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WEQNT Stake Pool - 2025 Year in Review
As 2025 comes to a close, we would like to reflect on the progress, challenges, and impact made possible through the continued support of everyone staking with WEQNT.
Internet Infrastructure & Connectivity
The primary focus of our work in 2025 was the continuation and expansion of a project initiated in late 2023: the development of a fully operational internet service provider (ISP) serving northern Kenya.
This initiative was born out of a clear need. Internet access in the region is scarce, unreliable, and often prohibitively expensive, despite strong demand from young people, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and small businesses.
Key milestones achieved include:
• Deployment of two 30-meter communication masts equipped with radio transmission antennas
• Strategic placement of the second mast on land acquired within the UNHCR municipality in Kakuma, directly linked to the first mast located 15 kilometers away at Bishop @johneyanae5 premises
• Installation of over 10 kilometers of fiber-optic cabling across the city
• Onboarding of 40 active clients, with consistent growth and rising demand
This infrastructure has enabled the delivery of internet services at an exceptionally low price, fully funded through WEQNT and a personal loan. The aim has always been to impact lives where most needed
Energy Independence & Operational Resilience
To ensure reliability, we invested in a fully solar-powered energy system, complete with battery storage. Given the unreliability of the local power grid, energy independence was advised as essential to the success and sustainability of the ISP.
The total investment in infrastructure, energy systems, deployment and wages now exceeds USD 80,000 (since October 2023)
Growth Potential & Long-Term Vision
While the ISP represents a major achievement, it was never intended to stand alone. From the outset, the broader vision has been to establish a system capable of generating sustainable impact/income over time.
As the service matures, revenues can support additional initiatives such as:
• Micro-loans for farmers and small business owners
• Job creation and digital skills development
• Community-driven infrastructure projects for farmers and small businesses
• Broader efforts to stimulate local economic growth
In this way, connectivity becomes a foundation for wider opportunity. That is the vision and hop for the ISP!
The work in Kenya has been carried out mainly by local partners and a dedicated operational team. WEQNT was solely the fancier of the project. As is often the case with complex, long-term projects, the year also brought moments that required reassessment and structural team adjustment.
During 2025, changes within the team were made to strengthen governance, accountability, and alignment with the project’s core values. While transitions are never easy, these steps were necessary to protect the integrity of the mission and ensure long-term sustainability.
WEQNT Role
My role in this initiative was to financially bootstrap the system, and help define a long-term vision, one that the team fully embraced and put into practice.
To ensure the foundations were carefully established, I initially retained a majority stake in the ISP.
With the core infrastructure now in place and the vision clearly embedded, I have now instructed the company’s solicitor to transfer all of my shares to Bishop John who is best positioned to guide the ISP’s continued growth and day-to-day operations.
There has been no exchange of funds for my shares and repayment of the personal loan will take time, and that was always understood.
Beyond the ISP, Bishop John and I have agreed to continue the provision of solar lighting solutions in rural areas, work we have been engaged in together since 2020.
This progress and impact were made possible by your trust and support. This is not just our success—it is yours.
Thank you for staking with WEQNT.
Team WEQNT
ALT 2023 ISP design
ALT Fiber and optic cabling through Kakuma (northern rural Kenya)
Free 𝙎𝒐𝙡𝒂𝙧 𝙇𝒊𝙜𝒉𝙩𝒔 𝑫𝙞𝒔𝙩𝒓𝙞𝒃𝙪𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣𝒔 ✨Kenya, Africa
1/21 Meet Regina Onokou. She is from KAKUMA IDP village. She is a widow with four children all in school. The light will help them at night against scorpions and spiders.
#Cardano
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Calling the next generation of builders in Sri Lanka! 🇱🇰
@Coin_Ceylon's UniHack 2026 is bringing university students together to learn and build on Cardano and Midnight:
• Nov 10–17: Registrations open
• Nov 17–Dec 15: Building phase & workshops
• Dec 17: Finale event
Register now: coinceylon.com/unihack2026/
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During Token2049 in Singapore, we spoke with @F_Gregaard about Cardano's evolution and the growing number of real-world applications being built around its infrastructure.
Fred shared his perspective on the newly announced programmable token standard and how it opens up new possibilities for bringing regulated real-world assets on-chain, with compliance requirements built directly into the tokens.
