Shaping the Future of Catalyst Milestones: Your Feedback Needed 😎 Hello beautiful soul! It’s been a bit of a roller coaster start to 2026, but our mission remains unchanged. Throughout the second half of 2025, I wrote extensively about the need to refresh the Catalyst Milestone Program to keep pace with our rapidly evolving ecosystem. We’ve already begun this journey with targeted tooling improvements in Q4, but now it’s time to go deeper. As I shared in December, H1-2026 is dedicated to refining the Milestone Program - the true cornerstone of how @Catalyst_onX operates today. You can catch up on some of that convo here: x.com/dannyribar/status/2014… So what's next? Aligning for Success 🚀 Our first major step is harmonizing requirements between Funded Proposers and Milestone Reviewers. By narrowing the gap in understanding and aligning our expectations, we can: 👉 Set every participant up for success from day one. 👉 Ensure accountability that is both repeatable and auditable. 👉 Standardize the "Proof of Achievement" (PoA) process to remove guesswork across both functional roles - proposers and reviewers alike. Because this program is deeply embedded into the @Cardano ecosystem, I want to ensure these changes reflect (y)our collective reality. Please review the document below and leave your comments or observations directly on the text: docs.google.com/document/d/1… ⏲️ Timeline: I’m looking to lock these updates down and roll them out before the end of this month, so your early input is greatly appreciated. As always - we aim to iterate in a continuous feedback loop. What can you expect next? Comprehensive skills audit across our entire pool of reviewers to identify gaps and opportunities for up-skilling or re-orientaion. Thank you for staying the course with us. Catalyst thrives because we listen, learn, and level up together. D.

Wonder how this news could impact Cardano's lively Vietnamese community. Link in next post

As an @IntersectMBO member, I am personally not currently comfortable with Intersect being an administrator for treasury funded projects that aren’t awarded through a competitive selection process. While it potentially prevents us from making best use of the funds (as we may miss out on a more preferred vendor because they weren’t aware of the opportunity to bid), I would also prefer to be part of an organisation that values fairness and opportunity, while working on continuous improvements to decentralised governance in a structured and professional way over time (how Cardano itself was built). While I accept that there is some core work that can realistically only be done by @InputOutputHK (especially this early in our transition to DGov) and therefore probably doesn’t need to go through this process, I think the narrative being pushed by @IOHK_Charles and others that Intersect doesn’t have the experience to run such a process is oversimplifying things. All new organisations don’t have experience, but that doesn’t mean they just don’t do things because of it. There are ways to deal with that inexperience, such as recruiting or outsourcing. This inexperience is also an assumption, but instead of entering into a dialogue about how it could work, it was just “decided” that it should be shut down. If we continue down this path of unequal member influence over decision making, and the neutering of committees, I will probably rethink renewing by enterprise membership 😢 If you are an Intersect member, I would be interested in hearing your opinion about this, so please share this post so others can comment 🙏

I'm getting stoked for BuidlerFest v2.0: Da Nang Edition in beautiful Vietnam! 🤩🇻🇳♥️ So far attendees have requested workshops and panels on: RWAs, Tooling, L2s Infrastructure, and Interoperability! Who are we going to see there? #BuildingOnCardano @buidler_fest

Google Willow Quantum vs Bitcoin Encryption Today, Google announced that Willow has reached 105 qubits with improved error rates. Should Bitcoiners worry? 🚫 Short Answer: No. 🔒 Bitcoin relies on two types of encryption: 1️⃣ ECDSA 256: Vulnerable to "Shor’s algorithm," but cracking it would require over 1,000,000 qubits. Willow’s 105 isn’t even close. 2️⃣ SHA-256: Even tougher—requires a different approach (Grover’s algorithm) and millions of physical qubits to pose a real threat. Bitcoin’s cryptography remains SAFU... for now.

