Author: Ethan, Odaily Daily News
On August 4th, in a relatively quiet yet exceptionally important on-chain vote, the Cardano community passed a core proposal named "IOE Roadmap": it will utilize up to 96,817,080 ADA (approximately 71 million USD at the time) from the treasury funds to finance the technical upgrades of the Cardano core protocol. The final support rate for this proposal was 74.01%, which means that a radical reform plan initiated by Charles Hoskinson has received support beyond expectations in a public chain system known for its slow governance.
According to the proposal document, the funding will mainly be used for three aspects: scalability improvements, developer experience optimization, and upgrades to cross-chain interoperability. The underlying goal is very clear: to pave the way for Cardano towards "Vo

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