We also touched on supply chain solutions such as Plastiks, initiatives involving Syngenta, 5AM-earth and the UNDP, and the work with Draper to unlock cross-chain Bitcoin UTXO liquidity.
Lots of takeaways. Definitely worth a watch:
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A new week, a new lineup, and a fresh new set of sessions to join 👇
📅 Tue, Nov 10
• 16:00 UTC - CIP Editors Meeting (Cardano CIP Calendar - Robert Phair @COSDpool)
• 16:30 UTC - Cardano en Afrique Francophone: des promesses à l'impact réel, X Space (@BaudouinMuv)
📅 Thu, Nov 12
• 07:00 UTC - CAP Review (@IntersectMBO @ThomasNordicADA)
📅 Sat, Nov 14
• 06:30 UTC - Cardano First Steps in North-Kivu, pour les francophones (Nyiragongo Cardano Hub @BaudouinMuv)
• 12:00 UTC - Cardano Indonesian Town Hall #10-2026 (Fanny Wijaya @FannyFNY_)
Want to find more events? Head over to the Luma pages:
luma.com/CardanoEvents
luma.com/intersect
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Hello Cardano,
Here’s PFMS explained in 4 minutes by our founder, Rahul.
00:26- PFMS is not being built for 1 single government
00:57- Sustained on chain usage
01:28- New money to the ecosystem
01:57- 1 Million+ new users onboarded
02:46- 10.4 Million ADA held cumulatively by users
03:27- Conclusion
Dear DRep’s and community, your vote will help in making this a reality.
Please vote.
Thank you. 🙏
Happy Birthday, @IOHK_Charles 🎉!
During Token2049 in Singapore, we sat down with Charles Hoskinson to discuss what's ahead for the Cardano ecosystem, the expansion of Midnight, bringing AI agents into Web3, and the transition towards a decentralized multi-client network.
And on this special occasion, we also revisit what Charles shared about his birthday plans when we caught up with him in Singapore. Let's just say they're definitely a little out of the ordinary!
Happy Birthday, @IOHK_Charles 🥳!
Definitely worth a watch:
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Join now LIVE:
Bringing Government Scale Adoption to Cardano by @trivolvetech @Rahulkonudula
Governance Hour #13: Deep Dive Into PFMS - Bringing Government Scale Adoption to Cardano by Trivolve Tech teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/2aWLbkzzY…
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Cardano Servers Could Be Exposed to a Critical Linux Exploit
Intersect has urged Cardano (@Cardano) $ADA stake pool operators to patch and reboot their servers.
The warning concerns CVE-2026-98432, a critical Linux kernel flaw with a CVSS score of 9.8.
Red Hat warns that attackers could exploit it remotely without credentials. Potential consequences include code execution, memory corruption and system crashes.
No exploitation targeting Cardano has been reported.
WEQNT Stake Pool retweeted
💰RealFi is trying to make stablecoins earn from real world credit!💰
On Cardano the protocol runs a two token setup. USDrf is the liquid dollar token backed by a mix of loans, private credit, treasuries and money market instruments. Stake it and you get sUSDrf, which receives a share of the income that portfolio generates.
The latest epoch snapshot shows 12.13% APY. That number moves with the underlying assets. It is not fixed and it is not risk free.
The interesting part is the destination. #Cardano already has growing stablecoin liquidity. @realfi_co gives those dollars a place to go that is outside pure crypto trading. The returns come from actual lending and credit markets rather than token emissions. Retail users can swap in through partner DEXes and stake.
Institutions have different redemption rights. Losses hit protocol reserves first, then the staked layer.
This is one of the clearer attempts so far to connect Cardano’s on chain assets to off chain economic activity.
The yield is variable.
The capital is at risk.
But the basic idea is simple: a dollar on Cardano can do more than just wait.
Current APY for the epoch: 12.13% 🗣️
RealFi is bringing real-world returns on-chain, pushing stablecoin utility beyond simply holding dollars.
The future of stablecoins is evolving. 👇
bit.ly/RealFiApp
Returns are variable, not guaranteed. Capital at risk.