Catalyst Fund12 will only accept submissions from individuals, projects, and organisations that have no incomplete projects from F9 or older. Bumping up entry requirements fund on fund. Adequate close out assets must be submitted before F12 submissions phase opens. 👀

Catalyst's Accountability Measures Strengthened with Formal Cancellation Policy As Catalyst prepares to roll out a comprehensive cancellation and suspension policy, encompassing all projects within the program’s purview—both past and present—it marks another milestone in fostering accountability among participants who receive public funding. This strategic move underscores Catalyst's commitment to ensuring that individuals involved in their projects approach their roles with diligence and care. By implementing clear guidelines for cancellations or suspensions, they aim to uphold high standards of responsibility across all initiatives supported by public funds. Equally, it will open a path towards more efficient capital allocation of Catalyst funding from underperforming projects to other viable alternatives instead. More information coming in the coming weeks.

Fund12 will inject another round of 50M ada into the ecosystem. Making Catalyst the largest self sustaining grant making program in the entire world. Topping 100M in lifespan funding. The fun part? Everyone gets to play their part. This is how we keep decentralizing further. 🫡

#Cardano - Your Vote Counts! 🌟 Be part of Catalyst history and decide which city launches ecosystem into the F12 season of collaboration and innovation. Voting power is in your hands - make it count! Deadline: Mar 18, 8AM UTC. Curious? Link in comments! 🔗

As part of the Eastern Hemisphere dRep Townhall proposal completion task, please spare us a few minutes of your valuable time to help with five super short questions on the DRep Code of Conduct. We appreciate your time and contribution. Thank you. 💐💐🙏🏻🙏🏻 forms.gle/pcpGrAgKszdHCgJw9 @Cardano @CardanoJapanese @CardanoKl @Cardano_ID @vietnamc3eth @LatamCardano @EuCardano @CardanoThailand @EuCardano @CardanoMedia_tw @CardanoAus @_YTart_C3ETH @TienNgAnh @lelinh31916987 @yutazzz @mietran0407 @PassiveHash22 @c3eth

Awesome new Catalyst teams are guaranteed spread out beyond our direct observation. Hence we felt we needed to remind the efforts of @BlockchainColl2 with @PassiveHash22 who seek to integrate Cardano Academy to Australia's Diploma of Applied #blockchain 📍 A course that is a gold standard in #Australia and is being used by hundreds of students. 📽️ Have a more in-depth listen on their efforts: youtube.com/watch?v=_c9tKNmC…

Besides sharing a passion of making an impact on climate change, mental health, #Decentralized voting system, @littlefishDAO shares a passion in creating new #Cardano #NFT standards. x.com/littlefishDAO/status/1… @ckaraca @YoramBenzvi

#CardanoCommunity as time ticks down to the end of voting. If you are not yet aware of @seira_yun work with @SociousDAO please do take the effort to review and -if possible- to vote on. x.com/sociousdao/status/1752… They are a very detailed and systematic team that should perhaps be considered as a gold standard in reporting of the use of Catalyst funds.

Was live presentation by Nathan Burns: youtu.be/Hv2YMm2r8c8 🙏🏻

Fund11 - Second IdeaFest at Eastern Hemisphere Town Hall recordings are now on @C3ETH Website and Youtube: easterntownhall.com/catalyst… Thanks for the presentation, and good luck to all of you. @Cardano @Cardano_CF

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💡 There are # of proposed changes for Fund🔟 that are going to be gradually shared over the weeks to come. This week, we continue with looking at what an alternative path looks like for challenge setting in #Cardano's #ProjectCatalyst. Come explore with me below 🧶👇1/n

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💡 Catalyst dRep ≠ #Cardano dRep

👏 📌 #Ethereum's @gitcoin founded in 2017 has allocated $50M in funding to date (big fan) 📌 #Cardano's #ProjectCatalyst founded in 2020 has allocated $48M in funding Let's reimagine together what it means to leverage collaboration to support innovation in #crypto. 🧱 by 🧱