What is Cardano's Approach to Handling Validator Collusion and Cartel Formation?

Cardano ensures accessibility in voting systems by leveraging blockchain technology to provide secure, verifiable, and inclusive mechanisms.

Cardano enables voting on the blockchain through its decentralized governance mechanisms, where stakeholders can participate in decision-making and dispute resolution processes through on-chain voting protocols. Stakeholders can propose, debate, and vote on proposals related to protocol upgrades, treasury funding, and governance matters using their ADA holdings and voting power. Cardano's voting mechanisms ensure transparency, accountability, and inclusivity in governance decisions, empowering stakeholders to shape the future of the network and drive its growth and adoption.

Cardano ensures verifiability and auditability of stake pool performance through transparency, reporting requirements, and data analytics that enable stakeholders to evaluate and verify stake pool performance, reliability, and operator integrity based on objective metrics, ensuring accountability and trust in stake pool management on the blockchain.

A validator node is a participant in a blockchain network responsible for verifying transactions and maintaining the integrity of the ledger.