DRep Profile
Chris Cata
I am determined to find and strike a balance in governance actions that impact Cardano’s future, both short and long term. My core goal in participating in governance is to see continuous improvement throughout the ecosystem.
Objectives
I am determined to find and strike a balance in governance actions that impact Cardano’s future, both short and long term. My core goal in participating in governance is to see continuous improvement throughout the ecosystem.
Motivations
I want to help the community have a say in decisions that add value to the blockchain with very little waste. I've been engaged with blockchains off and on for the better part of a decade now. Got my start in blockchain with a TED Talk back in 2014 from Charles Hoskinson who laid out simply how and why the future would be decentralized. A couple years later, I was tasked by a friend to look into Ethereum's DAO and how it could be leveraged for state-level voting - they wanted to build their first dApp. I've since worked for a couple of businesses researching how to leverage blockchains to help improve their financial settlement processes - largely in the complex world of logistics. I engaged a few different blockchains over the years, including mining for Bitcoin and other tokens. Eventually, I came full circle and found my way to Cardano ~2019, started to officially engage with others in recent years and decided I was all in on this.
Qualifications
20+ years in IT (Cloud, Infrastructure, Services, and Security), Lean Enterprise Certified.
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High-performance Rust Ogmios Client
We propose developing a high-performance Rust client library for Ogmios, enabling fast, safe, and efficient communication with the Cardano node. While a TypeScript client currently exists, there's a growing demand for Rust-based infrastructure, especially for backend applications requiring low latency, high throughput, and robust memory safety. The library will support all four Ogmios mini-protocols (chain sync, ledger queries, transaction submission, and mempool monitoring). It will be optimized using advanced techniques such as arena allocation, Struct-of-Arrays optimizations, and SIMD parsing, where appropriate. A complete example application and comprehensive test suite (unit, end-to-end, and live network) will ensure usability and reliability. This project lowers the barrier for Rust developers building on Cardano, improves performance for critical applications (e.g., trading bots, DEXes, mempool tools), and better integrates with Cardano's existing Rust-based serialization ecosystem.
CARDANO BLOCKCHAIN ECOSYSTEM CONSTITUTION v2.3
# Three-line summary: 1. Cardano Constitution v2.3 removes non-binding expectations, the Budget Info Action mechanism, and mandatory CC conduct rules, streamlining governance. 2. It adds clear definitions, enforces immutability of proposal documents, and applies treasury audit/accountability safeguards to all withdrawals. 3. Community review of v2.0 had 86.23% DRep participation, and v2.3 incorporates feedback and improvements, addressing prior concerns to reinforce legitimacy and broad input. # Three helpful links 1. CARDANO BLOCKCHAIN ECOSYSTEM CONSTITUTION v2.3 https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafkreihjgclyeemuvvn27mil5whoexjsuhn3fuwgjefawwbonmwo6hsxsq 2. List of changes from v1.0 to v2.3.pdf https://ipfs.io/ipfs/ipfs/bafybeigshlsvztihfem32ei2n7ijucbmiqzr5ulxoyezvckvzisqiee3fa 3. List of changes from v2.0 to v2.3.pdf https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafybeihjegoita5u67sr6q2cplb33zglytwdo7355u6f2wn4wayhq6uy4e
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