Cardano developer Input Output is handing over control of the blockchain’s core infrastructure to external teams, reducing the network’s dependence on the company that built it, Input Output announced Friday.
Input Output stated that the transfer is the next phase of Cardano’s decentralization. It covers Cardano’s Haskell node, Plutus smart contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra scaling technology, and developer relations.
Specialist companies include Se7en Labs, a development agency specializing in the Solana blockchain infrastructure, and Teragone, a specialist software development and crypto research team leading the development of Mithril, a stake-based signing protocol for the Cardano blockchain. Both will assume responsibility for certain components. The transfer of power will begin in August and continue until 2027.
Cardano has already transferred protocol decisions and governance to its community. Input Output said the next step would be to distribute responsibilities for developing and maintaining the software.
“The final stage of the Voltaire Era is the complete decentralization of node development and reference planes,” Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Input Output and founder of Cardano, said in the release.
