What does Cardano depend on?

Ada is the cryptocurrency of the platform. Cardano runs on the Proof-of-Stake Ouroboros consensus protocol . The heart of any blockchain platform is the algorithm it uses to create blocks and validate transactions. Cardano uses Ouroboros, an algorithm that uses Proof-of-Stake (PoS) protocol to mine blocks.

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Is there a limit to Cardano?

By November 2021, over 33 billion Cardano tokens were issued and in active circulation – getting closer to the coin’s maximum supply. Similar to Bitcoin but unlike Ethereum, the ADA token has a fixed supply limit with only 45 billion cryptocurrencies being able to ever exist in the coin’s lifetime .

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