Withdraw ₳220,914 for UTxO RPC: Sustaining Cardano Blockchain Integration
193 DReps voted · 58 with a rationale · 8 changed their vote
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- Yes185.6K ₳Rationale
I am voting yes on all 39 Intersect Governance actions. The community has thoroughly reviewed the many proposals presented in the Intersect Budget Process for the 2025 budget. I was deeply involved in the entire process as an SME for the Budget Committee, and then as the Secretary for the Budget Committee.
The proposals presented represent an incredible amount of development for our ecosystem for the next year. The teams all received at least 50% on Ekklesia polling. The teams will face milestones in order to continue to receive funding. If a team fails to deliver, the process will stop them from enriching themselves without returning value.
If anything, we are spending too little on our community. We need to spend more to further develop our governance and our organized events. This is a liquid democracy. If you believe that all of these proposals deserve a chance to deliver, you can shift your delegation to my DRep ID.
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- Yes108.3K ₳Rationale
I am voting in favor of approving the treasury withdrawal for all 39 withdrawal actions that are part of the approved ecosystem budget administered by Intersect. I am voting this way for several reasons, as I will outline here. This rationale will be included in all 39 withdrawal votes.
First and foremost, I believe that we would be making a mistake in underfunding our community with our available treasury funds. The budget system as it currently stands has some flaws, as should be expected from a first version of any system. Of the current proposals, I voted to include several in the budget when it was being formed; however, I also did not vote in favor of several others. This is, of course, the case for most DReps. If I were to vote only for the proposals I initially favoured, and all other DReps did the same, we would likely approve only 2 or 3 proposals out of 39 due to the vote split. In my view, this is not an acceptable outcome for the community, and this is why I was also opposed to the idea of having 39 separate treasury withdrawal actions. I have reviewed all 39 requests, and they all have merit. Are they exactly in line with the priorities I wanted as part of the initial budget? No. Is that reason enough to vote no on several of these and end up approving only 2 or 3 proposals in the end? I certainly don't believe so.
In addition to this, the total amount of the intersect budget is roughly 10% higher than what I voted for, and I find that to be within an acceptable margin to approve all the withdrawals.
The individual proposals also all received at least 50% community approval to be included and will be subject to reviews and milestones to receive funds.
For these reasons, I am casting my vote to approve and am wishing the best of luck to all the teams waiting for funding through this process. - Yes103.1K ₳No rationale
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- Yes71.3K ₳Rationale
UTxO RPC is a vital tool that simplifies interaction with UTxO-based blockchains, enabling key apps like Lace, Mesh, and Amaru. Its continued development ensures stability and accessibility for Cardano projects. With a clear plan, developer support, and open-source transparency, this proposal strengthens core infrastructure.
- Yes68.8K ₳Rationale
- No65.7K ₳Rationale
I’d say TxPipe’s UTxO RPC focuses on a gRPC-based, highly specific interface for Cardano’s eUTxO model, offering developers like those on Lace and Mesh standardized methods and SDKs for efficient, interoperable blockchain interactions, but its niche approach can be complex for beginners. Blockfrost’s API, on the other hand, provides a broader, user-friendly abstraction for Cardano data access, ideal for quick integration across wallets, exchanges, and dApps, yet it may lack the deep eUTxO optimization for advanced use cases. For developers, UTxO RPC simplifies building specialized dApps with precise UTxO control, while Blockfrost’s plug-and-play API accelerates onboarding for less technical users, though I still think Blockfrost’s versatility meets most ecosystem needs. In summary, UTxO RPC offers deep, eUTxO-tailored functionality for specialized Cardano dApp development, while Blockfrost provides a broader, beginner-friendly API, likely sufficient for most use cases.
- Yes58.6K ₳Rationale
UTxO RPC (u5c) is already being adopted across major Cardano stack tools—including Andamio, Mesh, and TxPipe—and serves a critical need for performance, interoperability, and decentralization.
At just ₳220K, it secures the spec’s stability and developer confidence—at low fiscal exposure.
I support maintenance-level funding from Intersect (0.625 FTE staffing), milestone-tracked, to ensure long-term ecosystem alignment. - Yes55.9K ₳No rationale
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- YesRevoted46.5K ₳Rationale
I voted YES on all 39 Governance Actions — 39 times, 39 votes.
Since I supported these during Ekklesia and saw no major changes or conflicts of interest, I stand by those decisions now. For proposals with large budgets, I paid extra attention to the justification and scope. Voting isn’t just a click — it’s a responsibility. I own mine, for myself and for our CASIA community.
Earlier votes
Yes1y agoSuperseded
I voted YES on all 39 Governance Actions — 39 times, 39 votes.
Since I supported these during Ekklesia and saw no major changes or conflicts of interest, I stand by those decisions now. For proposals with large budgets, I paid extra attention to the justification and scope. Voting isn’t just a click — it’s a responsibility. I own mine, for myself and for our CASIA community.
- No45.2K ₳No rationale
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✅ UTxO RPC Integration – ₳220,914
Why I voted YES:
UTxO RPC is an open-source standard that simplifies integration with Cardano’s UTxO model by providing a consistent, developer-friendly RPC interface. It’s already being adopted by Lace, Mesh, Amaru, and others — showing real traction and ecosystem alignment.Key benefits:
• 🧩 Standardizes UTxO-based blockchain access
• 🔄 Improves interoperability and integration for devs
• 💡 Reduces complexity and speeds up dApp development
• 🛠️ Maintained by TxPipe, a trusted open-source team
• 🔍 Transparent delivery via Intersect-administered contracts with third-party oversightUTxO RPC strengthens the Cardano developer stack and enhances long-term maintainability and usability across tools.
- Yes25.7K ₳No rationale
- No14.3K ₳No rationale
- Yes10.6K ₳Rationale
I vote for this proposal
- YesRevoted8.3K ₳History
Earlier votes
Yes11mo agoSuperseded
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