2025 Cardano Blockchain Ecosystem Budget - 7.5M ₳ for community builders
Info action: A poll. It records opinion on chain and changes nothing.
- Status
- Expired: Voting closed without the action reaching the support it needed.
- Proposed
- 7 May 2025, in epoch 556
- Action ID
- gov_action1mmalzkcxpyn33t05hml2hxpwq0ffv6uu4mhe8sv7guz5nmm4afysqlmepzl
Votes
- DReps: 34.5% yes, 103 Yes · 66 No · 25 Abstain.
- Stake pools: 1.2% yes, 9 Yes · 10 No · 1 Abstain.
- Constitutional Committee: 0% yes.
Abstract
The Cardano 2025 on-chain budget process introduces a constitutionally driven, community-led model for treasury allocation. ADA holders, through Delegated Representatives (DReps) and Constitutional Committee oversight, vote on funding proposals within a capped Net Change Limit of 350 million ADA. The process includes two stages: community signaling and a binding on-chain Info Action vote. Intersect, a member-based organization, facilitates the process by organizing submissions and offering domain expertise, while final decisions rest with the community. Intersect also serves as the administrator for the use of approved funds. Current metrics show 11.22B ADA delegated, with 3.92B cast in Ekklesia—72% participation of active voting power. Yet, several proposals advanced without meeting a basic 50 + 1 Lovelace% threshold (2.69B ADA), raising concerns about legitimacy and governance integrity. This info action aim to help community builders to quickly get approval onchain while individually they might not have 100k ADA deposit readily available. We submit all proposals (except founding entity proposals) that have met the 2.69B threshold for inclusion. Without respecting the safeguards put in place within the Cardano Constitution, low-support proposals may continue to pass, risking public confidence within the entire budgetary process. The 2025 budget process reflects Cardano’s Voltaire vision—but its long-term success depends on transparency and accountability aligned with the constitution.