cardano-node
The core component that is used to participate in a Cardano decentralised blockchain. (by IntersectMBO)
blockfrost-js
Node.js SDK for the Blockfrost.io API. (by blockfrost)
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| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
cardano-node
Posts with mentions or reviews of cardano-node.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-05-02.
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Understanding Functional Programming in Haskell
Haskell is used in industries like finance (e.g., Standard Chartered), blockchain (e.g., Cardano), and academia. Tools like Stack simplify project management, while libraries like Yesod enable web development.
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TOKEN2049 Recap
Notably, Sabrina Tachdijan - HBAR Foundation Head of Fintech & Payments - joined Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson, InvestaX Co-Founder Alice Chen, Plume Network Co-Founder Teddy Pornprinya, and EY Blockchain Leader Paul Brody for a panel discussion on “The Rise of RWA Chains”.
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Haskell Certification Program
It sees quite a lot of use in the traditional finance industry in europe from what I've been told but basically all of that is closed source.
However probably the "biggest" open source project with direct commercial use would be the Cardano blockchain (IOG, one of the main developers for Cardano, is one of the top sponsors for the Glasgow Haskell Compiler as well as a major contributor nowadays).
The cardano node implementation is linked here: https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node
However a lot of tooling for the ecosystem is spread between that org, the IOG org, and the CF org, as well as others.
https://github.com/IntersectMBO/
https://github.com/input-output-hk/
https://github.com/cardano-foundation/
By no means is this the best example but it is a decent example of an extremely large, primarily haskell based project that sees regular use.
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Best Crypto To Invest in 2024 [Expert Guide]
Cardano (ADA) – The Sustainability-Focused Blockchain
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Ethereum Founders: Charles Hoskinson
Hoskinson decided to support Ethereum classic after that and also launched Cardano.
- OUT NOW! Release Cardano Node 8.1.2 · input-output-hk/cardano-node
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BITCOIN’S LEAD IN CRYPTO MARKET SOLIDIFIED BY INSTITUTIONAL INTEREST
This sluggish activity is hitting smaller cryptocurrencies like Cardano and Solana, which are seeing much slower growth than bitcoin. Trading platforms popular with retail investors, such as Robinhood, are moving to end support for trading these tokens, and the risk of an SEC crackdown has made institutional investors even more leery of them.
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Cardano Rumor Rundown June 22, 2023
Cardano Node 8.1.1 is out. https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases/tag/8.1.1
- This release is mainnet ready and has significant improvements at epoch boundary. All SPOs are strongly encouraged to update. Node 8.1.1 is a minor release of the Cardano node. This contains a fix from ouroboros-network for P2P topologies that don't contain DNS names in local roots.
blockfrost-js
Posts with mentions or reviews of blockfrost-js.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
- Blockfrost SDK updates: feedback
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Any Cardano Dexes that connect to Daedalus?
That way you use your own node to conduct the transactions rather than using a service like blockfrost
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PyCardano but with local node rather than BlockFrost?
Nothing against blockfrost.io just wanna know if this is possible/easy
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Assets in Specific Address
Im trying to get the list of NFTs in a specific wallet, Im using Koios but planning to switch to blockfrost.io but couldn't identify the particular API, any help?
- Cardano Dev Tools and How-To's
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Do I need to download the full cardano node to interact with the blockchain ?
If you don't want to run a Cardano node then you can use Blockfrost
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Cardano (ADA) Weekly Update by Everstake
🔹 blockfrost.io announced the availability of two new testnet networks: Preview and Preprod.
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VASIL UPDATE: Progress continues positively with only minor bugs remaining. Today, however, we have agreed to ensure the core dev team and #Cardano ecosystem collaborators have more time for testing before commencing the mainnet countdown - Input Output on Twitter
Since the start of June, we have been successfully running an early build of the new node (which includes diffusion pipelining and the new Plutus v2 CIPs among other enhancements) as a semi-public Vasil developer testnet (Devnet). We now have some 35 developers from across 27 projects testing their DApps and helping identify any issues, along with 16 stake pool operators (SPOs) supporting. We’re also working closely with some of the leading tool/API providers, including Blockfrost, Cardano Serialization library (EMURGO), and Cardano Multiplatform Library (dcSpark). We want to call out the work of Mlabs and Dquadrant in particular for providing great support throughout the process. This developer testnet stage puts us in a good position when it comes to Plutus code compatibility and functionality. This valuable work will continue on this development testnet over the next few weeks.
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👏 New release: The DAB solution provides an open-source alternative for Cardano developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) on Cardano’s blockchain - Cardano Foundation @CardanoStiftung - June 7th 2022
Five Binaries is a Prague, Czech Republic based consulting company who have been 100% focused on improving the Cardano ecosystem since day one. The members are all ex-Trezor Suite core developers and previously maintained the backend infrastructure for Trezor Wallet. The team created the first stake pool on the ITN and second on Mainnet,StakeNuts. They also processed the first Shelley Mainnet transaction. The Five Binaries team are also behind the first oracle solution on Cardano, Nut.link, and developed Blockfrost, APIs which are used to access the Cardano blockchain. Regarding usage and adoption, Blockfrost APIs is a core service used by the ecosystem and has a community of over 10,000 developers that have contributed to over 4,000 projects.
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This might be the development framework for Haskell programmers
You can however call an SC using Blockfrost; this is an Web2-style API designed specifically to interacting with the Cardano network.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cardano-node and blockfrost-js you can also consider the following projects:
plutus - The Plutus language implementation and tools
cardanocli-js - Wrapping the cardano-cli inside JavaScript
solana - Web-Scale Blockchain for fast, secure, scalable, decentralized apps and marketplaces.
cardano-rosetta - An implementation of Rosetta for Cardano
daedalus - The open source cryptocurrency wallet for ada, built to grow with the community
nodejs-api-starter - 💥 Yarn v2 based monorepo template (seed project) pre-configured with GraphQL API, PostgreSQL, React, Relay, and Material UI. [Moved to: https://github.com/kriasoft/relay-starter-kit]