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Bulletproof

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Zero-knowledge
Bulletproofs form part of the family of distinct Zero-knowledge Proof systems, such as Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge (zk-SNARK); Succinct Transparent ARgument of Knowledge (STARK); and Zero Knowledge Prover and Verifier for Boolean Circuits (ZKBoo). Zero-knowledge proofs are designed so that a prover is able to indirectly ver...
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Byron

Olga Hryniuk
DevelopmentCardano
The first phase of Cardano development focused on implementing the core transactional platform and community growth. Byron implemented the Ouroboros proof-of-stake consensus protocol.
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CFD

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DeFi
Contract for difference. Part of a wider group of trading products known as derivatives, they are a popular method of trading stocks, bonds, and commodities.
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CIP

Olga Hryniuk
CIPGovernance
Cardano improvement proposal. Any ada holder can suggest an improvement to Cardano. CIPs are community-reviewed; proposals and their history are maintained on the Cardano Foundation’s CIP GitHub repository.
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CLI

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CLI - Command-Line Interface. It is a text-based interface used to interact with a computer program or operating system by typing commands into a terminal or command prompt.
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Cardano

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CardanoDevelopment
An open-source permissionless blockchain platform built on the Ouroboros proof-of-stake protocol. Cardano was launched in 2017 to address issues with earlier blockchains such as high energy use, limited interoperability, and scalability challenges. Cardano is being developed in five phases: Byron (completed 2019), Shelley (decentralization, 2020), Goguen (sm...
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Cardano Cube

Cardano Cube
EcosystemDApp+ 7
An online explorer that shows you all the projects and DApps building on the Cardano blockchain. Use the Cardano Cube interactive ecosystem map to get a quick overview of all the projects.
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Cardano Foundation

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Cardano
An independent, Swiss-based non-profit organization that supervises the development of the Cardano blockchain, while shaping legislation and commercial standards. Its mission is to ‘ensure the positive advancement of the Cardano protocol, while also contributing to the positive advancement of blockchain as a world-changing technology.’ Cardano Foundation is ...
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Cardano roadmap

Ivan Irakoze
CardanoDevelopment
A summary of Cardano’s development through five essential themes (Byron, Shelley, Goguen, Basho, and Voltaire). Each development theme is centered around a set of functionalities meant to significantly and steadily improve the Cardano blockchain. A research-driven methodology is prioritized to ensure security and correctness over the speed of development.
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Cardano stack exchange

Olga Hryniuk
Cardano
A community-driven resource providing questions and answers for users and developers of Cardano.
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Certification

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CardanoCertification+ 1
A high level of assurance is key when developing and working with smart contracts and decentralized applications (DApps). Applications in Cardano’s DApp Store will have the option to meet and display up to three levels of certification.
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Chain follower

Neil Burgess
CardanoSidechain+ 2
As part of the Cardano sidechain toolkit, a chain follower is a general purpose component capable of reading and indexing events that occur on the main chain. There are several tools that can fulfill this role, they include: Blockfrost, an instant and scalable Cardano API for free Carp, a modular indexer for Cardano with an SQL Postgres backend Kupo, a  ...
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Cold wallet

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Cold walletCryptocurrency wallet
An offline wallet used for storing cryptocurrencies. Because cold wallets are not connected to the internet, stored assets incur less risks of tampering. This is also known as cold storage.
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Concurrency

Olga Hryniuk
EUTXOGlossary
The amount of work that can be done by different actors without blocking each other. Cardano’s EUTXO model allows transactions to be processed in parallel, which ultimately improves the throughput of the system while keeping the performance of individual operations the same.
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Consensus

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ConsensusOuroboros+ 1
A way for a blockchain to agree between all its participants that a transaction is valid. An agreement must be made on which blocks to produce, which chain to adopt, and to determine a single state for the network. The consensus protocol for Cardano is Ouroboros – the first consensus protocol proven to be secure through academic peer review.
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Controlled stake

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StakingProof of stake
The total amount of stake that a stake pool controls. It combines the stake that is owned by the pool operator with any stake that has been delegated to the pool by other ada holders. It can be measured as a total ada amount (e.g., 3 million ada), or as a percentage of the total supply of ada within the network (e.g., 5%).
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Cost per epoch

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Stakingproof of stake+ 1
A fixed fee, in ada, which the stake pool operator takes from the pool rewards every epoch to cover the costs of running a stake pool. The cost per epoch is subtracted from the total ada rewarded to a pool, before the operator takes their profit margin. Whatever remains is shared proportionally among the delegators.
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Cross-chain

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Refers to the ability of different blockchain networks or protocols to communicate, share data, and interact with each other seamlessly. It enables the transfer of assets, information, or functionality between multiple blockchain networks that operate independently.
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Cryptocurrency

Olga Hryniuk
Cryptocurrency
An asset on the blockchain that serves as a medium of exchange for goods or services. Examples include Cardano's ada, Ethereum's ether, bitcoin and so on. At its launch, Cardano's ada became the leading proof-of-stake cryptocurrency and one of the top 10 by market capitalization in January 2018.
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Cryptography

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refers to the utilization of advanced mathematical techniques to secure and protect sensitive information, including transactions and user identities, through encryption, digital signatures, and cryptographic algorithms, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity within the blockchain ecosystem
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