As of December 19, there are currently 929 smart contracts live on Cardano’s mainnet , which are mainly focused on DeFi, following September’s Alonzo upgrade. Thanks to Alonzo, developers can now create DeFi protocols such as DEXes and lend/borrow platforms on the Cardano blockchain.
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The Cardano project is now entering the Basho phase . This phase sees both on and off-chain improvements to the Cardano ecosystem. The last major update saw smart-contract capability added to the blockchain via the Plutus scripting language.
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