# Cardano

## One line

Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform built on peer-reviewed research and formal methods.

## What we do

Cardano provides a decentralized blockchain infrastructure for building applications, payment systems, and governance structures. Its core protocol, Ouroboros, is the first peer-reviewed and verifiably secure proof-of-stake consensus protocol. Developers, enterprises, and communities use Cardano to build decentralized applications, run supply chain traceability systems, and participate in on-chain governance. It replaces energy-intensive proof-of-work systems and opaque centralized structures with an open, formally verified alternative.

## Find us

- Website: https://cardano.org
- X: https://x.com/Cardano

## Recent updates

- seen: 2026-09-20 — Plutus released v1.68.0.0 with V4 ledger API types · https://cardano.org/
- seen: 2026-09-20 — Now supports Keystone hardware wallet in Lace · https://cardano.org/
- seen: 2026-09-20 — Wants applicants for two Intersect Board seats · https://cardano.org/entities/?tab=intersect
- 2026-09-20 — TVL $59M · https://defillama.com/chain/Cardano

## Last updated

last_checked: 2026-09-20 (cardano.org)

state: unclaimed

confirmed: no (drafted from the company's own public sources)

verified: no

Source: https://sindo.io/c/cardano