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Intersect Weekly Update #134: Receipts. 🟢 115,172 ada of unspent budget went back to the treasury, a first on mainnet. 🟢 A new portal publishes Cardano's decentralization figures with the method attached. 🟢 CAP-12 and CAP-3 both improved because people commented. 🟢 Next week's dates for your diaries

Cardano’s next budget cycle: how can we improve coordination and help DReps assess funding proposals? We’re sharing a proposed Cardano Ecosystem Budget Process for 2027 and inviting your feedback. Read the proposal: Join the discussion:

RT @IntersectMBO: Watch the full conversation:

Cardano’s community has no filter, and @Josi_sndnc from the Cardano Foundation sees that as a good sign. Behind every complaint, she says, there’s someone who still cares. We sat down with her at the Intersect booth to interview the interviewer.

RT @IOGroup: ICYMI: Every week, IO shares a roundup of the latest progress across the technical development stack. Missed this week? Catch up here 👇

and @IOGroup published a full account of how Leios gets from the hard fork to mainnet, which is the clearest explanation yet of why the rollout happens in stages. @JBriggsLondon sat down with @theblockopedia_ at TOKEN2049 on one member one vote, funding for builders, and where AI agents and privacy go next. @Cardano_CF has been busy on two fronts: an Agentic Coding on Cardano module landed on Cardano Academy alongside UCLA and University of Nicosia partnerships, and the Foundation published a MiCA review and a response on SEC classification. Read the full update:

Also shipped on Cardano this week: @cexplorer_io upgraded its mainnet explorer pages @cardanoscanio added a real-time mempool tracker @dreptalkcom added phone and tablet pairing @txpipe_tools shipped infrastructure patches

Intersect Budget Administration Services Update 📊 On October 20 and October 21 Intersect executed the SweepTreasury function on its 2025 Treasury Reserve Smart Contract (TRSC) for the first time on Mainnet, returning 115,172 ada to the Cardano treasury from the 2025 Cardano Product Committee budget. Tx 1 - ₳55,172: Tx 2 - ₳60,000: Original proposal:

RT @IntersectTSC: How does post-quantum cryptography fit into Cardano’s roadmap for 2030 and beyond? Join us on Wednesday November 4th for a TSC discussion with Input Output Research (IOR) researchers. All welcome - please share in your networks!

Cardano Upgrade News 🛠️ 🗞️ A public Dijkstra testnet is now available! SPOs can begin onboarding using Node 11.1.3 on pv11. Epochs are 1-day in length. Timeline: - Protocol version 11 (Conway) on node 11.1.3 - Node 11.2 Pre-Release - Hard Fork Initiation action - Hard fork for protocol version 12 (Dijkstra) using node 11.2 - Integration and testing against the Dijkstra feature set (minus Leios) Resources available in the next post. Happy testing!

DijkstraNet Resources: Cardano-node-11.1.3 Dijkstra config files Dijkstra tADA faucet Kleioscan Explorer

RT @AdamRusch: My SEC comment letter explains how can help regulators evaluate blockchain networks like Cardano, using independently verifiable evidence.

UB39: Public Dijkstra testnet is 🟢 OPEN 🟢 SPOs are invited. Node Diversity Workshop details, and more..

"It's probably actually unique in the whole of the industry." Intersect Executive Director, @JBriggsLondon - on what one member, one vote actually means when a global community has to decide what gets built next. Watch: Recorded with @theblockopedia_ at TOKEN2049, Singapore.

RT @Tanakafj: @IOHK_Charles addresses Japan’s N.Avenue club at its roundtable on protecting privacy in the AI era. The future of finance isn’t TradFi vs. Web3. It’s the best of both, the trust and liquidity of traditional finance, with the speed and privacy of Web3. “The future will be decentralized.” —Charles ラウンドテーブルで、Charlesがビデオメッセージを寄せました。 金融の未来は従来の金融かWeb3かの二択ではなく、その両方の長所を兼ね備えたものになる。 自分が誰であるかを明かさずに、必要な事実だけを証明する。それを可能にするのがMidnightです。

We’ve temporarily taken the Intersect Members Area offline as a precaution following reports today of PHP security vulnerabilities. Thanks for your patience while we assess any potential impact and complete the necessary checks. We’ll provide an update when the Members Area is available again.

RT @IOGroup: The five steps of the Leios rollout:

RT @IOGroup: Leios is coming to Cardano with the Dijkstra hard fork. The goal? More room for transactions as network demand grows. The rollout will happen in stages, starting at 3-5x today's throughput and aiming for 10-15x as mainnet results allow. Here's how it will work 👇