The core component that is used to participate in a Cardano decentralised blockchain.
Browse cluster: Haskell tooling and libraries →The cardano-node repository is the integration point for the ledger, consensus, and networking layers of the Cardano blockchain, providing the executable used to participate in the Cardano decentralized network. Built in Haskell, it brings together components including ouroboros-consensus, ouroboros-network, cardano-ledger, and plutus, along with supporting libraries like cardano-api and trace-dispatcher. The project is maintained by Intersect, as evidenced by the GitHub organization intersectmbo. Beyond the core node executable, the repository includes tooling for transaction generation and benchmarking, trace schema generation and validation, and comprehensive configuration support for running nodes across different Cardano networks.