Please tell me without making any promises of the future, What has Cardano done in the last 5 years that it should deserve its spot?

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Please tell me without making any promises of the future, What has Cardano done in the last 5 years that it should deserve its spot?

I have been in crypto since 2017 and following Cardano. I'm extremely confused by the 'cult like' conversations that happen in this sub and on Twitter about Cardano. What has Cardano done SO FAR that really shows that they have what it takes? I'm not talking about what is 'almost there' what I have been hearing for the last years already. What has been done so far? Please provide arguments and facts and not some vague narrative of 'best decentralized staking' or something else. A data driven approach on the amount of use cases so far would be appreciated. Saying that smart contracts are almost there etc. etc. is not an argument. Even if thats true thats literally just the beginning. That means nothing. Being happy that smart contracts are coming in a few months after starting around the same time as Ethereum is extremely worrying of how serious 'investors' are here.

Edit: about 50 comments and 0 concrete examples so far… (lol @ downvotes)

Edit 2: Ok forget my responses. Just please read through all the answers and tell me how convincing this all is. Do all of you see a pattern here?

Edit 3: Publishing scientific papers is nothing fancy. I dont know why people keep mentioning this as if its something special. Algorand, Ethereum Zilliqa etc. are also doing this. Also, its only worthwile if its implemented in reality and isn't just stuck in theory

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