Cardano Updates

Governance Votes - February 2026

8 February 2026
Governance Protocol v11 van Rossem Hard Fork Voltaire

We have cast Yes votes on two governance actions this week across all ADAvault pools.

van Rossem Hard Fork Naming

Governance action 8845bfc37bb2f69e8f200fe28148b3dea3c4399b0c49ee0ed2bb4e349cab9eb7#0

This INFO action formally names the upcoming Protocol v11 hard fork as the “van Rossem Hard Fork” in honor of Max van Rossem. While this is a naming formality, it represents an important mark of respect for Max’s significant contributions to the Cardano ecosystem, particularly his involvement in the Hard Fork Working Group.

Vote details: View on AdaStat

Protocol v11 Hard Fork

Governance action c21b00f90f18fce4003edf42b0b0d455126e01c946e80cc5341a9f9750caf795#0

This is an important protocol upgrade which we fully support. The Protocol v11 hard fork is an intra-era upgrade within Conway, meaning it won’t disrupt the current ledger era while delivering significant improvements.

Key enhancements include:

Plutus Improvements

  • Unified built-in functions across Plutus V1, V2, and V3
  • Native array handling (CIP-138)
  • Optimized multi-asset value operations (CIP-153)
  • Modular exponentiation for cryptography (CIP-109)
  • List manipulation improvements (CIP-132)
  • Multi-scalar multiplication over BLS12-381 (CIP-133)

Security Enhancements

  • VRF key uniqueness enforcement across stake pools
  • Improved reference input validation for Plutus scripts
  • Constitutional Committee voting restrictions moved to ledger-level
  • Enhanced withdrawal structure validation

Vote details: View on AdaStat

All ADAvault pools (ADV, ADV2, ADV3, ADV4) voted Yes on both actions. We will continue to participate actively in Cardano governance and vote in the best interests of the network and our delegators.

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