Cardano’s core development teams received approval from the Treasury to receive 96,000,000 ADA to proceed with the proposed network upgrades.
Input Output Global (IOG) — Cardano’s main development team — submitted the proposal for the equivalent of $71 million in Cardano (ADA( ) passed According to the Governance Action, 74% of voters voted in favor (200 votes), with only six voting against it and seven remaining abstained.
The plan for the next 12 months focuses on increasing scalability and improving developer experience.
It still raised some concerns from the public about costs, transparency and accountability.
Faster transactions, improved onboarding and better upgrades are included in the upgrade.
Intersect, an organization based on Cardano members, will serve as an independent administrator.
Smart contracts will oversee the other aspects of payment, while a committee and dedicated smart contract are in charge. according IOG.
IOG has to provide monthly updates as well as engineering timesheets, and quarterly budget breakdowns.
Hydra is a fast protocol that’s one of the most important projects included in the IOG. low-cost transactionsProject Acropolis is a re-architecture modular of the Cardano Node that allows for more flexibility and an easier integration of new core developers.
Cardano currently has a cost per transaction of 0.34 ADA. according Messari Blockchain Research Firm, an average of just 20 seconds for each block.
IOG will also look to optimize performance to decrease RAM usage, reduce operating costs and implement the technical foundations of smart contracts that are more advanced and interoperable.
Cardano Community Voices Concerns about Costs and Transparency
Tim Harrison, vice president for community and ecosystems at IOG said that in a Saturday statement, this was the very first time the Cardano community has directly approved core development funding.
Some community members voted before the election voiced Concerns about funding costs, transparency of how funds will be used and accountability to deliver what has been promised.
Also, questioned The proposal can be subdivided into smaller budgets with individual votes required for each item.
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Intersect did not endorse a rival proposal by Cardano’s Technical Steering Committee.
Adam Rusch is a board member at Intersect. said On April 28, X posted that it was up to the community to decide what proposal they would support.
Upgrades to other blockchains is also possible
Cardano’s not the only blockchain that is working to upgrade this year.
The Solana Network increased its block capacity by 20% on July 22The limit will be raised to 60 millions compute units (CU), with further expansion planned before the end the year.
Ethereum’s gas limit The increase to 44.92 Million was made on July 22. according Ycharts. Ethereum can process more transactions in a block with a higher gas cap.
Also, Ethereum’s Pectra hard fork went live on May 7Fusaka is the next update. It will include, among others, an increase in the block size and validator stake limit. Fusaka is the next update. scheduled for the end of 2025.
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