This proposal offers internationally accredited and certified training in blockchain technology, thus allowing greater engagement with the university sector in the region and generating greater adoption and usability of the Cardano platform.

The implementation of this proposal will enhance Intersect’s operations and strengthen community-driven governance in Cardano by improving internal processes and optimizing resources. The proposal focuses on six key areas:

1. More Efficient Processes and Internal Structure Description: Review Intersect MBO’s internal structure and processes to standardize formats (e.g., reports, meeting minutes), working group roles and responsibilities, communication with the community (e.g., official channels, frequency of updates), and other operational elements (e.g., workflows, decision protocols). Tools like AI-powered platforms (e.g., Pipefy) will help optimize time and resources. Beneficiaries:

• Intersect MBO Members: Gain more efficient internal operations, boosting trust in the organization.
• General Cardano Community: Feel better represented and more confident in the ecosystem.

2. Greater Community Trust Description: Implementing regular reports and public dashboards—including financial audits and operational metrics—will ensure the community has access to transparent and clear information. Beneficiaries:

• Intersect MBO Members: Make better-informed decisions.
• General Cardano Community: Build trust through increased transparency.

3. Increased Community Participation Description: Organize regular town halls and surveys to enable the community and other stakeholders to influence governance directly. Beneficiaries:

• General Cardano Community: Gain a stronger voice in decision-making.
• Committees and Working Groups: Become more involved in key processes like budgeting.

4. More Inclusive Governance Description: Include the community, committees, and working groups in decision-making to reduce perceived centralization and ensure decisions reflect collective interests. This also responds to Charles Hoskinson’s call for more community-driven governance. Beneficiaries:

• Committees and Working Groups: Their inclusion in structures like the Budget Task Force (as suggested by @AdamRusch on X) will enhance their impact.
• Other Stakeholders (e.g., Cardano Foundation): Inclusive governance helps reduce tension and align objectives.

5. Resource Optimization Description: Review Intersect’s current organizational structure, budgeting, and project management to eliminate redundancies, reduce expenses, and build a more efficient organization. Beneficiaries:

• Intersect MBO Members: See better resource management and increased confidence in operations.
• General Cardano Community: Savings could be reinvested into initiatives like tech development or educational programs.

6. Alignment with the Voltaire Era Description: A more efficient, transparent, and inclusive governance framework will strengthen Cardano’s transition into the Voltaire era, where decentralized community governance is key. Beneficiaries:

• General Cardano Community: A stronger governance model can attract more developers and users.
• Other Stakeholders (e.g., Cardano Foundation): Benefit from a more robust and decentralized ecosystem.

Demonstrated Value and Return on Investment (ROI)

Demonstrated Value:

• More effective and inclusive governance will improve trust in Intersect MBO and increase participation in Cardano governance—crucial for the Voltaire era.
• Improved governance could attract more users and developers, increasing Cardano’s adoption and network value.
• Including more stakeholders will reduce conflict and foster ecosystem-wide collaboration.
• Transparent and streamlined processes will build greater community confidence.

Return on Investment (ROI):

• Operational Cost Savings: Optimizing operations could reduce costs by 10–15% by redefining Intersect MBO’s internal structure, processes, and expenditures.
• Increased Community Participation: The proposal could boost participation by 20%. With 630 current members, this could mean 126 more active contributors to the ecosystem.
• Impact on Network Value: Increased engagement and adoption may lead to a 5% rise in ADA’s market value, resulting in significant benefits for holders, more transactions, and greater ecosystem growth.

Key Benefits: Developers and dApp Creators

• Will have access to standardized, open-source tools for integrating location data directly into their applications, opening up new possibilities for innovation on Cardano, such as geolocated NFTs or map-based traceability systems.
• Can reduce development costs and time by avoiding the need to build georeferencing solutions from scratch, thanks to a ready-to-use API that follows international GIS standards.

Companies and Organizations -Sectors like logistics, precision agriculture, resource management, real estate, tourism, environmental monitoring, and security can verify the authenticity and accuracy of the geographic information they handle—whether it’s for tracking shipments, certifying properties, or validating sustainability initiatives.

• Will minimize the risk of manipulation and fraud—ensuring, for example, that land or shipment location data remains immutable—thereby improving operational efficiency and strengthening trust in their processes.

