Written by Ruma Dass Cardano is widely considered as one of the major competitors (along with Polkadot) to Ethereum. Project catalyst is Cardano's brave attempt to strengthen decentralized decision-making. Cardano has already been successful in securely launching its decentralized network through Shelley. With Shelley, anyone holding Ada can delegate to Pools, unstake and withdrawals are instantaneous. Cardano is now expanding towards a decentralized governance and voting mechanism through Project Catalyst.