Cardano Treasury

OSC - Maintainer Retainer, Tooling Sustainability, Security Incident Management Programs

OSC - Maintainer Retainer, Tooling Sustainability, Security Incident Management Programs: ₳1.93M paid of ₳3.98M from Cardano's treasury, through Intersect Treasury Contracts 1, in 23 payments. The next payment unlocks 30 Oct 2026.

Approved by Withdraw ₳5,885,000 for OSC Budget Proposal - Paid Open Source Model....

About the project

Maintainer Retainer Program - the goal is to enhance the maintainership of 25 core ecosystem projects with 50 individuals (maintainers) ‘compensated’ (this is half commitment than what was originally submitted in the budget proposal due to Budget delays and matching 1 year commonly-accepted approach). Tooling Sustainability Program - The goal is to sustain and improve critical Cardano developer tooling by funding scoped maintenance and feature work across multiple projects. Tooling needed for Open Source Office and Open Source Committee delivery of this initiative, as required to achieve budget milestones will also be considered. Security Incident Management Program - The goal is to establish a responsive, reliable security incident coordination capability for Cardano open source projects by hiring one dedicated support staff and implementing foundational security tooling.

Payments

  1. m-0: Milestone 1 — ₳500K, Paid 4 Feb 2026
  2. m-1: Milestone 2 — ₳300K, Paid 21 May 2026
  3. m-2: Milestone 3 — ₳300K, Paused, unlocks 29 Apr 2026. Paused: Paused through the Cardano Treasury Admin.
  4. m-3: Milestone 4 — ₳100K, Paused, unlocks 29 Jun 2026. Paused: No MAF document received
  5. m-4: Milestone 5 — ₳100K, Paused, unlocks 29 Aug 2026. Paused: No MAFs submitted
  6. m-5: Milestone 6 — ₳75K, Scheduled, unlocks 30 Oct 2026
  7. m-6: Milestone 7 — ₳200K, Scheduled, unlocks 30 Oct 2026
  8. m-7: Milestone 8 — ₳165K, Scheduled, unlocks 30 Dec 2026
  9. m-8: Milestone 9 — ₳50K, Scheduled, unlocks 30 Jan 2027
  10. m-9: Milestone 10 — ₳10K, Scheduled, unlocks 30 Jan 2027
  11. m-10: Milestone 11 — ₳100K, Paid 4 Feb 2026
  12. m-11: Milestone 12 — ₳200K, Paid 4 Feb 2026
  13. m-12: Milestone 13 — ₳200K, Paid 1 Jun 2026
  14. m-13: Milestone 14 — ₳500K, Paused, unlocks 15 Mar 2026. Paused: Paused through the Cardano Treasury Admin.
  15. m-14: Milestone 15 — ₳500K, Paused, unlocks 14 May 2026. Paused: No MAF submitted
  16. m-15: Milestone 16 — ₳460K, Paid 14 Aug 2026
  17. m-16: Milestone 17 — ₳20K, Paused, unlocks 14 Sept 2026. Paused: No MAFs submitted
  18. m-17: Milestone 18 — ₳20K, Scheduled, unlocks 15 Nov 2026
  19. m-18: Milestone 19 — ₳20K, Paid 4 Feb 2026
  20. m-19: Milestone 20 — ₳20K, Paid 4 Feb 2026
  21. m-20: Milestone 21 — ₳100K, Paid 21 May 2026
  22. m-21: Milestone 22 — ₳25K, Paid 14 Aug 2026
  23. m-22: Milestone 23 — ₳10K, Scheduled, unlocks 30 Jan 2027