The Cardano hard fork that activated the Conway ledger era on September 1, 2024, switching on the first batch of on-chain governance features from CIP-1694: protocol parameter changes, hard-fork-initiation, and Info governance actions.
Later Conway-era hard forks, Plomin and the ones planned after it, expand the set of supported governance actions on top of the foundation Chang laid.
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- Conway EraThe Cardano ledger era that brought on-chain governance under CIP-1694 to mainnet.View term
- PlominThe Conway-era hard fork on January 29, 2025 that turned on the remaining CIP-1694 governance actions.View term
- CIP-1694The Cardano Improvement Proposal that defines Cardano's on-chain governance system, introducing DReps, the Constitutional Committee, and formal governance actions.View term
- Hard ForkA network upgrade that changes the blockchain's rules in a way older software versions no longer understand; every node has to update before the change takes effect.View term
- VoltaireThe fifth roadmap phase of Cardano development, focused on governance and treasury management.View term