Cardano Community

• Will see increased adoption and diversification of blockchain use cases by enabling projects such as Landano (land management), Veritree (certified reforestation), and Empowa (affordable housing), in addition to new applications in gaming or environmental certifications, positioning Cardano as a robust and adaptable platform.
• Greater network usage will drive up transaction volume and value flows, benefiting ADA stakers and holders by energizing the ecosystem’s economy.
• Will foster collaboration with other Cardano projects, such as integrations with existing dApps or partnerships with governance initiatives, creating a more active and interconnected community.

Return on Investment (ROI) for the Cardano Community -Increased Network Transactions: By integrating with georeferencing applications—from land certification to supply chain tracking—the volume of transactions will grow, boosting fees and staking rewards. -New Business Opportunities: Companies and entrepreneurs, attracted by practical solutions like geospatial traceability or physical asset certification, will join the ecosystem, driving Cardano’s local economy and elevating its long-term value. -Strengthening the Cardano Brand: By offering real-world solutions (reliable geolocation, transparent certifications, and verifiable traceability), Cardano consolidates its position as a leader in practical innovation, attracting high-quality projects and reinforcing its global reputation

If implemented, this initiative aims to bring blockchain technology—specifically Cardano—to governments, policymakers, and businesses by generating strategic knowledge, dismantling misconceptions, and facilitating the creation of a legal and operational framework that encourages responsible adoption.

This proposal would deliver multiple benefits to different sectors:

Advancing Regulation and Legal Security

Educating government stakeholders on blockchain’s potential beyond cryptocurrencies.

Facilitating the development of clear regulations that provide legal certainty.

Encouraging investments in blockchain-based solutions.

Government Transformation and Modernization

Enabling governments to explore practical blockchain applications, such as digital identity, supply chain tracking, automation, and financial transparency.

Increasing efficiency, citizen trust, and the digitization of public services.

Encouraging Business Adoption

Providing regulatory clarity to businesses, fostering Cardano adoption in key industries like logistics, decentralized finance, and smart contracts.

Driving demand for blockchain-based solutions, increasing market participation and competition.

Creating Economic and Employment Opportunities

Expanding job opportunities in blockchain development, legal tech, consulting, and education.

Supporting the emergence of new startups and business collaborations within the blockchain space.

Strengthening the Cardano Ecosystem

Increasing institutional and corporate engagement in the Cardano network.

Boosting transaction volumes and adoption of decentralized applications (dApps).

Enhancing Cardano’s real-world utility, legitimacy, and long-term sustainability.

Return on Investment for the Cardano Community

Growth in the number of active users and developers.

Increased demand for ADA as a utility token in real-world applications.

Expansion of stake pools and higher participation in Cardano’s governance ecosystem.

Attraction of new investments and top talent to the Cardano network.

We propose OpShin, a Python-based smart contract language for Cardano. Python is one of the most popular programming languages known. On top of this we provide the security guarantees that are the reason for the Cardano community to embrace functional programming - thus offering an accessible and easy to start with alternative to current languages.

OpShin is aimed at developers that want to build on Cardano. It drastically simplifies onboarding when experience in Python is given, and even without is easy to read and access.

By making development of Smart Contracts more accessible, OpShin is a key catalyst for a growing ecosystem of DApps on Cardano. The benefit to community is immense.

This proposal delivers a lean, transparent, and ROI-focused alternative to traditional Catalyst funding by launching a DRep-governed innovation fund with minimal operational overhead. It prioritizes high-impact projects that generate measurable on-chain activity and return a minimum of 50% of funds back to the treasury, creating a self-replenishing model. By incorporating matching capital incentives, it amplifies ecosystem investment while reducing treasury risk. The creation of a subcommittee under the MCC ensures continuous oversight, performance tracking, and research into Catalyst inefficiencies, such as duplicate funding and delivery gaps. Additionally, the proposal introduces a public portal to connect builders with venture capital, provide mentorship, and attract cross-ecosystem projects to Cardano. The result is a fast, scalable innovation mechanism that enhances treasury sustainability, strengthens community governance, and positions Cardano as a more competitive and collaborative blockchain ecosystem.

Hydra Hexcore is a system designed to simplify and accelerate the application-layer development process. With Hydra Hexcore, developers can fully focus on building their applications without having to worry about managing infrastructure or using complex server-side command line tools. This significantly improves development efficiency, providing a more convenient and optimized experience for developers.

