What work has been completed since the start of Intersect

This page showcases the dedication and collaboration of our partners in driving the growth and success of Cardano.

Contractual progress

Below is a list of completed projects and milestones achieved by our Cardano Continuity suppliers.

Contract
Duration
Progress
Summary

Byron

9th August 24 - 31st December 24

3 / 5 Milestones Complete

Refactoring of front and back end of Delegation and Voting GovTool pillars 2 and ongoing maintainer role supporting and maintaining GovTool delegation and voting pillars.

DQuadrant

9th August 24 - 31st December 24.

1 / 4 Milestones Complete

Maintainer role for Cardano Govtool Integrated testing.

IOI - CIP-1649 , Backlog & Cardano Node Maintenance

1st Jan 24 - 31st Jan 25

3 / 4 Quarters Complete

Enables continuation of development of CIP 1694 hard fork in addition to other development work to maintain the network.

WellTyped - LSM 1, 2, 3 & 4

24th Aug 23 - 13th Dec 24

8/11 Milestones Complete

This work develops new Log Structured Merge Tree implementations that will enable long-term scalability and sustainability for the Cardano node, by allowing large data structures to be stored externally to the node (eg on disk/SSD), but in a way that allows the data to be accessed efficiently when it is required.

EMURGO - Serialization Library, Yoroi Extension Wallet, Yoroi Mobile Wallet, Educational Materials

1st Jan 24 - 31st Jan 25

9/16 Milestones Complete

EMURGO produces Educational Materials which will cover every aspect of CIP 1694, testing and support of the Cardano Serialisation library, Yoroi Extension & Mobile Wallet.

Bitergia - Interactive Ecosystem Visualizations

Feb 24- Dec 24

Contract Completed

Analyzing the footprint and ecosystem network of a client's open source community on GitHub to identify collaboration opportunities, visualize resource interdependence, and integrate external projects into an open dataset

Tweag - Genesis

1st Jan 24 - 31st May 24

Contract Completed

Ouroboros Genesis mechanism: will enable new nodes to join the Cardano blockchain and bootstrap themselves without needing to rely on a trusted service. It also allows nodes to become disconnected and re-join the network in the same way.

Tweag - BlockFetch

20th May 24 - July 24

Contract Completed

Developing a modification to the block fetch decision logic to ensure analogous responsiveness from block fetch peers. A report on how to identify a certain type of attack and what actions could be taken to mitigate such it.

Tweag - Identity Management

20th May 24 - Aug 24

Contract Completed

Tweag will provide IOG with audits for the Identity management script which is an overlay. This script thus relies on the latest PlutusV3 features around governance.

Galois - Halo 2

31st July 23 - 17th June 24

Contract Completed

Halo 2 eliminates the need for a trusted setup. Development of Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) for future interoperability of the Cardano economy. This contract supports work on repeatedly refining proof obligations until a base obligation can be discharged.

Tweag - OpenSource

17th Jan - 15th May 24

Contract Completed

Conducted an assessment and provided advisory services to Intersect to develop the vision and strategy of the Open Source Program Office(“OSPO”), ensuring a successful transition for Cardano into an open-source environment

Tweag - Guardrails

20th May 24 - July 24

Contract Completed

Tweag will provide IOG with audits for the Guardrail script which handles a filtering of users' proposals before being subjected to votes

DQuadrant Hard Fork Testing

10th May 24 - 17th July 24

Contract Completed

Supporting Chang hard fork development activities by performing regression testing and testing of new features

VacLabs - Ledger & Trezor hardware wallets

10th May 24 - 13th Mar 24 [Delayed]

Contract Completed

Ensuring the continued practical use of the Ledger and Trezor hardware wallets for the Cardano community and enhancements to support the Conway era

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