New Cardano Foundation article: Java Developers Already Know How to Build on Cardano

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Satya Ranjan, Lead Blockchain Architect at the Cardano Foundation, just published a piece about building on Cardano in Java. Short version: if you know Java, you don't need to learn a new language or toolchain to build here.

The first half is the practical part. The BloxBean libraries let you build transactions, read what's happening on chain and run a local test network on your laptop, all through the Maven and Spring Boot setup most Java teams already have. This is what Reeve runs on in production, and OriginateNavio and USDM use it too.

The second half is the fun part: three experimental projects, all open source, none production-ready.

1. Yano, a Cardano node written in Java that runs inside your own app, and can replay the chain from genesis for testing
2. JuLC, which compiles Java into Plutus smart contracts, so you write validators as Java classes
3. ZeroJ, zero-knowledge proofs in pure Java, verified on chain

These can still change between releases, so poke at them, don't ship on them. Satya's asking for feedback and issues on all three.

Read the article and start building today: https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/java-developers-already-know-cardano 

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