The fifth roadmap phase of Cardano development, focused on putting governance and treasury management into the hands of the community. Voltaire is the roadmap label; its on-chain expression is the Conway ledger era, brought live by the Chang hard fork in September 2024. Named after the French Enlightenment philosopher.
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- CIP-1694The Cardano Improvement Proposal that defines Cardano's on-chain governance system, introducing DReps, the Constitutional Committee, and formal governance actions.View term
- Conway EraThe Cardano ledger era that brought on-chain governance under CIP-1694 to mainnet.View term
- ChangThe hard fork on September 1, 2024 that activated the Conway era and brought CIP-1694 governance live on Cardano.View term
- DRepA representative that ada holders delegate their on-chain voting power to, so the DRep votes on governance actions on their behalf; like choosing someone to represent your interests in parliament.View term
- Governance ActionA formal proposal submitted on-chain for the Cardano community to vote on.View term