Merge pull request #1610 from input-output-hk/emmanuelamehiohkio/contrib/ledger-eras-1759402016237

[EC Api] - Ledger eras

Author: oduameh

content/article/ledger-eras.md

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 ## Development phases and ledger eras
 
 | Development phase | Focus | Ledger era(s) and functionality introduced | Upgrade names (examples) |
-| :---- | :---- | :---- | :---- |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | **Byron** | Foundational layer | Byron ledger era: ada transactions, Daedalus and Yoroi wallets, federated consensus | Byron hard fork |
 | **Shelley** | Decentralization | Shelley ledger: stake pools, delegation, community-led block production | Shelley hard fork |
-| **Goguen** | Smart contracts | Allegra: token locking  Mary: native tokens and multi-asset support  Alonzo: Plutus smart contracts | Allegra, Mary, and Alonzo hard forks |
+| **Goguen** | Smart contracts | Allegra: token locking Mary: native tokens and multi-asset support Alonzo: Plutus smart contracts | Allegra, Mary, and Alonzo hard forks |
 | **Basho** | Scalability and efficiency | Babbage ledger era: reference scripts, inline datums, reference inputs | Known as the Vasil upgrade |
-| **Voltaire** | Governance | Conway ledger era: on-chain governance via [CIP-1694](https://cips.cardano.org/cips/cip1694) | Chang and Plomin upgrades The Chang upgrade initiated the Conway ledger era and introduced the first set of on-chain governance capabilities The Plomin upgrade extended Conway by enabling the  full set of governance actions and decentralized representatives (DReps) on mainnet (epoch 537, protocol version 10.0). |
-| **Future** | Ongoing roadmap | **Dijkstra** (planned): Plutus v4, consensus and ledger integration, Conway refactors for transition  **Euler** (planned): scope TBD | Next hard fork name TBD |
+| **Voltaire** | Governance | Conway ledger era: on-chain governance via [CIP-1694](https://cips.cardano.org/cips/cip1694) | Chang and Plomin upgrades The Chang upgrade initiated the Conway ledger era and introduced the first set of on-chain governance capabilities The Plomin upgrade extended Conway by enabling the full set of governance actions and decentralized representatives (DReps) on mainnet (epoch 537, protocol version 10.0). |
+| **Future** | Ongoing roadmap | **Dijkstra** (planned): Plutus v4, consensus and ledger integration, Conway refactors for transition **Euler** (planned): scope TBD | Next hard fork name TBD |
 
 **Hard fork upgrades** use distinct names for community communication (for example, Chang → Plomin). These names are always mapped internally to a ledger era and protocol version. Hard forks activate a ledger era and may also introduce additional intra-era changes.