Cardano developer Input Output is handing control of the core blockchain infrastructure to external teams, reducing the network’s dependence on the company that built it, Input Output announced on Friday.
Input Output said the transfer is the next phase of Cardano’s decentralization. Covers Cardano’s Haskell node, Plutus smart contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra scaling technology, and developer relations.
Specialized companies include Se7en Labs, a development agency specializing in the Solana blockchain infrastructure, and Teragone, a specialized software development and crypto research team leading the development of Mithril, a stake-based signature protocol for the Cardano blockchain. Both will be responsible for some of the components. Delivery will begin in August and continue until 2027.
Cardano has already moved protocol decisions and governance to its community. Input Output said that the next step is to distribute the responsibility for software development and maintenance.
“The latest stage of the Voltaire era is the full decentralization of node and reference plane development,” Input Output CEO and Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said in the statement.
