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Ardor (ARDR) is essentially a public blockchain network specifically created to let users gain access to the blockchain technology of Nxt by leveraging the power of child chains.
Each of these child chains is a light blockchain that can be customized to meet multiple use cases. The network's security is provided by the parent ardor chain, while each of the interoperable child chains has all of the functionality.
ARDR is the native cryptocurrency token that is utilized across the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism that provides security to all of the child chains.
Despite the existence of many other cryptocurrencies, Ardor has a lot of advantages and here are just a couple of them.
Each one of the child chains that make up the broader ecosystem surrounding Ardor can feature its own unit of value for the payment of transaction fees, as well as a variety of different, ready-to-use features.
Ardor achieves a high level of scalability because it enables the pruning of unnecessary child chain data once they get included within the permissionless Ardor parent chain, preventing bloat on the network.
All of the child chains that form the overall ecosystem share the same source code, all of which ensures ecosystem interoperability, which in turn allows child chain token trading to one another through a fully decentralized way, and transactions on one child chain will be able to access data or entities within another.
Ardor as a network is unique due to the fact that it essentially fills the role of being one parent chain with multiple child chains, and the ARDR token is utilized in its Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.
If you are a developer that aims to build their own child chain or just want to leverage the functionality that is found within this broad ecosystem, in that case, connecting to an ARDR node can provide you with access to a lot of invaluable data.
By accessing the blockchain data, you can learn as much information as you need surrounding the block height, the transaction status, the wallet balances, or any other similar type of information, all of which can contribute to development or trading.
For example, suppose you are a developer. In that case, you can utilize this data to check if your application is functioning the way you intended it to, while if you are a trader, you can check if your transactions were actually processed as you assumed they were.
If you want to leverage this power, all you need to do is go to the official NOWNodes website, after which you can click on "GET FREE API KEY" and then navigate to the official documentation. You can find a list of codes and commands to access with your API key on this page. Furthermore, if you are curious about all of the other nodes available, you can find a full node list here.
