Author: Igor Velickovic

Intersect facilitates the continued growth and continuity of a decentralized and inclusive self-sustaining Cardano by providing additional governance processes and structures that enable the Cardano community to advance the protocol together. This includes maintenance, development, testing, fundraising, infrastructure, and support initiatives—all initiated and driven by committees and working groups. As a community-governed blockchain, this means caring about the technology and processes, enabling technical progress and consensus through discourse and collaboration.

Cardano has an underlying operational cost for keeping the network running each year. This includes maintenance, upgrades, and a variety of technical innovations to ensure Cardano continues to be a current and leading blockchain. Initially, for 2024, members of Input Output Global and EMURGO funded Cardano’s continuity. This funding enables a collection of members to continue supplying technical services to deliver the core operations.

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As Q1 wraps up, let’s dive into this week’s update. Spotlights this week include launching global community hubs starting in LATAM and Japan, upcoming new member area on our website (including announcing membership tiers). Plus, the release of new in-depth infographics courtesy of Intersect members Mike Hornan and Summon Platform. Lastly, Intersect featured in March’s Essential Cardano360, and as usual, we get the latest updates from SanchoNet and Govtool.

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This week’s report includes some exciting additions, from updates to our knowledge base on working groups, exciting new DRep Pioneer Program, new funding opportunities, Intersect workshop in Tokyo, and much more. It’s another big week at Intersect!

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This week’s report includes some exciting additions, including updates to our knowledge base, committee updates, a new job opportunity, GovTool, and SanchoNet news. So, let’s delve into these topics together and see what’s been brewing in Cardano governance!

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As we head into the last month of Q1, to say Intersect is a hive of activity is an understatement. In this week’s update, the open source and parameter committees post updates, a new community hub category opens for grant applications, SanchoNet undergoes significant stress testing, the Intersect board meet, and the first round of education grant winners is confirmed. So, without further ado, let’s dive into these topics in more detail.

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It’s been another prolific month for Intersect, filled with strong community involvement. Roadmap updates, evolving plans, event announcements, and community tooling awards all fuel the progress in building the foundational structures to support the community’s work in developing and maintaining the ecosystem and core protocol development.

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It’s been another big week at Intersect, with a face-to-face workshop steered by the Civics Committee. The Cardano community made significant strides toward decentralized governance. Let’s dive into the week’s topics.

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Blockchain is the fastest-growing industry in the world, primarily due to the activity and passion of the community whom it serves and who serve the ecosystems developing around it. At Intersect, it never ceases to amaze us just how creative and passionate our members are in contributing to the governance and future development of Cardano. Let’s look at what’s been happening over the last week.

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Introducing the first Intersect Weekly Development Update! The Intersect team will surface the latest developments and progress across the membership weekly, including committee updates, events, member highlights, and more. Let’s take a look at what’s happened over the last week.

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2024 is a momentous year for the Cardano community. The community consultation on delivering minimum viable on-chain governance continues, and the work to drive consensus on the constitution is reached. Later in February, we expect to see the interim constitution released, including more detail on the consultation period throughout the year, empowering the community to shape Cardano’s future through on-chain governance. Following the core Cardano Repos’s move to Intersect, we now proudly oversee the protocol advancement, development, testing, and support initiatives – all driven by committees and working groups. Participating in such a focused and active moment in Cardano’s history is truly amazing.

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