In addition, Hydra Hexcore offers practical benefits for server infrastructure providers. Within the Hydra ecosystem, infrastructure providers play a key role in supplying the resources needed to maintain node operations. Hydra Hexcore enables them to leverage their existing infrastructure to contribute Hydra nodes to other parties, such as application developers or businesses that require node resources. This not only allows them to expand their service offerings from standard hosting to providing specialized solutions for Hydra-based applications but also creates added value, enhancing their competitive advantage and increasing revenue.

Thus, Hydra Hexcore is not only a powerful support tool for application developers but also helps infrastructure providers maximize their potential, contributing to the strong and sustainable growth of the Cardano ecosystem through Hydra technology

The proposal will address gaps in Cardano reference material and education while also helping to attract new developers and reduce development friction. The majority of Cardano reference material is written predominantly with functional style contracts and does not contain full-stack open source examples. Developers will have approachable, comprehensive reference material for end to end application building, not just smart contract reference material.

The Cardano Builders Community Bootcamp is a three-month intensive program designed to equip Cameroonian developers with the skills, infrastructure, and knowledge necessary to build impactful decentralized applications (dApps) on the Cardano blockchain. By implementing this training program, we will: -Equip 50 participants with blockchain development skills, increasing the talent pool for Cardano-related projects. -Provide hands-on training, mentorship, and certification, ensuring participants are ready to contribute to the ecosystem. -Foster local blockchain adoption, strengthening the Cardano community in Africa. -Create a model that can be replicated in other regions to drive global adoption.

Midgard has a tokenless design. All transaction fees on Midgard are paid in Ada, and every Midgard block is published to the Cardano L1. Where Hydra moves transactions offchain (and thus does not contribute consistently in fee revenue to the Cardano L1) Midgard keeps transactions onchain but in a more compact form (ie. rolls up transactions offchain into a compact representation that is published onchain, thus the name rollups). This means that increased economic activity on Midgard directly translated to increased economic activity on Cardano, this represents a significant source of fee revenue for the Cardano L1. Midgard does not have independent consensus or economic security, instead it inherits economic security and consensus from Cardano.

Once deployed, XPort will allow arbitrary data to flow between Cardano, any EVM, and select non-EVM networks. This will enable developers to develop applications that span multiple blockchains. It will also empower developers to shift their focus from extracting value out of a blockchain to importing execution logic into one.

Other potential benefits include but are not limited to:

• Improved interoperability between Cardano and the of the industry
• Expanded access to liquidity and assets on other chains
• Greater abstraction to improve UX
• Reduced bridge risk
• Improved developer experience
• More modular application design/New types of applications

The perpetual flow of liquidity into Cardano is the result of earned confidence in the blockchain’s offerings and opportunities. Increased liquidity produces an environment of abundance for all participants and greater capacity to build secure, scalable, and decentralized applications (dApps).

The proposal will create these specific benefits:

• Facilitate incoming liquidity for the Cardano Ecosystem by paving a path for informed participation in Cardano’s offerings
• Reinforce the community knowledge base and infrastructure by creating a network of vibrant and engaged community members in a thriving ecosystem
• Introduce institutions, organizations, and cohorts to the Cardano blockchain with actionable options for incentivized participation
• Market Cardano to new audiences
• Increase New Cardano Wallets and transactions on the blockchain
• Increase Engagement in Cardano tooling, especially DeFi-related protocols
• Attract new users and developers of Web3 tooling from other ecosystems by providing a clear explanation of Cardano’s technological advantages

The proposal will focus on serving and supporting these individuals and entities with campaigns focused on and relevant to their position of understanding:

(1) New and No Experience: Not yet invested in or familiar with blockchain technology or cryptocurrencies (2) Invested in Crypto, But Not Cardano: Invested on a Centralized Exchange with exposure to crypto but unfamiliar with Cardano - OR - participating with wallets on other chains but unfamiliar with Cardano’s opportunities (3) Cardano Community: Engaged in the Cardano Ecosystem as a community member, builder, or developer but hesitant to participate in Cardano’s DeFi for lack of knowledge about implications and risk.

This visual graphic on the Cryptofluency website is meant to illustrate the tremendous opportunity and the spread of potential across these different groups:

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The Cardano community’s robust collection of high-quality protocols can achieve its full potential of utilization expeditiously if we help each of these groups overcome the resistance points that prevent them from participating. Resolving these concerns through experiential education can open doors for meaningful engagement and liquidity.

