Withdraw ₳69,459,000 for Catalyst 2025 Proposal by Input Output: Advancing De...
159 DReps voted · 44 with a rationale
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- Yes 624.8K ₳ Rationale
This proposal represents essential infrastructure investment to sustain and evolve Catalyst as Cardano's primary decentralized funding mechanism. With over four years of proven operation, the Catalyst team has successfully allocated ₳290 million across 2,091 projects in 114 countries, demonstrating reliable stewardship of treasury resources and ecosystem development.
The three-workstream approach addresses critical operational challenges while positioning Catalyst for long-term sustainability. Current manual processes create inefficiencies that this proposal aims to reduce by up to 50% through automation and improved tooling. The Hermes decentralized infrastructure replaces legacy systems with peer-to-peer architecture, aligning with Cardano's decentralization principles while improving resilience and scalability.
Catalyst serves as the ecosystem's innovation engine, providing funding pathways for hundreds of builders and startups that drive Cardano's growth. The proposed ₳61 million across three funding rounds, including Retroactive Public Goods Funding, ensures continued support for early-stage research, open-source development, and community initiatives that might otherwise lack funding sources.
The proposal addresses governance concerns through planned reforms including quadratic voting and improved delegation mechanisms that reduce voting power concentration and increase participation equity. Enhanced mobile-first interfaces lower barriers to participation, particularly important for global adoption and community engagement.
Operational improvements and interface development create a more accessible, scalable platform that can handle increased participation as the ecosystem grows. The investment in production-grade infrastructure ensures Catalyst can support larger funding volumes and more complex governance requirements without compromising performance or security.
The team's track record of processing over 3 million governance decisions and facilitating 12,000 individual payments demonstrates operational competence and financial integrity. Their commitment to transparency through on-chain tracking and community dashboards provides accountability for treasury fund usage.
Supporting this proposal ensures Catalyst's continued evolution from experimental funding platform to mature, efficient infrastructure capable of supporting Cardano's growing developer and entrepreneur community. The investment in sustainability and decentralization aligns with broader ecosystem goals while maintaining the innovation funding pipeline essential for continued growth and competitiveness. - Yes 589.2K ₳ No rationale
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- Yes 502K ₳ Rationale
Look, I have heard the complaints about Catalyst, and although I haven't been here long enough to experience it firsthand,I understand the concerns. The bureaucracy, the projects that promise the moon and deliver a cheese wheel. But my opinion is that it's still the beating heart of our innovation engine. What else is there? I don't see a better option to be honest. And they have made significant improvements to this year's fund round, so let's see how it turns out before rolling them out.
Plus, watching 2,100+ projects get funded while other ecosystems are still figuring out basic grant programs... yeah, we're keeping this engine running. It's not perfect, but it's ours and it kinda works. - Yes 466.2K ₳ No rationale
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Catalyst has already proven its worth by delivering and driving Cardano’s innovation layer. It bundles Hermes infrastructure upgrades, a redesigned user experience, and the rollout of three further funding rounds (Funds 14–16), all aligned with Cardano’s 2025 objectives. Given Catalyst’s track record and the comprehensive scope of this plan, I fully support the requested withdrawal and look forward to its positive, long‑term impact on the ecosystem.
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- Yes 314.4K ₳ Rationale
In alignment with my voting on the 2025 Cardano Budget Reconciliation process through Ekklesia platform (https://adastat.net/dreps/drep1ygc29nv90qqtf7qwlp5eqwnscdmvk5utnul9arfm9eklw9cphfhhu#budget_votes), I support this withdrawal and therefore vote YES.
- Yes 313.1K ₳ Rationale
I’m voting YES to fund the Catalyst 2025 Proposal by Input Output. This initiative strengthens decentralized innovation funding, improves Catalyst infrastructure, and ensures three robust funding rounds (F14–F16) to support long-term ecosystem sustainability.
My position is consistent with my earlier vote in Ekklesia and this proposal has undergone extensive prior scrutiny. While I’ve highlighted risks of strong projects being overlooked due to complexity and visibility challenges, this particular proposal comes from a proven contributor with a track record of delivering critical infrastructure for Cardano’s growth.
Supporting this aligns with my principles of responsible stewardship, long-term strategic investment, and enabling the community to thrive through sustainable, decentralized funding mechanisms.
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- Abstain 258.6K ₳ No rationale
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- Yes 208.6K ₳ Rationale
The Catalyst 2025 Proposal by Input Output appears well-aligned with Cardano’s goals of decentralization, innovation, and community engagement. With a budget of ₳69,459,000, it supports critical initiatives like improved interfaces, decentralized infrastructure, and funding for 500-700 projects across three rounds. Given the transparent process, community feedback opportunities, and alignment with ecosystem needs, voting yes seems reasonable.
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- Yes 184.4K ₳ 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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Catalyst has achieved monumental milestones for the Cardano ecosystem, laying the groundwork for the successful execution of the Cardano roadmap. It has created a vibrant space where builders, educators and marketers can bring their ideas to life on the Cardano blockchain while fostering meaningful connections and collaboration through networking opportunities.
The Catalyst team has already successfully completed a community-approved funding request in Fund 10. Based on that proven track record, I fully support this funding withdrawal to enable the team to implement three upcoming funding rounds: Fund 14, Fund 15, and Fund 16. Wishing the team all the best! - Abstain 111.9K ₳ No rationale
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