Intersect Technical Steering Committee

Intersect Technical Steering Committee

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Hard Fork Working Group meets later today! ⚙️

HFWG meetings are now twice weekly, Tuesdays and Thursdays, as we rapidly approach the van Rossem hard fork on mainnet.

SPOs, DApps and developers stay informed 👇️

📅 Subscribe to the Cardano Hard Forks calendar: https://t.co/bZ3U8kLMUC

[Intersect @IntersectMBO]

Notice for db-sync operators

We identified a bounded issue affecting derived epoch aggregate values (epoch.out_sum and epoch.fees) in db-sync versions 13.7.0.0–13.7.0.4.

The impact is limited to reporting, analytics, accounting, and dashboard use cases relying on these aggregate values following restart or upgrade events.

Importantly:

➡️ Cardano consensus and chain operation are unaffected
➡️ Canonical chain data remains intact
➡️ No ledger state, balances, or on-chain history are impacted
➡️ Recovery is straightforward as affected values can be fully recomputed

Mitigations are available now, with a permanent fix planned for db-sync 13.7.1.0.

Full details ➡️ https://t.co/3UUrZQBArd

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Hard Fork Working Group meets later today! ⚙️

HFWG meetings are now twice weekly, Tuesdays and Thursdays, as we rapidly approach the van Rossem hard fork on mainnet.

SPOs, DApps and developers stay informed 👇️

📅 Subscribe to the Cardano Hard Forks calendar: https://t.co/bZ3U8kLMUC

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

@planetmaaz The TSC budget proposal (1,193,000 ADA) aims to provide credible technical insight to support DReps and community members.
https://t.co/Gcb5fqv3pP

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Hard Fork Working Group meets later today! ⚙️

HFWG meetings are now twice weekly, Tuesdays and Thursdays, as we rapidly approach the van Rossem hard fork on mainnet.

SPOs, DApps and developers stay informed 👇️

📅 Subscribe to the Cardano Hard Forks calendar: https://t.co/bZ3U8kLMUC

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The TSC budget proposal (1,193,000 ADA) aims to support DReps by providing technical guidance on proposals in future, and by helping to maintain essential technical expertise across the ecosystem.

[Cardano YOD₳ @JaromirTesar]

@dori_coin Cardano lacks important governance components. We need to connect experts with DReps, define a strategy for each year, and then carefully prioritize.

Cardano governance has no direction. Individual DReps are just shooting in the dark based on their best judgment.

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Plutus Cost Model parameter update governance action was submitted on the PreProd testnet yesterday, May 7 2026. Progression on track towards mainnet.

While the new primitives included in this update will not become active until after the hard fork to protocol version 11, this update also contains changes to existing primitives that will take effect immediately after enactment. Developers are highly encouraged to test their existing settings once enacted, as some values have increased, ahead of the move to mainnet.

https://t.co/0iRBCqVFXC

[Samuel Leathers @therealdisasm]

Cardano Node 10.7.1 is mainnet ready! This is expected to be the last version before 11.0. 11.0 is expected to have no user facing changes, so we recommend everyone updating to this release in preparation for 11.0 hard fork!

https://t.co/WxVOeWTUBU

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

@DeOpenSourceGuy Apologies for that. It appears that both Christian Taylor and Georgii Plotnikov were both missed off this list. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

Intersect Committee Elections 2026 voting closes on Friday May 1 2026 at 1200 UTC.

Candidates for Technical Steering Committee are:
Neil Davies
Geoff Watson
Aleksandr Vershilov
Alonzo Benavides - EPOCH
Marcin Szamotulski
Alex Moser
Noon Van der Silk
Ian Njuguna

Vote in the Members Area: https://t.co/PQOc4q4vtX

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

Delighted to see focus on technical coordination, can't agree more. 💯

[Jack B @JBriggsLondon]

Thanks Pete, I'd love to get on upcoming episode to talk more about it if you're keen!

Some quick answers to comments in the thread:

1. 70%+ of our budget ask is dedicated to technical coordination. This includes the prep and release of upgrades across all of Cardano's environments, core repo stewardship (Haskell), 24/7 timezone agnostic incident response, and the integrations and ongoing support of partners like Pyth and LayerZero.

