Cardano (ADA currency) is the third-generation open source project for crypto-coins. Bitcoin marked the first generation, Ethereum scored the second, and Cardano will be the third generation.
The project has a strong team of researchers, scientists, engineers, developers, as well as big names already known in the market, such as Charles Hoskinson, co-inventor and former president of Ethereum.
Cardano is more than just a cryptocurrency, however, it is a technological platform that will be capable of running financial applications currently used every day by individuals, organizations and governments all around the world.
The team responsible for these blockchain implementations within Cardano is the IOHK company, which has been several times cited by Forbes magazine.
One of the main characteristics of Cardano is its interoperability proposal, which aims to allow a direct connection between cryptomoedas and financial institutions, ensuring compliance and KYC (Know Your Customer).
The Cardano project is being built already prepared for this new era, through a quantum resistant system, that is, that can not be broken even with quantum supercomputers.
To ensure the long-term sustainability of the currency, part of the fees captured in transactions carried out on the Cardano network will go to a treasury, with the purpose of serving as a reserve of value to allow future investments in new implementations or disclosures of the project. The use of this fund will be voted by the entire community, opting for the best use of resources.
At the moment, the ADA currency occupies Market Rank 9