Cardano Reports Steady Growth with Nearly 2,000 Projects Building on Platform and Over 106.5 Million Transactions

Cardano Ecosystem Expands to 1,985 Projects with Technical Improvements and Enhanced User Features

  • Cardano ecosystem reaches 1,985 projects with over 106.5 million processed transactions, demonstrating steady platform growth.
  • Technical improvements include UTXO-HD optimization reducing CPU usage by 9% and the rebranding of Plutus Tx to Plinth for enhanced smart contract development.
  • New user features introduced through Lace wallet version 1.20.0, including wallet renaming capability and a dedicated Governance tab.

Cardano’s ecosystem showed resilient development progress in its latest technical report dated February 21, 2025. The blockchain platform now supports nearly 2,000 projects while processing more than 106.5 million transactions, positioning it among the actively evolving proof-of-stake networks in the cryptocurrency landscape.

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Cardano’s development metrics reflect sustained growth with exactly 1,985 projects now building on the platform. This steady expansion comes amid challenging market conditions across the broader cryptocurrency sector, highlighting developer confidence in the network’s technical architecture and governance model.

Performance optimization remains a priority for the platform’s core developers. The consensus team has made significant progress with UTXO-HD technology, implementing an in-memory backend benchmarking process that yielded a 9% reduction in CPU resource utilization. This improvement aims to enhance transaction processing efficiency while maintaining the network’s security parameters.

User experience enhancements arrived through Lace wallet version 1.20.0, which introduced practical features including wallet renaming capabilities for improved account management. The update also added a dedicated ‘Governance’ tab, streamlining user participation in Cardano’s on-chain voting processes and increasing accessibility to the platform’s decentralized governance mechanisms.

On the smart contract development front, Cardano engineers have rebranded the Plutus Tx compiler to “Plinth,” representing more than a name change. The revamped compiler system delivers technical improvements designed to simplify and enhance smart contract creation, potentially lowering barriers for developers building decentralized applications on the network.

Layer-2 scaling solutions saw progress with the Hydra team launching a dedicated network explorer tool. This specialized interface enables developers and network participants to monitor Hydra operations with greater visibility, facilitating better understanding of the scaling protocol’s performance metrics and transaction flows.

These developments align with Cardano’s methodical approach to blockchain evolution, maintaining its reputation for research-driven implementation while gradually expanding functional capabilities across its ecosystem.

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