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I’m officially a Cardano DRep.
Delegating your voting power should not mean giving up your voice.
My DMs and email will always be open. I want my delegators to ask questions, share their views and feel genuinely heard.
You may not agree with every vote I make, but you will always know why I made it. I’ll be transparent, stay accessible and put Cardano’s long term interests first.
If that is the kind of representation you want, I’d be honoured to earn your delegation.
DRep ID:
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DREP DECISION
Reduce minPoolCost to 75 ada · Protocol parameter change
My Vote: Yes
Why: Block rewards are a fraction of what they were when 170 was set, and that fixed fee now eats a big share of what small pools earn. Their delegators carry that cost. No pool has to lower its fee.
Full rationale: drep.institute/decisions/00f…
DREP DECISION
Withdraw 11,787,063 ada for the OpenZeppelin Stack administered by Intersect · Treasury withdrawal
My Vote: No
Why: Strong vendor, weak proposal. We already funded an OpenZeppelin-style library through IO in May, there's no cost breakdown, the contract language isn't chosen, and 20% goes out at signing. The S&P acquisition isn't disclosed either.
Full rationale: drep.institute/decisions/81c…
A lot of “crypto companies” stopped being crypto companies a long time ago.
They’re banks with tokens.
And a lot of “crypto leaders” stopped defending crypto the second they realized compromising its values could pump their fiat bank accounts.
Decentralization, sovereignty, permissionlessness. Great slogans until they become inconvenient.
Sad state of the ecosystem when the people who were supposed to build an alternative system are racing to recreate the old one.
Sorry if I’ve been slow to respond the last couple of days. My wife minted an amazing 1/1 and I’ve never been more excited, proud, or completely in love with anything in my life. ❤️
First time dad mode officially activated.
Any tips, tricks, or advice for new parents? 😃
This is exactly why I think the pools should be retired.
A huge amount of this delegation likely came from Yoroi’s position in the ecosystem, not because thousands of users independently chose the future operator of these pools.
Many delegators probably forgot they’re even delegated there.
Handing years of accumulated, sticky delegation to one person while saying “no action required” is the opposite of encouraging active decentralization.
Close the pools. Let delegators choose again.
I feel like aim taking crazy pills that I even had to type this out. @emurgo_io how about actually looking out for Cardano for once.
An update on the EMURGO and @YoroiWallet stake pools:
As referenced in our previous posts regarding EMURGO’s withdrawal from Cardano governance, including our decision to step back following the SecondFi security incident and our intention to de-register as a Cardano DRep, we are making a few operational updates.
Operational control of the EMURGO and Yoroi stake pools (EMURGO 1, EMURGO 2, EMURGO 3, EMURGO 4, EMURGO 5, EMURGO 6 and YOROI) has been transferred to Shunsuke Murasaki (@MurasakiCardano). Many in the community will know Murasaki as a long-time member of the Cardano community, with especially strong ties in Japan, Indonesia, and Singapore, as well as an early employee at EMURGO before leaving earlier this year to pursue new adventures. We have full faith in his integrity to Cardano over the long term.
These updates have been processed operationally and will be formally reflected onchain in coming days.
Key details for delegators:
- No action required: Delegations and staking rewards continue uninterrupted, and existing delegations carry over automatically.
- Unchanged pool IDs: Pool IDs remain identical. Murasaki will share a separate confirmation regarding any upcoming changes to the pool names and tickers.
- Non-custodial staking: As always, staking on Cardano remains entirely non-custodial, leaving delegators free to re-delegate to any pool whenever they choose.
What happened to crypto?
Crypto Twitter is so soft now.
Half of you wouldn't have lasted 45 seconds in a COD lobby back in the day.
No mute button. No think pieces. No “this discourse is harmful.”
Just pure psychological warfare and a 12 year old absolutely dismantling your entire bloodline.
Now we literally have whole campaigns around "They called me a name, let me cry for public sympathy"
Time to grow up lads.
John MacPherson retweeted
"Why are runes always ancient, why'd we stop making new runes?"
"Brother. we made runes so complex that sand started thinking"
Sad that I'm not at @taccomcanada this year. Happy that my little one is due any day now. Have fun for me guys!
John MacPherson retweeted
I have these Bee NFTs on cardano:native that basically funded an Apiary (Bee yard) in Bulgaria a while back.
While we waited on it to be built, established and producing well enough for a large distro I have been staking for their token Nectar.
I'm proud to say ill be turning in those tokens for my 1KG of honey soon! Maybe 2 😉If you dont want your honey, stand by! You will be able to trade in your staking allocation for a portion of over 10K cardano:native
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK XANDER!
Rest in peace, @DollyParton
I’ve been a country music fan for as long as I can remember, and it’s hard to imagine the genre without her in it.
She was one of those rare people who seemed to belong to everyone. An incredible songwriter, a true original, and by all accounts, an extraordinarily kind human being.
The world is a little less bright today.
Rest easy, Dolly. You left it better than you found it.
DREP DECISION
Proposal: Name the PV12 hard fork "von Bergen" (Info Action)
My Vote: ABSTAIN
Why: Not a comment on Fabian, whose record stands on its own. Two deserving names, one fork, no written rule for choosing between them.
Full rationale: drep.institute/decisions/6cc…
John MacPherson retweeted
I'm in the same boat here. Whereas dropping min cost doesn't impact me much at all (I've already not moved from the first drop), I think this is harmful to do prior to min margin being introduced at current ADA levels. I hope we resubmit with only plutus memory limits.
Voting decision update:
I have voted NO on the "Reduce minPoolCost to 75 ada and increase Plutus Memory Limits (Part 2)" governance action as a DRep and as a SPO, because reducing minPoolCost even more makes no sense to me.
Thats not sustainable for an SPO on any level. And even this small value is a threshold that puts small pools in a disadvantage.
We need a minMargin parameter with a sustainable level first, before getting rid of minPoolCost at all. Evens the field for everybody, small and large pools.
I would have voted YES on the Plutus Memory Limits, but not in this combination.
One of the coolest applications Hydra could enable on Cardano is a decentralized poker game that doesn’t feel like a blockchain application.
Players commit funds to a Hydra Head, where they become chips. Once the game begins, Plutus contracts can facilitate the rules and process transfers between players with near-instant settlement.
Instead of sending every bet, call and payout through Cardano’s main chain, the game evolves inside the Head. This allows players to move through hands quickly while avoiding a layer-one transaction fee for every action.
The game can also be designed so that no central operator controls the players’ funds. Hydra handles the movement and settlement of value, while additional cryptography can provide private cards, fair dealing and decentralized randomness.
When the game ends, the final distribution of funds is settled back to Cardano. Layer one doesn’t need to process or permanently record every move. It only needs the final result.
The same model could support auctions, tournaments, competitive games and other applications involving rapid interactions with real value attached.
That’s what excites me about Hydra.
Not simply “more transactions,” but an entirely different class of Cardano applications.
Fast enough that users stop thinking about the blockchain underneath them.
