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Cardano was founded on the belief that the current global legacy architecture is outdated and no longer fit for purpose. Intersect, a non-profit member-based organization, supports the evolution of Cardano’s on-chain governance and advances its core infrastructure development through its members and distributed development. This also includes facilitating a budget process to propose funding a diverse roadmap that matches ecosystem priorities, which are submitted as governance actions for on-chain approval by ada holders. 

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Welcome to Intersect Development Update 49, where we break down all the essential Intersect happenings. This week, we will cover the release of the work-in-progress budgets, the constitution, the bi-annual committee elections, grants, governance tools, and more. Let’s dive straight into the update! 

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Welcome to Intersect development update 48, where we break down all the essential Intersect happenings. This week, we cover updates from the Cardano budget, constitution, committees, and working groups, the Uruguay hub launch, grants, governance tools, and we welcome onboard two new enterprise members. Let’s dive straight into the update! 

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At Intersect, we are committed to empowering the Cardano ecosystem through tools that enable transparent, inclusive, and effective governance. Today, we want to address recent feedback regarding Cardano GovTool following the Plomin upgrade. We hear you, and we highly value the constructive criticism that has been shared.

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Welcome to Intersect development update 47, where we break down all the essential Intersect happenings. This week was tremendous and historic for Cardano, as the CIP-1694 specification was completed, as we crossed the epoch boundary, and the Plomin hard fork was enacted. More on this, as well as updates on progress toward the Cardano budget, constitution, committee activities, community tooling, and much more!

Full on-chain governance is here – Plomin hard fork enacted! 

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Cardano is taking the next step in its governance journey by developing and implementing its first community-driven Constitution. Crafted with input from 1,400 contributors across 63 workshops in 50 countries, this Constitution represents the community vision and shared values, and confirms a key check and balance within Cardano’s governance model. In December 2024 the 63 elected delegates came together at the Constitutional Convention in Buenos Aires and Nairobi and voted 95% in favor of approving the draft Constitution for an on-chain vote.

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On January 29, 2025, Cardano achieved the transition to full community governance with the enactment of the Plomin hard fork

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On January 24, 2025, the Plomin hard fork was approved for enactment.

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Welcome to the Intersect development update, where we break down all the essential Intersect happenings. This week, we have updates on progress towards Plomin, Cardano budget survey results, committee activities, member meet-ups, community tooling, and much more!

Plomin upgrade 🍴

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In October 2024, the Budget committee at Intersect opened a consultation period to gather feedback on what a budget for Cardano should include, how it should be managed, and other topics important to the Cardano ecosystem. 

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