Name the Protocol Version 12 hard fork “von Bergen“
Discussed in the Governance Review for epochs 650 to 652.
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It's been more than half a year, but his absence is still deeply felt. Fabian touched many lives and will always be remembered with warmth and gratitude.
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EN — iFly (SWADA) votes YES. This is a non-binding sentiment vote on naming the Protocol Version 12 hard fork "von Bergen", in memory of Fabian von Bergen (Zyroxa) — a Cardano Ambassador since the Incentivized Testnet era and operator of the Tempus (TMS) stake pool, who died in January 2026.
Honouring a long-standing contributor costs the network nothing and is a decent thing to do. Two caveats I record openly: the vote is non-binding, so the name is ultimately set by the binding hard-fork initiation action; and Intersect's current intention is to name PV12 after Alexander Esgen, consistent with the convention of naming forks after computer scientists. If the community settles on that instead, I would not object — an "In Memoriam" recognition would serve the same purpose. I vote YES to register support for the tribute.
SV — iFly (SWADA) röstar JA. Detta är en icke-bindande opinionsröst om att namnge hard forken Protocol Version 12 "von Bergen", till minne av Fabian von Bergen (Zyroxa) — Cardano-ambassadör sedan Incentivized Testnet-tiden och operatör av stakepoolen Tempus (TMS), som avled i januari 2026.
Att hedra en långvarig bidragsgivare kostar nätverket ingenting och är det anständiga att göra. Två förbehåll som jag redovisar öppet: rösten är icke-bindande, så namnet fastställs slutligen av den bindande hard fork-åtgärden; och Intersects nuvarande avsikt är att namnge PV12 efter Alexander Esgen, i linje med konventionen att namnge forkar efter datavetare. Om communityn i stället landar där har jag inga invändningar — ett "In Memoriam"-erkännande skulle tjäna samma syfte. Jag röstar JA för att registrera stöd för hyllningen. - AbstainRationale
I vote ABSTAIN on the info action to "Name the Protocol Version 12 hard fork "von Bergen"" (48bab0ca71cc46...b893#0).
The Cardano community finds itself in the unfortunate position of having lost a number of prominent ecosystem members and contributors in recent years. This abstain vote is in no way a refusal of Fabian von Bergen's contributions to the ecosystem, which were many, having been an early participant and ambassador for the ecosystem. However, this governance action dropped in the same week that the Hard Fork Working Group were having intense discussions across their two meetings that week about the future naming of hard forks and how best to honour the unfortunate passing of numerous community members in recent years. While this was the first info action to reach the chain, it is already widely known that there was an intention for a similar motion for Gregg Morgan of BONE pool. Protocol engineers have also felt that the memory of close colleague Alexander Esgen had been forgotten about following the community decision to name the previous hard fork after Max van Rossem. Some community elements feel aggrieved from further back still, following the passing of Sean Davies in December 2024, founder of the Working Dead NFTs, educational platform Work Courses (now Widsom Courses) and Poki Portfolio. Then there is the case for Steven Lupien, Intersect Board Chairman and prominent blockchain advocate from the University of Wyoming, who sadly also passed in recent months.
All in all. While hard fork naming has been a fitting way for honouring the unfortunate passing of ecosystem and community contributors in the past, it should not become a grief competition as to who is more deserving. Which is why I am in favour of the proposal put forth by Adam Dean in the Hard Fork Working Group that a new "In Memoriam" section being added to the hard fork initiation action metadata would be a more fitting way to remember all of those that the ecosystem and community may have sadly lost since the previous hard fork.
Additionally, the proposer of this action unfortunately did not store the metadata on an immutable location as mandated by the Constitution and as such will likely be considered Unconstitutional. Article II, Section 6(1), "The document hosted by such a URL shall be immutable and incapable of being altered after submission".
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