Cardano is inviting the neighborhood to weigh in on its subsequent main improve.
The “Ouroboros Leios” Cardano Enchancment Proposal (CIP) is now publicly obtainable within the Cardano Basis’s repository.
On August 27, Enter Output’s Director of Software program Structure, Nicolas “BeRewt” Biri, introduced the general public launch of the Leios CIP. Though too early to rejoice the improve, he notes that this submission is a big milestone, and the workforce desires to make sure the neighborhood agrees with it first.
So, right here it’s, we all know have a public and submitted CIP for Leios. Greater than ever, it is now time for suggestions.https://t.co/s3aCAHBfyK
It could be too early to rejoice, as we need to make sure that the neighborhood agrees on it first, however it’s an enormous milestone.— Nicolas `BeRewt` Biri (@BeRewt) August 27, 2025
Reviewing Design and Commerce-Offs
Biri mentioned that the workforce is reviewing the design selections and trade-offs. The protection areas embody the detailed Leios variant, implementation supplies (formal specs and mini-protocols), trade-offs, potential optimistic results on script budgets, and resistance to assaults.
He added that the workforce had deliberate to submit the PR by the top of August. The draft now consists of suggestions on failed transactions and goals to have minimal influence on dApps.
Neighborhood Debates Safety, Pace, and Decentralization
Not all neighborhood members are satisfied that Cardano can obtain greater throughput with out compromise.
One person questioned whether or not the community would wish to make the identical trade-offs as Solana to realize pace. Biri responded that Cardano intentionally prevented that path, choosing a steadiness that doesn’t sacrifice decentralization or safety.
Compromising something how it will be totally different from Solana? All lately finger was pointed on them now we additionally saying we have to compromise. Is Solana understood and resolve this drawback finest manner attainable a lot forward of time?
— AR (@ashishranjan04) August 28, 2025
He added that Cardano’s safety mannequin limits sure pace optimizations, that means that matching Solana’s pace would require lowering decentralization, reliability, or price effectivity. Thus far, the Cardano neighborhood has not been keen to take that strategy.
Neighborhood Approves $71M Funding For Upgrades
Earlier this month, the Cardano neighborhood permitted 96 million ADA (round $71 million) to fund a year-long collection of core upgrades.
The proposal handed with 74% approval, marking the primary time treasury funds have been immediately allotted to core improvement.
With these strikes, Cardano is taking a significant step towards high-throughput, scalable, and community-driven improvement.
