9th July 2026
Agenda
Action items from the last call - Bosko
Van Rossem Upgrade Update - Bosko, all
PoolTool - Blocks Protocol Version 11 current epoch - 92%
Cexplorer HF readiness - Block production v11 last 5 days 94.80%
Cardanoscan Exchanges - Liquidity Ready 83.27%
Ratification
13th July, 18th July
Enactment
18th July, 23rd July
Hard Fork ratification and enactment effects on other live governance actions
van Rossem comms - Ian / Larisa
Technical support before and after hard fork enactment - Bosko, Can
AOB
Key materials
Summary
van Rossem hard fork
All readiness ratification metrics are met
Support is steadily increasing
Voting thresholds for DReps and SPOs have been surpassed
There are 4 out 5 positive CC votes
Possible ratification dates are 13th and 18th July
Possible enactment dates are 18th and 23rd July
If the hard fork governance action is ratified on the next epoch boundary on 13th, Reimburse Ikigai treasury withdrawal action will be delayed for an epoch, thus effectively expiring
The ledger prioritizes hard fork ratification above all other actions and will delay anything that ratifies at the same time
On the last epoch boundary:
Reduce mincommitteesize governance action was ratified
Hydra Treasury Withdrawal governance action was ratified
Reimbursing Ikigai Treasury Withdrawal governance action unfortunately didnt reach the ratification threshold
Dijkstra Era hard fork
Hard Fork Working Group discussed several aspects of the next era hard fork having the foundation in scope, timing, prioritization and process
Scope
There are multiple sources of information circulating that show the list of potential scope candidates
Kanban board - https://github.com/orgs/IntersectMBO/projects/57/views/1
CIP 1112 out of treasury proposal
CIP-0180? | Block Producer Identification - https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1157
CPS to describe some of the issues with wallets that are inactive/in cold storage for a long period of time. https://cips.cardano.org/cps/CPS-0022
Currently, the main feature drivers discussed are Leios, Peras and nested transactions
Some scope candidates might be added to intra era hf in Dijkstra
Scope freeze needed as soon as possible, within a month
Timing
Its been emphasized that in order to have next hard fork ready and enacted by the end of 2026, it needs to happen by December 15th, which in turn means hard fork initiation governance action needs to be submitted by November 15th the latest
Due to the complexity of the discussed potential scope, it was raised that exchanges would need a good set of instructions and a heads up on the changes before upgrading their infrastructure
There is going to be socialization period of 90 days accounted for in the overall timeline due to the guardrails changes
Prioritization
There were different ideas discussed on the prioritization approach with some of them being:
CIP-0179 polling for decision making
Ekklessia Hydra based voting
Process
Landscape will likely be the one to include diverse nodes (Haskell, Amaru - Rust, Dingo - Go)
Scope, timing, prioritization are rooted in the process that is yet to be defined but shouldnt be a blocking challenge for the things that are known
Hard Fork Working Group meetings will continue to happen twice a week, until at least the Dijkstra hard fork scope is set, after which the future meeting cadence will be decided
Hard Fork Working Group communication channels
Discord —
#wg-hard-fork
Action items and next steps
van Rossem hard fork
Can/Bosko: Make sure on-call duty is properly defined and set for and around the anticipated hard fork ratification and enactment dates
Dijkstra Era hard fork
Sam: Using CIP shortlist as the starting reference and a discussion point, create the markdown page under Cardano Product Committee that reflects discussed scope items
Bosko: Continue creating supporting structure and relevant documentation within the hard fork working group GitBook space under Technical Steering Committee
Bosko: Refine and update hard fork working group calls invitees list for DIjkstra hf related discussion
Tex: Create ecosystem dependency mapping document(s)
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