Cardano Foundation

"We are an independent Swiss-based non-profit that oversees and supervises the advancement of Cardano. We are the legal custodians of the Cardano brand and we work with IOHK and EMURGO to ensure that Cardano is being developed and promoted as a secure, transparent, and accountable solution for positive global change. The Cardano Foundation sets the direction for decentralized economic empowerment, working with regulators in different jurisdictions to shape blockchain legislation and commercial standards, and empowering the Cardano community to leverage the Cardano protocol to solve real-life problems."

The Cardano Foundation is an independent standards body that oversees and supervises the advancement of Cardano and the Cardano ecosystem. As the legal custodian of the protocol and the owner of the Cardano brand, the Foundation works to drive adoption and partnerships, grow the Cardano community globally, shape legislation and commercial standards, and ensure stakeholder accountability at every level.

The Foundation’s most crucial responsibility is driving platform adoption and supporting the diverse Cardano community – people like you – engaging with and implementing ideas on the Cardano platform. To fulfil this caretaking role to the highest standards, the Cardano Foundation has a governing Council, a professional executive team and community managers, recruited in many cases directly from the wider Cardano community.

However, their focus is as outward-looking as it is inward. The Foundation is equally committed to working with other key industries within the blockchain realm, contributing to the advancement of the technology and driving adoption with other compatible systems. The Foundation contributes to the conversation and perception of blockchain globally, focusing on legal frameworks, integration with legacy systems and third-parties, awareness, and education – to ensure that blockchain technology can be accessed and understood by all.

Cardano Foundation: Encouraging active participation on Catalyst https://cardanofoundation.org/en/

Project Catalyst exists to ensure we can bring on-chain governance to the Cardano blockchain by allowing the community to self-determine priorities for growth. However, it needs active and inclusive participation from a broad spectrum of community members to be successful. At the moment participation is not as high as we, or those concerned with constructive debate and discussion within the ecosystem, know it should be, nor is it reflective of the different stakeholder groups within the community. For this reason, from Fund 7 onwards, the Cardano Foundation will become an active participant in Project Catalyst voting to inspire and encourage others to do the same.

In consideration of our goals for 2022 and beyond, it was concluded that as a member of the ecosystem it is important that we are also actively participating in the governance of the Cardano ecosystem as an active member. Especially as a key goal of ours is to equip our community. As such, It is important we participate in Catalyst to encourage innovation, collaboration, and diversity of values and opinions. This decision reflects our commitment to supporting and growing the positive adoption of Cardano on the global stage. Simultaneously, we recognise the impact large votes from the Cardano Foundation could have and this is why only partial votes will be issued.