IO: Cardano Upgrades
245 DReps voted · 87 with a rationale · 10 changed their vote
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I’m voting yes because I believe Babel Fees meaningfully reduces friction for adoption by allowing users to transact with assets they already hold, rather than requiring ADA upfront. I see this as an important step toward making Cardano more accessible, improving onboarding, and supporting broader ecosystem growth.
Specifically, these goals are worthwhile:
- Removing onboarding friction: New users (BTC holders, stablecoin users) can participate immediately.
- Improving UX: Better user experience often matters more than technical elegance for adoption.
- Strengthening DeFi competitiveness: Competing ecosystems increasingly abstract away complexity.
- Potential new SPO revenue streams: Babel providers could diversify income beyond staking.
- Long-term ecosystem growth: More transactions → more activity → potentially stronger network effects.
I recognize the cost and delivery risks, but I believe reducing transaction friction through Babel Fees—and the broader infrastructure this proposal enables—is strategically important enough for Cardano’s long-term adoption to justify funding.
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I am voting in favor of the Cardano Upgrades proposal. These upgrades represent essential technical advancements—including Babel Fees, Account Address Upgrades, and a Multi-asset Treasury—that are vital for Cardano's long-term viability.
Babel Fees will significantly reduces onboarding friction for new users and increases the utility of all tokens within the ecosystem. We are also doing a big push towards working well in a multi-chain environment and this will be a significant asset for that goal.
By modernizing account addresses and treasury mechanics, the network becomes better equipped to handle the increased transaction throughput expected from the upcoming Leios consensus upgrade.
Although the budget is large, it must be viewed in the context of the 50% total funding cut IO has already implemented for the 2026 cycle as it transitions toward a self-sustaining model. Funding these core upgrades now ensures the network remains robust as this transition continues. - Yes107.2K ₳No rationale
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I am voting YES on the IO: Cardano Upgrades proposal.
This proposal introduces ideas that align perfectly with Midnight and future Layer 2 solutions. By enabling more predictable fees through Babel Fees and the Multi-Asset Treasury, it makes financial planning and decision-making much easier for users, DApps, and the Treasury itself.
Importantly, it directly addresses one of Cardano’s biggest current weaknesses: limited stablecoin adoption and usability. Babel Fees allows users to pay transaction fees in any native asset (such as USDC or bridged BTC) without needing to acquire ADA first. This removes a major onboarding barrier and opens the door to the massive stablecoin market, bringing new liquidity and real activity to the network.
These upgrades are essential for accelerating mainstream adoption and are fully aligned with Cardano 2030’s goals for Adoption & Utility (Pillar 2) and Ecosystem Sustainability & Resilience (Pillar 5). - Yes59.6K ₳No rationale
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- Yes49.7K ₳Rationale
I support this proposal because it advances a core principle I believe Cardano needs for real-world adoption: convenience without dependency. Users should be able to interact with Cardano more easily, without unnecessary friction, while treasury funding should help move the ecosystem from service dependency toward durable ecosystem capacity.
As a Product Committee voting member and as a Cardano citizen invested in decentralization, my focus is not only whether a proposal is technically strong or strategically aligned, but whether it contributes measurably to the Cardano 2030 vision. In this case, account address enhancements, Babel Fees, and multi-asset treasury design can support important outcomes: better user onboarding, more transaction activity, improved DeFi accessibility, stronger treasury resilience, and new economic participation across the ecosystem.
This is a YES with accountability expectations, not a blank check that can simply be cashed out as proposers close one proposal and return with the next. Each funded proposal should become part of an organic accountability sensor for Cardano governance: what was promised, what was delivered, what became reusable, what measurable value was created, and what lessons should shape future funding.
I also believe Cardano governance can learn from the best parts of Project Catalyst’s iterative funding culture: early feedback, proposal refinement, milestone accountability, Proof of Achievement, close-out reporting, and continuity of learning. For sizable treasury withdrawals, this should become a governance norm. Large proposals need a warm-up, heads-up, and consultation period before final on-chain submission so the community can help improve scope, KPIs, risks, and delivery expectations. This is not about slowing progress; it is about improving collaboration, efficiency, efficacy, and trust.
IO and its group of collaborators also have an important opportunity here: not only to deliver the work, but to make the model of building Cardano infrastructure, products, and services more replicable. The goal should be that smaller developers, builders, and projects can increasingly participate in the Cardano economic machine, not simply depend on large entities to move the ecosystem forward.
My support comes with the expectation that the delivered work becomes open, measurable, and broadly usable across the ecosystem. Success should not only mean technical delivery. Success should mean lower friction for users, clearer KPI contribution, more wallet and provider participation, stronger infrastructure capacity, and less dependency on any single provider or service layer. Each funding cycle should make Cardano governance wiser, more transparent, and more capable of delivering the 2030 vision.
- Yes49.6K ₳Rationale
I shall continue to vote in favor of the Input Output Global (iOG formerly known as iOHK) proposals due to the fact that iOG has continuously year in and year out built, upgraded, innovated, and further strengthened the ecosystem through various market upheavals, negative press, and technological shifts. Through continuous efforts this cadre of developers, educators, various business persons, scientists, and experts in their fields have proven more than capable of the continued maintenance and innovation necessary to further the Cardano blackchain. I find value in all proposals from iOG until a suitable development group or lab can prove not only innovative, but evolutionary for the technology in which we all utilize and enjoy. The blockchain has survived based off of the creators of the protocol, we must continue the path set forth until we have a suitable substitute that can create viable upgrades and are capable of pushing the community and the blockchain into a realm of technological dominance I vote Yes for this proposal.
LourdeOuroborus Imperator Aeternalis - Yes46.5K ₳No rationale
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Big fan of babble fees and removing the minimum deposit. Yes.
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Earlier votes
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I believe that io has cardano's best interest at heart.
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I’m voting yes because these upgrades improve some of Cardano’s most important long-term usability and infrastructure problems. CIP-159 enables cheaper DeFi interactions, micro-payments, better wallet revenue models, and stronger Layer 2 functionality. The Multi-Asset Treasury helps protect the treasury from ADA volatility by allowing stablecoins and other assets to eventually be held alongside ADA. Most importantly, Babel Fees could fundamentally improve crypto onboarding by letting users pay transaction fees in assets they already hold instead of requiring ADA first. That removes one of the biggest friction points in crypto. Over time, fee abstraction combined with technologies like Midnight could allow transactions to settle using tiny “dust” amounts in the background, making blockchain interactions feel effectively free and seamless to normal users. That kind of user experience is critical for mainstream adoption.
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