Cardano, a smart-contract blockchain aiming to rival market leader Ethereum, tripled in February to dominate performance rankings among the CoinDesk 20 digital assets.

旨在与市场领导者以太坊(Ethereum)竞争的智能合约区块链Cardano在2月份增长了两倍，在CoinDesk 20个数字资产中占据主导地位。

The gains came during a bullish month across the board for cryptocurrencies, with bitcoin (BTC), the largest, posting a 36% return. Ether (ETH), the second-biggest and the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, climbed 7.4% on the month.

在一个加密货币普遍看涨的月份，比特币(BTC)的回报率最高，达到36%。以太坊区块链的第二大代币以太坊(ETH)当月上涨7.4%。

But it was Cardano and other Ethereum alternatives that topped the rankings. Aside from the 274% gain for Cardano’s ADA token, the ATOM token from Cosmos rose 122%, based on CoinDesk pricing.

但Cardano和其他以太坊替代品排名第一。根据CoinDesk定价，除了Cardano的ADA代币上涨274%外，Cosmos的ATOM代币上涨122%。

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Cardano’s gains were so impressive that its market capitalization climbed to about $40 billion, becoming the third-most-valuable digital asset and vaulting past cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash (BCH) and litecoin (LTC) that had led the industry standings in recent years. XRP, the token used in Ripple Labs’ payment network, fell 15% on the month.

卡达诺的收益令人印象深刻，其市值攀升至约400亿美元，成为第三大最有价值的数字资产，超过了近年来引领行业排名的比特币现金(BCH)和莱特币(LTC)等加密货币。Ripple Labs支付网络中使用的代币瑞波币(XRP)本月下跌了15%。

ADA climbed to a new all-time high of $1.49 on Feb. 27, topping the peak price of $1.30 reached in early 2018 at the tail end of the last bull market for cryptocurrencies.

ADA在2月27日攀升至1.49美元的历史新高，超过了2018年初上一轮加密货币牛市结束时1.30美元的峰值。

The ebullience in the market for ADA might eventually contend with some of the network’s realities. While touted as an “Ethereum competitor,” Cardano doesn’t as yet have any smart-contract functionality. Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the developer team behind the blockchain, has taken a long-term approach to developing the network. For example, Cardano only recently transitioned out of the hands of IOHK and into the community’s control with July’s “Shelley” hard fork.

艾达在市场上的热情可能最终会与该电视网的某些现实相抗衡。虽然被吹捧为“以太坊竞争对手”，但Cardano目前还没有任何智能合约功能。作为区块链背后的开发者团队，香港投入产出局(IOHK)已经采取了长期的方法来发展网络。例如，Cardano最近才从IOHK手中过渡到社区的控制下，并使用了July的“Shelley”硬分叉。

The “Mary” hard fork scheduled for today will allow users to create new tokens that run on Cardano natively, just as ADA does.

定于今天进行的“Mary”硬分叉将允许用户创建新的令牌，在Cardano上原生运行，就像ADA所做的那样。

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Goguen is the next hard fork on the docket for IOHK CEO and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson. That upgrade should occur in the first half of 2021 and should introduce smart contracts, the team claims.

Goguen是ihk首席执行官兼以太坊联合创始人查尔斯·霍斯金森即将进行的下一个硬分叉。该团队称，升级将在2021年上半年进行，并将引入智能合约。

That being said, it’s likely that unit bias – when investors buy a cheaper alternative asset given its lower price against more established ones – is coming into play for the cryptocurrency given its low price per unit compared to other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ether or even Polkadot’s DOT.

话虽这么说,很有可能单位偏见——当投资者购买更便宜的另类资产由于其低的价格与更成熟的——正开始发挥作用cryptocurrency单位相比,由于其价格低廉等cryptocurrencies比特币,醚甚至圆点花纹的点。