.
Formatos de Datos CBOR.
Edición Colaborativa en Vivo N/A
Edición de Texto Enriquecido N/A
Soporte Móvil Via third-party wallets (Daedalus, Eternl, Yoroi, etc.).
Soporte Web Via third-party wallets and dApp frontends.
Aplicaciones Nativas cardano-node ships as a binary; Daedalus is a full-node desktop wallet.
Términos Free, open-source; network fees paid to SPOs, with a portion routed to the on-chain Treasury.
Fondos On-chain Treasury (see Governing Body) — a real, disclosed, protocol-level treasury, unusual among this batch.
Basado En Novel Ouroboros consensus family; not forked from a prior chain.
Arquitectura P2P Stake-pool-operator (SPO) gossip network; Ouroboros epoch/slot-leader election determines block producers.
Red de Superposición Global, permissionless (SPOs require stake delegation, not permission).
Direccionamiento por Contenido No.
Local-First N/A
Cifrado de Extremo a Extremo (E2EE) N/A
Biblioteca de CRDTs N/A
Tolerancia a Fallos Bizantinos Yes — Ouroboros (provably secure PoS, peer-reviewed).
Firma Ed25519.
Permisos Permissionless for transacting; SPO operation requires stake delegation but not central approval.
Compatibilidad con la Web Semántica No.
Contrato Inteligente Yes — Plutus (Haskell-based, since the 2021 Alonzo upgrade).
Posición en la Pila del Protocolo Base-layer settlement + execution (Layer 1), extended UTXO ("eUTXO") accounting model.
Incorporación de Activos/Valor Native (ADA) plus native multi-asset support (tokens are a first-class ledger feature, not requiring smart contracts).
Madurez del Protocolo / Estandarización Mature, mainnet since 2017, CIP (Cardano Improvement Proposal) process, live on-chain governance since Voltaire/CIP-1694.