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Welcome to the knowledge base! Here you will find clear, comprehensive explanations of all the core concepts of the Cardano blockchain. Dive in and learn how the network operates.
A comprehensive overview of the vision, history, and multi-layered architecture of Cardano.
The difference between ADA and Lovelace and the maximum supply of the cryptocurrency.
How time is measured and organized on the Cardano blockchain.
Understanding the Extended Unspent Transaction Output (eUTXO) model of Cardano.
How Cardano utilizes the Ouroboros protocol to achieve secure and energy-efficient consensus.
How staking works in Cardano without lock-in or risk of loss.
The CIP-1694 Framework and the future of decentralized decision-making.
How Cardano handles custom tokens and NFTs differently from other blockchains.
The foundation of decentralized applications on the Computation Layer.
How Cardano executes seamless network upgrades without dividing the community.
Important metrics and considerations when delegating your ADA.
Addressing the most common misconception about Cardano delegation.
The critical importance of securing your 15 or 24-word recovery phrase.
Understanding network load, mempool congestion, and deterministic fees.
Understand the Hydra scaling protocol and how off-chain isomorphic state channels achieve high throughput.
Learn about Mithril, a stake-based threshold signature scheme that simplifies block state verification.
Discover Cardano's Partner Chains framework and Midnight, a data-protection and compliance-ready sidechain.
Cardano's decentralized funding mechanism and community innovation engine.
A deep dive into Plutus V3 smart contracts and the Conway ledger era ushering in native governance.
How Cardano enables custom on-chain data storage and certification using structured CBOR metadata.