Tom - NIMUE

Stake Pool account @nimuepool suspended atm 😢Apparently we’re not authentic...

@IntersectMBO Is @IOHK_Charles still contributing for the ‘top-up’ part?

As many in the community will know, EMURGO has recently been focused on managing the SecondFi incident. As a result, EMURGO has informed us that it is unable to allocate the necessary resources to plan and execute Token2049. Intersect has received and reviewed a request from EMURGO to transfer delivery responsibility for Token2049 to the Cardano Foundation. Following discussions between EMURGO, the Cardano Foundation and Intersect, this transfer has now been mutually agreed and accepted. In our role as administrator, Intersect’s priority is to support delivery of what was approved by DReps and outlined in the governance action metadata. Given the timing of the event, the need to act pragmatically, and the importance of avoiding unnecessary delivery uncertainty, we believe this is the right course of action. The Cardano Foundation has agreed to deliver Token2049 in line with the approved scope. Both @emurgo_io and Intersect regard @Cardano_CF as a reputable and capable ecosystem partner with a strong track record of delivering major events to the expected standard. Delivery of Token2049 is now transitioning to the Cardano Foundation and we look forward to seeing Token2049 delivered in October.

@Hornan7 That will lead to a majority abstaining if used correctly… We need something like committees guiding DReps in their voting.

@Tom_Nimue They can vote Abstain on things they don't understand. Or lie.. which can also happen..🤔

So... are CC members and DReps getting paid for their work yet? Asking for a friend... 🤔

@phillewisit From the reserve, not the treasury. Do just reimburse the base amount. It was user error in the end btw, although not prevented by the tooling which it should have, not something they couldn’t do anything about.

@Tom_Nimue Do you know where the majority of staking rewards comes from 😉 If that was the issue, then DReps would have voted No. Instead many just didn’t bother voting. That is a bigger issue to me.

There is some serious irony in this 😅 This was an Info action which required depositing 100k ada to the treasury to simply mark a milestone and share a message of hope for the future. Now, when trying to get the 100k back, the request can’t muster enough DRep support to just simply vote on it (Yes or No)😢 Is this a signal of what this community has become? There was a time when we would have rallied around in support. Now we are too focused on paying tens of millions to make sure we “win”, that we can’t even help the little guy get funds from the treasury that should never have been there.

@Cardano_CF Happy to hear this; no doubt the CF is the best entity to deliver this!

We confirm that our teams are taking over the responsibilities for Token2049 and have agreed to deliver the Cardano booth at Token2049 as voted on by DReps and as described in the governance action metadata. In addition to the Cardano booth, we are also organizing the side event CardanoxDraperxBitcoin funded by Draper and Cardano Foundation. More information will be available soon. We look forward to working on these events in Singapore with the Builders and the Community.

van Rossem hard fork update 🍴 The hard fork initiation action was ratified at the epoch boundary on July 13, 2026 at 21:45 UTC. Voting Result: ✅️ DReps: 77.63% / 60% ✅️ SPOs: 52.7% / 51% ✅️ CC: 6 constitutional, 1 did not vote Following ratification, enactment will now take place on July 18, 2026 at 21:45 UTC. This is a final call to action for anyone yet to update their infrastructure to a hard fork compatible version to do so as soon as possible. Thank you to all DReps, SPOs and CC members who voted. 🗳️ *no other governance actions were harmed during this ratification

@LaPetiteADA @Tangem Only use those as a hot wallet, not for cold storage of funds!!

In my opinion @Tangem is the best and most innovative way to sign a crypto tx. 💳🦋🍄 - Keys stay on the ring or card (never on your phone or cloud) - Never been hacked (6M+ cards) - Just tap to sign - Water/shock/X-ray resistant What are you waiting for to get yours? 😏

@BeatriceAnihiri @stakenuts @blockfrost_io @MicheleHarmonic The horns turned red!

The @blockfrost_io proposal has reached 5% so far Let’s go!