*(02 November yield distribution snapshot)
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Going Live in 30 minutes - Cardano Research Exchange:
"The Effect of Parameter Changes on SPO and Delegator Incentives, Part 1"
teapaw.org/Cardano/status/2115836…
The next Cardano Research Exchange is coming Monday, 2 November, at 13:00 UTC!
@manv_sc and Juan Ignacio Beccuti Vázquez from the @Cardano_CF will share preliminary research findings on how protocol parameters like k, a₀, and minPoolCost influence SPO and delegator incentives.
What can past parameter changes teach us, and what could future adjustments mean for stake pool economics?
SPOs and delegators are especially encouraged to join live, share their experience, and provide feedback to help shape the next steps of the research.
For more details, and the link to join: addevent.com/event/ntq329q7v…
Heads up, SPOs & Stakers!
Make sure to tune in to this one!
Your feedback is welcome and will help shape the research around the “Effect of Parameter Changes on SPO and Delegator Incentives” further 👇👇🏽👇🏿
New week, new sessions, and plenty of Cardano conversations to tune into and get involved in 👇
📅 Mon, Nov 2
🔹13:00 UTC - Cardano Research Exchange: The Effect of Parameter Changes on SPO and Delegator Incentives, Part 1 (@DenicioBernier, @manv_sc, Juan Beccuti)
📅 Wed, Nov 4
🔹14:00 UTC - TSC Session on Post Quantum Cryptography (@IntersectMBO)
📅 Thu, Nov 5
🔹16:30 UTC - Governance Hour #13: Deep Dive Into PFMS, Bringing Government Scale Adoption to Cardano by Trivolve Tech (@NicolasC3rny, @Rahulkonudula)
Want to find more events? Head over to the Luma pages:
luma.com/CardanoEvents
luma.com/intersect
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Dear Cardano and all the DRep's who already voted & are about to vote:
Please consider this as an answer to multiple questions and statements directed towards @trivolvetech ‘s PFMS.
1. Statement: "Why should the Cardano Treasury pay to develop a police system for a single state government?”
A. The treasury will not be funding one single state government. This is a common misconception I have seen circulating around the ecosystem. This is absolutely false.
PFMS is being built as an open-source public good on Cardano that has huge potential to be adopted globally. The first agreed user is an Indian state government. This will add weight and provide humongous value to the product and will open multiple doors for a wider adoption at scale.
2. Statement: It is “simple record-keeping” project
A. PFMS is not simply a record keeping project. It is designed to prove what a record originally was, when it was created, which device produced it, which authorised officer was responsible for it, and whether anything changed afterwards.
And it does this across the entire chain of evidence. The difference is important.
PFMS does not just store records. It creates a verifiable history by binding records to device and officer identity, detects missing or altered records, preserves versions, and applies stage specific rules through Cardano smart contracts.
So when evidence is challenged years later, with PFMS, the evidence can prove that it is the same record that existed at that point in time.
That problem is not confined to one state or one country. It is a challenge faced by justice systems around the world.
Record keeping stores information. PFMS makes the integrity, history and chain of evidence verifiable.
3. Statement: It doesn’t drive any significant value to Cardano( what kind of amazing credibility Cardano gets from uploading records from some local police station)
A. It definitely brings significant value and immense credibility to Cardano.
With the first user alone, PFMS will generate 1.5 + million transactions on Cardano mainnet in just the 1st year which grow YOY with adoption. On top of that, PFMS also generates revenue through its verification layer. All of this revenue is new money flowing into the Cardano ecosystem.
Also, we have never claimed that Cardano gains credibility simply from uploading records from a local police station.
The credibility comes when Cardano becomes part of a full state scale deployment, where government departments depend on it as part of their day to day operational SOPs.
That is where the real credibility comes from.
It shows that Cardano is not just capable of processing transactions, but can operate as a trust layer underneath critical government infrastructure at scale.
And all of this credibility will be built just from the first user of PFMS.
4. Statement: Transactions get batched, and agencies will push batch sizes as high as they can to cut costs.
A. The government don’t want to batch transactions into fewer transactions. As the longer a batch remains off chain, the longer that evidence is prone to tampering. For that reason, the existing architecture is designed around how quickly the evidence needs to be secured on Cardano. The batching intervals are randomised for security reasons, so a bad actor wouldn't know the exact batching interval.
