Cardano 2030: An info action to validate shared direction
For the first time in Cardano's history, over 700 community members collaborated to define where the ecosystem should be by 2030 – and DReps just validated that direction.
This post is published on behalf of the Intersect Product Committee, which is responsible for facilitating community-led product direction and long-term strategy development for Cardano.
In 2025, the Product Committee led the first ecosystem-wide process to propose a shared Vision, Mission, and Strategy Framework for 2030. This work was conducted under delegated authority and funding approved by Cardano DReps as part of the 2025 budget cycle, and was designed to collect, synthesize, and reflect community input rather than prescribe outcomes.
A recent Cardano Info Action asked DReps to signal whether this work is moving in the right direction. The proposal did not seek to mandate a roadmap or enforce adoption. Instead, it served as a checkpoint, validating progress to date and inviting on-chain feedback on where to focus and refine next.
The Info Action received 67.80% Yes votes, representing 3.77 billion ada in voting power, with 491 million ada voting No. In total, 200 DReps voted Yes, 26 voted No, and 19 abstained. The result signals broad support for the direction and approach taken so far, while reinforcing that this work remains iterative and community-driven.
What follows explains why a shared long-term vision matters for Cardano at this stage, how the Cardano 2030 proposal was developed, and what this Info Action enables next.
Why vision matters now
Cardano has spent years building resilient infrastructure. What becomes critical at this stage is clarity of purpose, why the platform exists, who it serves, and how its strengths translate into real-world outcomes.
Without a shared vision, ecosystems face predictable risks: effort and funding spread across low-impact initiatives, narratives shaped by external hype rather than intent, and a gradual loss of differentiation in an increasingly competitive Layer 1 landscape. Focused competitors with clear targets can move faster than broad ecosystems without a unifying direction.
A shared vision does not reduce decentralization. It enables better, more decentralized decision-making by providing participants with a common reference point.
A community-led process
The Cardano 2030 proposal emerged from the first large-scale, community-led effort to define long-term direction across the ecosystem.
Beginning in late 2024 and continuing through 2025, the Intersect Product Committee facilitated a broad input process involving more than 700 participants. Input was gathered through surveys, workshops, focus groups, and direct engagement with SPOs, builders, businesses, and founding entities.
Importantly, draft proposals were taken back to contributors for review and refinement. This establishes a repeatable model for evolving Cardano’s Vision and Strategy over time. The associated budget withdrawal was approved on August 17, and the full proposal history is publicly available on GitHub.
What was proposed
The proposed Vision positions Cardano as the most secure, reliable, and censorship-resistant blockchain for mission-critical applications, powering the economies and societies of the future. This explicitly connects Cardano’s existing strengths to high-impact, real-world use cases.
The Mission builds on this by focusing on empowerment, providing a scalable, secure, research-based platform for builders, businesses, governments, and communities to create transparent and fair digital economies.
The Strategy Framework outlines five pillars covering infrastructure, adoption, governance, ecosystem growth, and long-term sustainability. These pillars are intentionally high-level. They are designed to guide, not prescribe, and to evolve as the ecosystem contributes further insight and data.
The first info action
The initial Info Action asked DReps whether this work was moving in the right direction. It was intended as a checkpoint, not a mandate.
The result was clear: 67.80% Yes votes, representing 3.77 billion ada in voting power, compared to 491 million ada voting No. In total, 200 DReps supported the proposal, with 26 voting No and 19 abstaining.
This outcome signals broad support for the proposed direction and the progress made so far. It does not enforce adoption. DReps remain fully autonomous in how, or whether, they use this framework in future decision-making.
What comes next
The Product Committee will continue refining the Strategy Framework and KPIs, with the next milestone being a 12-month tactical strategy to operationalize the framework. Community feedback and proposed improvements are actively encouraged as part of this ongoing process.
Progress can be followed at:
The Cardano 2030 Vision is a foundation, not an endpoint. Its purpose is to provide shared direction while remaining flexible enough to evolve with the ecosystem it serves.