Remembering Professor Steven Lupien, Chairman of the Intersect Board, and his legacy We are deeply saddened by the passing of Steven Charles Lupien, Chairman of the Intersect MBO Board of Directors. Following Steven’s funeral on Friday, and out of respect for his family and those closest to him, we would now like to take a moment to recognize his life, his contribution to Intersect, and the lasting legacy he leaves behind. Steven was a professor and the founder and director of the University of Wyoming’s Center for Blockchain & Digital Innovation. He served on the Intersect Board from the organization’s founding and provided invaluable leadership throughout his tenure. Steven brought more than 35 years of leadership experience across marketing, product development, finance, and emerging technology. He held senior executive roles at organizations including Five Star Products, Land O’ Lakes Specialty Foods, Bigelow Tea, and AT&T. Under his leadership, Five Star Products became an early adopter of blockchain technology for the secure and immutable storage of nuclear facility records. He also pioneered BeefChain, a blockchain-based system designed to connect ranchers more directly with markets and consumers, improve supply-chain traceability, and give producers greater control over the value of their cattle. After moving to Wyoming, Steven became a leading advocate for blockchain innovation, working with state policymakers to help establish Wyoming as a global center for digital assets and blockchain technology. At the University of Wyoming, he founded the Center for Blockchain & Digital Innovation, served as an endowed faculty member, and launched the university’s interdisciplinary minor in blockchain technology. He was also a prolific fundraiser, educator, author, and mentor, co-authoring Blockchain Fundamentals for Web 3.0 and helping to expand technology education throughout Wyoming. You can read Steven’s official obituary here ➡️ legacy.com/us/obituaries/… Steven at Intersect Steven had a profound impact on Intersect during a formative period in the organization’s development. He drew on decades of executive and governance experience to mentor his fellow Board members, helping them better understand the responsibilities of their positions and the standards of care, judgment, and accountability expected of organizational leaders. He also played an important role in structuring Intersect’s business operations so that the organization could serve the Cardano community effectively, sustainably, and with the professionalism required of a global, member-based organization. Steven helped shape Intersect’s processes for identifying and selecting executive leadership, while emphasizing that strong recruitment must be matched by thoughtful onboarding, training, and continued support. His colleagues remember him as someone they could turn to for candid advice, practical guidance, and a broader perspective when difficult decisions had to be made. Even during serious or challenging discussions, Steven was often quick with a joke that lightened the mood, strengthened relationships, and helped the Board keep its conversations constructive and productive. Steven will be deeply missed by his fellow Board members, the Intersect staff, and the many people across the blockchain industry who had the privilege of working with him. His wisdom, generosity, humor, and steady presence left a lasting impression on everyone around him. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his beloved partner, Caitlin; his daughter, Abigail; all of his family members mourning his loss; and his colleagues and students at the University of Wyoming, whose lives were enriched by his leadership, mentorship, and friendship.

@Hornan7 Including testnets?

Take a wild guess. How many governance actions I've helped put on-chain without anyone ever realizing I was the one who built the files and submitted the transactions? 😅

@Cryptofly777 Honestly I like the idea that SPOs just decide with their delegated stake, but every delegator can overwrite their vote too.

Solana just launched decentralized governance and is stepping in Cardano's footsteps. So let's compare both systems and see what we can learn from it 👀

@phil_uplc @amw7 @Hornan7 Putting the USB in your computer can make it malicious though…

Why would that be a barrier? How is it hard to buy a USB that isn’t malicious? The best opsec is lack of exposure to bad actors. Buying a USB at a BestBuy won’t get your name, email, and address on the most heavily targeted database leaks of the century. The simple act of buying a hardware wallet puts a crosshair on you.

Yes, yes, yes, and fking yes. This here, as described by @phil_uplc, is one of the most reliable and safest method, and I strongly recommend you guys use it for everything Cardano-related. Here is a nice tutorial to start with: developers.cardano.org/docs/operators…

@Hornan7 @Demosthenes555 @phil_uplc

@Demosthenes555 @phil_uplc Why not? This was fun to learn for myself. 😉😅

@QCPOLstakepool @Hornan7 @Demosthenes555 @phil_uplc 💯! After the @secondfiapp hack, we’re telling people they should use a HW and now people are reading it’s not safe too… We’re just scaring newcomers away like this, goodbye mass adaption… 😕

@Hornan7 @Demosthenes555 @phil_uplc 2/ You guys need to stop demonizing hardware wallets, they're the perfect balance between security and ease of use. Anyway, the weakest link will always be the human and no airgap/hardware wallets can fix that.

@GrahamsNoPlus1 @Anne06189 @Cerkoryn Yes, coincidence. Btw, did you still ran leader calculations for the old VRF too? It would've been interesting to see if it really changed anything after a few years...

@Tom_Nimue @Anne06189 @Cerkoryn yes I remember that - as soon as I changed the vrf I got a block 🤣 - coincidence ? maybe

Welcome to Cardano’s staking graveyard ! Pool.pm is brutal at visualising the absolute wastage in the ecosystem This is retired TNTM pool - 3,172 delegations, ~19M ADA Not the pool operator’s fault - it’s a community/protocol failure - it needs fixed @IOGroup @IOHK_Charles

And the beauty of it is it isn't that much extra work for a small pool as they need to access their cold key anyway to rotate KES... If you don't require them to do it with EVERY rotation that is. Hence my figure of 73 epochs. Only but the smallest pools won't have minted a block and need to do a pool update every 4 KES rotations (of course you don't NEED to align it with KES rotation, but it would be convenient); 1 extra step per year isn't that much of an ask I think. While still giving enough resilience against a too low density (remember we virtually have the 'parameter' set to 6 years now and we don't have a density problem yet). If in the future density is getting too low because of this, we can update the parameter in a few epochs's time through governance.

@Tom_Nimue @Cerkoryn Yes that makes sense then - pool updates would be needed to check there is life in the pool

If you don't mint any block because of too low stake, the chain will never see the op cert got updated... The chain will however see a pool update because it's independent of block production. But no need to require of every SPO to do regular pool updates, if you mint a block, you're not hurting chain density, so counter can be resetted. The pool update is only necessary for small pools.

@Cerkoryn @Tom_Nimue ok - so if someone is updating their op cert and how could they be auto-retired ?