Is Cardano better for the environment?

Cardano is also considered to be one of the most environmentally sustainable blockchains . The founder of Cardano once said, the network uses only 6 GWh of power, hence it is a “balanced and sustainable ecosystem”. According to this reddit post, Cardano might be 37,500 times more energy-efficient than Bitcoin.

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Can Cardano do smart contracts?

Smart contract deployment 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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