A Greek Cardano Embassy would be a dynamic open space, benefiting diverse groups within the ecosystem. It would be the go-to place for anyone. Programmers learning AIKEN, farmers exploring Palmyra, investors diving into Dexes and RWAs, gaming firms integrating NFTs, publishers leveraging book.io, or even a Greek Minister tracing ancient artifacts onto the blockchain (an idea proposed by CH himself) and more, such as the tourism and shipping industry. By offering a physical space for education, collaboration, and support, it would boost trust in Cardano’s ecosystem, crucial in Greece where personal connections drive business. This trust would translate into measurable value: higher adoption rates, more developers building on Cardano, and real-world use cases showcasing our blockchain’s potential. The ROI for the Cardano Community lies in accelerating Greece’s role as a regional leader in blockchain innovation, amplifying our global footprint.

Cexplorer.io serves over 50,000 monthly users and processes millions of data requests, providing real-time, in-depth insights into Cardano’s blockchain. It supports developers, SPOs, researchers, and everyday users with tools for exploring transactions, addresses, tokens, and stake pools. By improving transparency and accessibility, it reduces friction in dApp development, stake pool monitoring, and ecosystem analysis. The return on investment is a proven, high-traffic platform that continuously evolves to meet the growing demands of the Cardano community.

• users, turstless and more scalable applications
• experienced developers, local nodes means less infrastructure and easier access to Cardano
• new developers, a familiar source code means more resources to understand what Cardano does

This project significantly benefits the Cardano community by providing reliable tools for developers:

Increased Efficiency, allowing developers to focus on building and optimizing their applications.

Enhanced Quality: Reliable testing environments that lead to more robust and secure smart contracts, contributing to the network's overall health.

Documentation: Comprehensive guides and tutorials helping onboard new developers to our ecosystem

The implementation of the Olympus Insights AI Tutor will provide significant benefits across multiple communities, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, engagement, and the integration of blockchain technology into education.

1. Learners and Educational Institutions The AI Tutor will enhance the learning experience by offering personalised, interactive, and adaptive education. Students will receive tailored support, enabling them to progress at their own pace while maintaining high levels of engagement. For educational institutions, this means better student outcomes, increased retention, and improved learning efficiency without placing additional burdens on educators.

2. The Global Web3 and Blockchain Community By embedding blockchain-based credentialing, the AI Tutor will allow learners to verify their achievements on-chain, promoting transparency and decentralised recognition of skills. This aligns with the ethos of self-sovereign identity and digital ownership, key principles of the Web3 movement. It also helps onboard a new generation of learners into the Cardano ecosystem, exposing them to blockchain applications in a practical and meaningful way.

3. The Cardano Community – Value and Return on Investment The Cardano community will see a direct return on investment through user acquisition, adoption, and real-world utility. The AI Tutor will integrate wallet creation, ensuring that every learner engaging with the platform interacts with the Cardano blockchain. This will significantly contribute to onboarding new users into the Cardano ecosystem, particularly in regions where traditional financial and educational systems are inaccessible.

Additionally, staking and DeFi elements could be incorporated into the learning experience, allowing users to leverage Cardano’s infrastructure for rewards, governance participation, and further engagement with blockchain-based education. By supporting the development of this AI-driven educational tool, the Cardano ecosystem strengthens its position as a leader in real-world blockchain adoption beyond financial applications.

4. Employers and the Broader Workforce The AI Tutor will also benefit employers by providing verified, blockchain-backed credentials that can be trusted when assessing potential employees. This ensures that skills acquired on the platform hold tangible value in the workforce, fostering a direct link between education and employability.

✅ Benefício da Proposta:

