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Sending ADA, delegating stake and interacting with a Cardano application may look like three unrelated actions. Underneath, each depends on the same ledger rules: transactions consume existing outputs, stake pools order blocks through Ouroboros and nodes validate the result before it becomes part of the chain. That combination is more useful for understanding Cardano than its old five-stage roadmap. The network has moved through several ledger eras since its 2017 launch, added smart contracts and entered community-led onchain governance. Cardano is still evolving, so this guide separates features running today from future work. What Cardano is Cardano is a public…

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