Charles Hoskinson confirms the inclusion of Cardano Improvement Proposal (CIP) 69 in the upcoming Chang hard fork.
Charles Hoskinson, the progenitor of the Cardano blockchain, has affirmed that Cardano Improvement Proposal (CIP) 69 will be incorporated into the forthcoming Chang hard fork. The declaration mentioned above was disseminated through X, emphasizing the modification in response to community input and the Cardano Foundation (CF) requirements.
I saw the requests coming in for CIP-69. I spoke with the IOI delivery team, and they spoke with the folks at Intersect. There seems to be a lot of community demand for it, and the CF also has been pushing for CIP-69 to be included in Chang.”
Hoskinson detailed the decision process and its implications:
“I don’t think it will add a significant delay to the delivery of Chang, but it’s important to understand that out of band roadmap changes are always disruptive and introduce additional risk. This said, the dev teams are going to find a way to roll CIP-69 into Chang.”
The Cardano founder highlighted.
The primary objective of CIP-69 is to enhance the efficiency of transactions within Cardano’s Plutus smart contracts. The input arguments for the script types—spending, certifying, rewarding, and minting—are standardized to achieve this.
The principal modification suggested entails removing the datum argument, which is frequently associated with locking validators. In contrast, the only prerequisites for validator execution will be a redeemer and the script context. Datestums can be accessed through the ScriptContext or, via an extension, the Spending constructor of the TxInfo.
A critical design limitation known as the “mutual dependency issue,” in which two validators must know each other’s hash, is addressed by this proposal. This has significantly hindered the development of secure and efficient decentralized applications (DApps) on Cardano, as it increases the architectural complexity of dApps and restricts the design space.
The upcoming Chang hard fork, expected to take place in the second quarter of this year, signifies a noteworthy achievement in the Cardano roadmap as it ushers in the “Voltaire” era of governance. A shift toward decentralized governance structures has marked this era, granting greater community participation in the funding and development of ecosystem initiatives.
Chang is composed of two fundamental enhancements. Chang Upgrade No. 1 commences the implementation of governance functionalities, commencing with the technical bootstrapping stage as delineated in SIP 1694. This stage is of utmost importance in establishing the fundamental mechanisms of governance.
Chang Upgrade Number 2 brings these mechanisms out of the bootstrapping phase and introduces treasury withdrawals and delegated representative participation, among other full-fledged on-chain governance functionalities.
By granting the Cardano community the ability to vote on proposals and provide financial support for them, the ecosystem becomes more sustainable and adaptable to the demands of its users.
Hoskinson also highlighted the need for changes in the roadmap construction process post-Chang:
“Post-Chang, the entire process for constructing and ratifying a roadmap between hard forks has to be overhauled to reflect the ability to use CIP-1694’s info action to approve a candidate roadmap. There are several working groups at intersect discussing this, and I’d encourage projects and community members to join and discuss to ensure their preferences and suggestions end up in the new process.”
