# Cardano
Cryptocurrency

By [sujit11.eth](https://paragraph.com/@sujit11) · 2022-11-06

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**Cardano** is a public blockchain platform. It is open-source and decentralized, with consensus achieved using proof of stake. It can facilitate peer-to-peer transactions with its internal cryptocurrency, ADA. Cardano's development began in 2015, led by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson.

[Initial release date](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=880&sxsrf=ALiCzsbwAUydvu7akQ4D3XnQh5rp9tDL5A:1667717375533&q=cardano+initial+release+date&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LVT9c3NExPM0pJLk_K0lLOKLfST87PyUlNLsnMz9Mvzk8rKU8sSrVKLChITSxSSEksSV3EKpOcWJSSmJevkJmXWZKZmKNQlJqTmlicCpYGAC6nzJ9VAAAA&ved=2ahUKEwjtlYSu-5j7AhVj1jgGHQKCAAYQ6BMoAHoECGQQAg) : 2017

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