From the government’s perspective, paying for a higher number of transactions is cheaper than having to prove that the evidence was not tampered.
As it is quite an expensive and time consuming process for the government to revisit the whole case and the investigation cycle again. Due to this the government prefers to pay for larger numbers of tx’s rather than batching them into fewer tx’s.
I respectfully ask all DReps and the community to go through the PFMS proposal in detail.
If you have any questions, I am more than happy to answer them.
Thank you. 🙏
Introducing PFMS: Bringing Government Scale Adoption to Cardano by Trivolve Tech
A Treasury proposal which brings massive scale real world adoption to @Cardano with its first user being an Indian state government. PFMS secures the entire Chain of Evidence on Cardano. The scale of the project is such that once it is deployed, it will become the largest government scale project ever on Cardano.
PFMS will be built as an open source public good for policing and justice systems worldwide.
What PFMS brings to Cardano with just the first deployment:
→ 1.53M + Cardano mainnet transactions in year one and rising every year as adoption grows.
→ Grows the current Cardano mainnet transaction metric by +18.2%.
→ ~5.1M DIDs across 3,500 facilities, 1.81M devices, 113,000 personnel and 3.2M evidence items connected to Cardano.
→ Cuts down case resolution time by 30% using Cardano.
→ Generates revenue through PFMS’s evidence verification service.
→ 70% of verification revenue returned to the Treasury, 20% to core Cardano library maintenance & 10% to Trivolve Tech.
→ Open source core (Apache 2.0) as a public good, designed for reuse across the world.
The ask: ₳9,600,000 over 15 months.
Here’s how we’re doing it 👇🧵
WEQNT Stake Pool retweeted
🚨🔥 Cardanoがスイスの資本市場へ本格進出！RWA・トークン化証券の未来を切り開く重要な一歩🌍💙
Cardano Foundationが、スイスのCapital Markets and Technology Association（CMTA）のメンバーに加わったことを発表📣🏦
CMTAは、ブロックチェーンを活用した証券の発行・管理に関する標準づくりを進める団体🔗💎
そして今回、Cardanoのプログラマブル・トークン規格「CIP-0113」が、CMTAの「CMTAT」と同等の技術基準として認められたことが大きなポイント🚀⚡
これにより、発行者はCardano上で株式をトークン化し、CMTAの認証制度に基づく認証を目指せるようになった📈🌐
CIP-0113の強みは、コンプライアンスに必要なルールをトークン自体に組み込めること🔐✨
本人確認に基づく保有者の制限、譲渡制限、規制対応など、金融機関が求める機能をオンチェーンで実装できる仕組みだ🏦⚙️
しかも、トークンはCardano上のネイティブ資産として発行され、規制対応のために別のブロックチェーンへ移行する必要もない💙🔗
これは、株式・ファンド・債券・ステーブルコインなど、現実世界の金融資産をブロックチェーン上で扱うRWA市場に向けた重要な基盤になる🌍💰
さらに、今回の認定は単なる技術デモではない👀🔥
Cardano FoundationはCMTAのメンバーとして、トークン化された資本市場の標準づくりにも参加していく📊🚀
Cardanoが目指しているのは、暗号資産の取引だけではない。現実の金融市場を支えるインフラへの進化だ💎🌐
金融機関が必要とする技術基準、規制対応、そして公開ブロックチェーンの透明性——その接点が、今まさに形になり始めている⚡🏦
RWAの巨大市場を考えれば、この動きが持つ意味は大きい👀📈
$ADAのエコシステムにとっても、実社会の金融資産や機関投資家向けサービスへつながる新たな成長の可能性が広がっていく🚀💙
Cardanoは、次世代のトークン化金融を支える選択肢へ🌍🔥
I'm extremely proud to see the level of work that is being done in public, and behind the scenes by @trivolvetech
teapaw.org/i/spaces/1RKZzBYLgqAKB
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WEQNT Stake Pool retweeted
Join us Thursday, 29 October for a Roundtable Talk on CIP-113: What Programmable Tokens Mean for Regulated Assets.
Hear from Cardano Foundation, Encryptus Global (USDA), Brale and Deploi Inc. as we discuss programmable tokens, regulatory requirements, and what CIP-113 means for regulated assets on Cardano.
