"The Dijkstra era marks a new chapter for Cardano," said a community developer as the ecosystem gears up for significant changes. Last week, Intersect, a member-based organization within Cardano, highlighted strides in upgrading the protocol, advancing governance tools, and rolling out vital technical features.
July 18 saw the activation of the van Rossem hard fork, upgrading Cardano to Protocol Version 11. This brought major enhancements to Plutus script performance, strengthened ledger consistency, and heightened node security. More importantly, it paved the way for the upcoming Dijkstra hard fork, which will usher in Ouroboros Leios Cardano’s next-gen consensus mechanism aimed at boosting scalability and decentralization.
As planning for the Dijkstra era gathers momentum, key governance events have been triggered. The community began voting on updated protocol parameters, while the Constitutional Committee election moved on-chain with results already audited and announced. An alpha release of the Constitutional Amendment Portal is now live for community testing, signaling an active push toward decentralized decision-making.
Among other developments, Intersect reported completion of the Eryx zero-knowledge bridge, updates to minPoolCost and Plutus memory settings, alongside collaborations with notable collaborators like Rare Evo and Tweag. These set the stage for a more solid and flexible Cardano network. Such coordinated progress demonstrates how Cardano is methodically building its technology and governance layers to maintain momentum beyond the van Rossem upgrade.
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