This work is only going to widen with Cardano's footprint expanding. That's all positive news actually, Cardano branching out in the way we've started 2026 is big steps in the right direction, but conversely means we need to be building capacity in the back.

2. The administrator role we've performed so far has changed for 2026. Last year we didn't charge a % fee and included in our main budget ask ($7,875m). This presented issues which we've covered in a blog here https://t.co/ZtviTPb4hV.

Key point here is our budget this year is less ($6.35m) because of this change. Our budget now is heavily geared towards keeping Cardano resilient.

Thanks again, and let me know if you want to go through the detail on a episode 🙏

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Hard Fork Working Group meets later today! ⚙️
Don’t miss your chance to stay ahead of the van Rossem upgrade. We have two major touchpoints for you this week:

1️⃣ HFWG Meeting: Happening today - technical deep dives and readiness updates.
2️⃣ X Space: Join us this Thursday for “Inside the van Rossem Upgrade: Weekly Community Q&A” 🎙️

These are your best opportunities to participate, ask questions, and understand the impact on you as an ada holder. Clear out the ambiguities and get informed!

📅 Subscribe to the Cardano Hard Forks calendar: https://t.co/bZ3U8kLMUC

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

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[Alex Moser @alxaex]

Attention Developers ⚠️
The new plutus cost model will be rolled out to PreProd this week and then one or two epochs later proposed on mainnet as Parameter Change Governance Action.

💥If your Dapp is not loading chain parameters dynamically, your contract transactions will break! 💥

Please verify all is good on Preview before things get nasty on mainnet, or on PreProd once its live..

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Hard Fork Working Group meets later today! ⚙️
Don’t miss your chance to stay ahead of the van Rossem upgrade. We have two major touchpoints for you this week:

1️⃣ HFWG Meeting: Happening today - technical deep dives and readiness updates.
2️⃣ X Space: Join us this Thursday for “Inside the van Rossem Upgrade: Weekly Community Q&A” 🎙️

These are your best opportunities to participate, ask questions, and understand the impact on you as an ada holder. Clear out the ambiguities and get informed!

📅 Subscribe to the Cardano Hard Forks calendar: https://t.co/bZ3U8kLMUC

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

Meet Technical Steering Committee Chair Kevin Hammond, here answering 3 questions for the Intersect Committee Elections 2026:

- What was accomplished last year?
- What are you looking forward to?
- Why should someone apply?

https://t.co/69eq3aIgg2

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

Today the weekly Technical Steering Committee meeting is taking place at 1400 UTC.

With the Intersect Committee elections applications in their final week you might be considering applying for this Committee.

All are welcome to observe, listen in, and see how the work of committees happens in practice, from discussion to decision.

🔗 https://t.co/umtVrMQixC

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

The Hard Fork Working Group meets later today! ⚙️
Don’t miss your chance to stay ahead of the van Rossem upgrade. We have two major touchpoints for you this week:

1️⃣ HFWG Meeting: Happening today - technical deep dives and readiness updates.
2️⃣ X Space: Join us this Thursday for “Inside the van Rossem Upgrade: Weekly Community Q&A” 🎙️

These are your best opportunities to participate, ask questions, and understand the impact on you as an ada holder. Clear out the ambiguities and get informed!

📅 Subscribe to the Cardano Hard Forks calendar: https://t.co/bZ3U8kLMUC

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

X Space - Inside the van Rossem Upgrade: Weekly Community Q&A https://t.co/m1QNcjoXFU

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

We are now just over half way through the application period for the Intersect Committee Elections 2026. There are 5 seats up for election on the Technical Steering Committee. Learn more about the Committee from current Chair, Kevin Hammond below. Please consider applying!

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

Youtube recording of the meeting - https://t.co/FidpAKpPCB

[Intersect Technical Steering Committee @IntersectTSC]

Today, April 8 2026, the weekly Technical Steering Committee meeting takes place at 1400 UTC.

With the Intersect Committee elections process now in week two you may be considering applying for this Committee.

All are welcome to observe, listen in, and see how the work of committees happens in practice, from discussion to decision. We particularly encourage SPOs, developers and other technical community members considering applying, to attend and observe.

https://t.co/umtVrMQixC