#TrumpCongressSpeech Cardano (ADA) - a blockchain platform created by Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) and Charles Hoskinson, a former co-founder of BitShares, Ethereum, and Ethereum Classic. The system is focused on launching smart contracts, decentralized applications, sidechains, and multi-party computations. The internal cryptocurrency of Cardano is called ADA. The platform is named after Gerolamo Cardano, and the cryptocurrency is named after Ada Lovelace.