Cardano Community Cheers Hoskinson’s New “Faster Progress” Strategy

• Cardano transitions from formal-only development to a faster, open ecosystem.
• Hoskinson ends contracts to eliminate delays and hit the 2026 Leios deadline.
• Community sees faster progress in scalability, governance, and interoperability.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has announced a shift in the project’s development model for 2025. This new approach introduces agile engineering teams, primarily to achieve faster execution of Cardano’s development goals. A key milestone for these teams is the delivery of the Ouroboros Leios protocol, now targeted for 2026.

Cardano Development: From Academic Rigor to Agile Execution

Since its inception, Cardano has followed a formal methods approach, prioritizing safety and academic rigor. While this strategy ensured high standards in code quality and network stability, it came at the cost of slower feature rollouts and limited community involvement.

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In his tweet, Hoskinson admitted that the early model, although effective for secure development, isolated contributors and slowed Cardano’s growth. Hoskinson explained that the original de…

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