DRep Profile
Upstream SPO
Upstream [UPSTR] is an independent Cardano Stake Pool Operator, our mission is to continue to provide Cardano Community events, educational workshops, promoting Cardano adoption, and actively participating in ongoing Cardano Governance.
Objectives
Upstream [UPSTR] is an independent Cardano Stake Pool Operator, our mission is to continue to provide Cardano Community events, educational workshops, promoting Cardano adoption, and actively participating in ongoing Cardano Governance.
Motivations
We promote grass root adoption of the Cardano ecosystem. Aiming to provide the community with a point of contact for Governance topics, community workshops and on-boarding advice. As a DRep we align our voting actions with ensuring grass root adoption remains possible, affordable and actively encouraged and the Cardano Constitution upheld.
Qualifications
Upstream (Mark Hall, Chris Warren) are UK small business owners. Spanning the UK commercial flooring industry to web development we both have over 10 years experience in our crafts. Coming together on Cardano as Upstream [UPSTR], we have been active community members since 2021 and a SPO since 2022. Holding community workshops and meet-ups we have pushed our community forward and ensure we all stay upto date with the Cardano Network.
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Cardano Constitutional Dept Workstreams
This proposal establishes a Governance Workstream Consortium which establishes decentralized execution framework, ROM Multisig Model, to support the delivery of constitutional dept workstreams in Cardano. Its core aim is to ensure that budgeted governance tasks are completed verifiably, transparently, and without relying on a single administrator.
Safer, Smarter Cardano: From Personal Loss to Community Protections
In my early crypto journey, I fell for a scam that cost me $1,700—a loss born not from ignorance, but misplaced confidence. I believed I could outwit deception by changing the script. I couldn’t. That moment taught me that even intelligent users are vulnerable in a system that offers no safety net. What kept me grounded was Cardano: its mission of research, patience, and principled design. That mission is why I stayed. Yet Cardano’s openness and decentralization, while empowering, also expose users to hidden dangers: cloned tokens, misleading branding, and overhyped projects. This proposal introduces a framework for improving wallet-layer safety and trust, including UI enhancements, opt-in transparency tools, and a community-reviewed case study examining the breakdown of post-ISO trust.
Ironlight: Tokenization Marketplace for Traditional Finance
Ironlight is bringing Tokenization to TradFi. This is done by creating a fully regulated secondary trading venue for tokenized Real World Assets (RWA). The RWAs are private market funds, company equity and real estate. Ironlight is different from most other players in 3 major aspects: 1. Liquidity: Ironlight has secured 4 major institutions to backstop trading. Additionally, RIAs & Wealth Advisors from the major banks are market participants. 2. Sponsor Access Model: The Alternative Trading System (ATS) allows for trading & settling between anyone in the US financial system not just within it’s own network. This allows for dramatically more participants and thus facilitates liquidity. 3. Institutional Grade Technology: Built from the ground up, the technology can process 2 million messages per second at 20 microseconds per transaction. Additionally, built under Reg SCI. The technology was built at the same standard Wall Street expects for Public Market ATS/Exchanges.
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