A implementação do Cardano World Hub, um mundo imersivo no metaverso com ambientes virtuais 3D, avatares e outros recursos de AI para educação, trará múltiplos benefícios concretos e mensuráveis para diferentes segmentos da comunidade Cardano: 📌 1. Onboarding Escalável e Interativo Usuários iniciantes poderão aprender sobre Cardano em um ambiente visual e gamificado, com avatares inteligentes orientando cada passo. Isso facilita a criação de wallets, a participação no Catalyst e a compreensão dos fundamentos da blockchain Cardano. Impacto estimado: +5.000 novos usuários impactados em 6 meses Conversão esperada: +1.000 novas carteiras ativas no ecossistema 📌 2. Educação Aberta e Acessível A comunidade terá acesso gratuito a conteúdos gamificados, quizzes, missões e certificações, que cobrem tópicos como DeFi, NFTs, stake pools, desenvolvimento em Plutus e participação em DAOs. Isso amplia o capital humano e técnico da rede. Valor agregado: Fortalecimento da base educacional descentralizada do ecossistema Beneficiários: Estudantes, educadores, desenvolvedores, comunidades locais 📌 3. Visibilidade para Projetos Cardano Projetos nativos poderão expor seus produtos e serviços em hubs temáticos dentro do metaverso com AI, promovendo colaboração e atração de usuários e investidores. Resultado esperado: +20 projetos Cardano expostos nos primeiros 6 meses ROI comunitário: Maior engajamento entre builders e comunidade, reduzindo tempo e custo de aquisição de usuários 📌 4. Ambiente Permanente para Eventos e Comunidade A comunidade Intersect, Catalyst e outras iniciativas poderão usar o hub como local para eventos, meetups, treinamentos e votações simuladas. Isso fomenta o senso de pertencimento e coesão comunitária. Benefício direto: Canal contínuo de interação descentralizada com o sentimento dos participantes estarem presentes juntos no mesmo lugar, como na vida real.

Custo evitado: Redução de gastos com eventos físicos e onboarding tradicional 📈 Retorno sobre o Investimento para a Comunidade Cardano: Aumento da adoção prática de ferramentas Cardano (wallets, tokens, staking, Catalyst). Fortalecimento da educação descentralizada e do capital humano no ecossistema. Promoção de projetos emergentes, acelerando sua tração e relevância. Redução da curva de aprendizado e barreiras técnicas para entrada no ecossistema. Geração de visibilidade global para Cardano, por meio de uma experiência imersiva inédita entre blockchains.

The project has the potential to significantly impact the development of smart contracts on Cardano, reducing fees and increasing efficiency.

Providing developers with a proper tool to tap into the power of zero-knowledge protocols enables them to create smart contracts and DApps that are on another level in terms of efficiency and user experience. Moreover, with more developers adopting this approach, we are reducing the on-chain data footprint and compressing user transactions, effectively scaling Cardano on layer one.

This event will provide widespread benefits across multiple layers of the community, including local attendees, businesses, artists, vendors, and the broader Cardano ecosystem.

1. Everyday People (Attendees) – The Primary Beneficiaries

The event is designed to onboard people who are not yet in Web3, helping them:

Easily access and use crypto by setting up a Cardano wallet and receiving 10 ADA to interact with.

Understand real-world applications of blockchain by engaging with vendors who accept crypto, listening to expert speakers, and seeing firsthand how blockchain can enhance businesses.

Experience Web3 in a fun, risk-free way through music, food, and cultural experiences rather than intimidating technical discussions.

2. Local Businesses, Vendors & Artists

Vendors will be encouraged to accept Cardano payments and leverage blockchain solutions to improve transparency and efficiency in their businesses.

Musicians and artists will explore NFT and blockchain-based monetisation opportunities for their work, introducing them to Cardano's creative economy.

Small business owners will learn how Web3 can streamline payments, create new revenue streams, and increase customer engagement.

3. The Cardano Community – Demonstrated Value & ROI

This event directly contributes to Cardano adoption, ecosystem growth, and real-world utility in several key ways:

Mass Onboarding of New Users:

Each attendee will set up a Cardano wallet (Lace, Tokeo, or VESPR) and receive ADA, significantly increasing active wallet numbers.

Olympus Insights already has 36,000+ students actively learning on the OLi platform, and our ambassador teams in seven countries are continuously onboarding new users. This event scales those efforts even further.

Growing the Cardano Economy:

Cardano projects will have exhibition stalls to showcase real-world blockchain solutions, attracting businesses, entrepreneurs, and new users to the ecosystem.

Attendees will spend ADA at vendor stalls, introducing businesses to crypto payments and decentralised finance tools.

Strengthening Community Engagement & Reputation:

Cardano will be positioned as a practical, user-friendly blockchain with real-world applications, countering misconceptions of crypto as speculative or inaccessible.

This event will serve as a blueprint for future Web3 onboarding efforts, proving that immersive, experience-based education is more effective than traditional crypto events.

Ultimately, this event creates a lasting impact by embedding Cardano and Web3 into everyday life, expanding the ecosystem beyond its existing user base, and driving real-world adoption in an engaging, organic way.