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Cardano ($ADA) is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform: the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methods. It combines pioneering technologies to provide unparalleled security and sustainability to decentralized applications, systems, and societies.

Quick Facts

Cardano is a Layer 1 blockchain
Cardano utilizes a “Proof of Stake” (POS) consensus mechanism
Cardano is purpose built with fundamental scalability, powered by its PoS consensus mechanism; it has a theoretical limit of 2,000,000 Transactions Per Second (TPS)
Cardano’s average Cost Per Transaction (CPT) is $0.40
Cardano’s White Paper 📄

Technical Specifications

(as of 4/01/22)

Performance Data

Metric	Value
Active Transactions Per Second (TPS)	250 TPS
Max Theoretical TPS	2M TPS
Average Cost Per Transaction (CPT)	$0.40
Block Height	7,182,060
Environmental Impact	∙ Cardano is inherently more energy efficient than Bitcoin by using 'Proof of Stake'
Bridges	∙ Bondly Cross-Chain Bridge Connecting Cardano and Ethereum is Now Open

Github Activity

Metric	Value
Repository Name	cardano-node
Stars	2626
Watchers	210
Forks	563
Contributors	111
Merged Pull Requests	2445
Closed vs Total Issues	780 out of 1204

Financial Ecosystem

(as of 4/01/22)

Metric	Value
ADA Price	$1.20
Market Cap	$40,638,421,963
Ecosystem Ranking by Market Cap	#7
Token Trading Volume – 24hr	$2,080,583,314
Total Value Locked (TVL)	Submit data
Liquidity	$68.7M
Number of Active Wallets	Submit data
Number of Unique Wallets	Submit data
Circulating Supply	32.066B ADA
Total Supply	34,277,702,082 ADA
Node Count	2,924 validator nodes
Inflation Rate	1.99%