The Essential Cardano list provides an outline and accompanying map of the Cardano ecosystem and a central library of materials, which includes official IOG, Cardano Foundation, and Emurgo resources, as well as community-generated materials, and a list of active stake pools.
Categories of the Essential Cardano list currently cover:
Core Organizations <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#core-organizations>
Oracles <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#oracles>
Enterprise & Business Ecosystem <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#enterprise–business-ecosystem>
Startups <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#startups>
Strategic Partners and Collaborators <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#strategic-partners-and-collaborators>
Layer 2 Solutions <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#layer-2-solutions>
Deployments <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#deployments>
DeFi and Capital Markets <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#defi-and-capital-markets>
Governments <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#governments>
Identity Eco Systems <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#identity-eco-systems>
Exchanges <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#exchanges>
Decentralized Exchanges <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#decentralized-exchanges-dexs>
Payments <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#payments>
Incubators and Funding <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#incubators-and-funding>
Games and Entertainment <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#games-and-entertainment>
Exchange-traded Products <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#exchange-traded-products>
Developer Ecosystem <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#developer-ecosystem>
Programming Languages <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#programming-languages>
Developer Resources <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#developer-resources>
Native Tokens <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#native-tokens>
Wallets <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#wallets>
Metadata <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#metadata>
Ada Calculators <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#ada-calculators>
Research and Education <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#research-and-education>
Standards/Consortia <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#standardsconsortia>
Top Tier Research Conferences <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#top-tier-research-conferences>
Education Institutions and Blockchain Labs <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#blockchain-labs-and-education-institutions>
Infrastructure & Security <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#infrastructure–security>
Project Catalyst Startups <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#project-catalyst-startups>
NFT Platforms and Projects <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#nft-platforms-and-projects>
Stake Pools <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#-stake-pools->
Essential Resources <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md#essential-resources>
This list is fully open source and its authors als for help them to grow and fine tune our recommendations to make our list even better.
github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md <github.com/input-output-hk/essential-cardano/blob/main/essential-cardano-list.md>