Powering Cardano's next decade
Input Output engineers
IO Labs leads protocol research and core engineering that Cardano is built on, in structured collaboration with specialist partners across the ecosystem. Each layer of the stack now has a focused team behind it. Decentralization is reaching past protocol and governance into who builds the chain. Open source, peer-reviewed, and live on mainnet.
Working with trusted specialist partners across the ecosystem
Decentralization, made real.
Cardano's protocol is decentralized. Its governance is decentralized. From 2026, who builds the chain is decentralized too. Specialist partners now lead delivery on dedicated layers of the stack, built on IO Labs research and delivered in structured collaboration across the ecosystem. Same accountability, broader bench, faster shipping. Meet the teams.
Live infrastructure. Scaling fast.
Products, protocols, and infrastructure live on Cardano. More shipping across 2026.
IO Labs
The engine room.
IO Labs is the research and core engineering driver behind Cardano. The team that designs the protocols, proves them, and ships them to mainnet. With a growing bench of specialist partners now scaling delivery across the stack, that engine is pointed where it matters most: the frontier. AI applied to protocol design and formal verification. New ventures built natively on Cardano. The compounding research that keeps Cardano the most innovative L1 on the market. A high-caliber team of engineers and researchers, building what the whole ecosystem builds on next
Momentum on Cardano
Growth on Cardano's network.
120m +
On-chain transactions
2,900 +
Stake pools
1,000 +
Registered DReps
148,000 +
Native tokens
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