Joining us will be:
• @wlstylr, Head of BD, @EncryptusGlobal
• Oskars Jepsis, CEO & Founder, @IncDeploi
• Edward Fleming, Head of Engineering, @brale_xyz
• @CryptoJoe101, Sr. Blockchain Architect, @Cardano_CF
• Estelle Roiena, Institutional Finance & Assets Integrations Lead, @Cardano_CF
📅 29 October | 14:00 UTC
addevent.com/event/syfwhywdc…
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Cardano came in force to @TOKEN2049 Singapore.
Two days, 30+ ecosystem projects, one packed booth from open to close.
See it for yourself:
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson:
"I'm actually personally developing a programming language for Cardano."
He is building it with Aiken co-creator Lucas Rosa of IOG, with support for transaction intents and Groth16 proofs.
@Cardano @IOHK_Charles
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After having received the first slopfest submission (which surely was well intentioned, but is pretty useless), Id again like to raise attention to this.
An AMAZING opportunity to get paid for doing interesting work on Cardano.
(just to be clear, using AI is obv perfectly fine, but we dont need a meat proxy to paste the questions we defined into a harness)
The Parameter Committee is running the first of its kind Public RFP (Request for Proposal) for Cardano Research!
...and YOU can apply, including setting your own price.
We are looking for a researcher (team) who can answer the question on HOW LOW we can go on the utxoCostPerByte (minUTXO) parameter under current and planned protocol rules.
Expected deliverables for the work:
- An assessment of the lowest technically and economically sustainable utxoCostPerByte value.
- Analysis of the risks, trade-offs, and limitations associated with reducing the parameter, including economic and/or security concerns where relevant.
- Analysis of the impact of not reducing the parameter.
- Evidence-based recommendations, including potential safeguards or mitigation measures.
Expected content of the application:
- Description of your research approach and methodology.
- Your experience.
- Your estimated time of completion.
- Fixed-price quotation in ada.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/utxoCPB-RFP
Deadline: 4th of November
Ask questions here, in my DMs, or on the Forum post for the RFP: forum.cardano.org/t/public-r…
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JUST IN: 100,000 farm lands in India are now registered on the Cardano blockchain.
This marks a milestone for 5am.earth’s agricultural trust layer, bringing farm data on-chain to support more verifiable, reusable records across the ecosystem.
Research stands at the core of Cardano’s DNA. With the launch of the Cardano Research Exchange, we’re creating a space where researchers and anyone contributing to Cardano research can present their work, engage directly with the Cardano Community, exchange ideas, and receive live feedback to help challenge, refine, and further develop their research.
Thank you @manv_sc, Juan, and @Cardano_CF for sharing this high-level overview of Cardano Foundation’s research activities and giving the Community a closer look at the work being done.
Looking ahead, I’m excited not only for the next sessions, but also for the opportunity to welcome other research teams and initiatives across our ecosystem.
Bringing research closer to the Community creates opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and new perspectives that can help move the ecosystem forward.
👇👇🏽👇🏿
Introducing the Cardano Research Exchange #1
The Cardano Research Exchange is a series of live, interactive sessions that brings research happening across the Cardano ecosystem into the spotlight.
The aim is to make ongoing research more visible, give researchers a platform to share their work, and create opportunities for the community to contribute feedback and help shape what gets explored next.
The series welcomes research initiatives from across the ecosystem, including other research teams. Researchers can share ongoing work, discuss their findings, and gather input from the community, while participants get a better understanding of the research taking place across Cardano and the opportunity to contribute their own perspectives.
In this first episode, led by @manv_sc and Juan Ignacio Beccuti Vázquez, we take a high-level look at the @Cardano_CF's research initiatives.
This session serves as part 1 of a 3-part series, with the following two sessions taking a closer look at research related to "The Effect of Parameter Changes on SPO and Delegator Incentives."
Topics covered in Episode #1:
00:01 - Introduction to the Cardano Research Exchange
03:57 - Core Research Focus Areas
05:54 - Overview of Research Streams & Publications
08:35 - Ongoing Research Initiatives
13:22 - Upcoming Sessions: Parameter Changes, Incentives & Monetary Policy