Meeting Minutes April 15, 2026
Attendees:
Name
Attendance
Role
Voting Seat (Y/N)
Term
Kevin Hammond
Yes
Chair
Y
October 2026
TBC
No
Vice Chair
Y
October 2025
Bosko Majdanac
Yes
Secretary
N
N/A
Tex McCutcheon
Yes
Alt - Secretary
N
N/A
Nicolas Biri
No
Member/Seat
Y
April 2026
Duncan Coutts
No
Member/Seat
Y
April 2026
Sebastian Nagel
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2026
Neil Davies
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2026
Alexander Moser
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2026
Ryan Wiley
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Udai Solanki
No
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Leandros Holleman
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Seungheon Oh
No
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Community/Other Attendees
Markus Gufler
Vinay Devabhakthuni
Christian Taylor
Chat Transcript: Not available at the moment due to Google technical issue
Agenda 15th April 2026
Actions from the last meeting
Intersect Elections
TSC Budget Proposal
van Rossem Hard Fork
2030 KPI Review
Dijkstra Hard Fork Scope
Parameter Committee Update
AOB
Decisions/Actions
Decisions
Meeting Schedule: Provisionally agreed to join the Linear Leios monthly meeting in two weeks and cancel that week's TSC meeting to avoid overlap.
Budget Finalization: The TSC proposal is considered done; Kevin will finalize it assuming no further verbal objections are raised.
Dijkstra Polling: Agreed to promote a broad "maximalist" list of CIPs for community prioritization before narrowing scope based on implementation feasibility.
Actions
Kevin: Finalize and submit the 2026 TSC budget proposal.
Neil: Create an outline for a "Professional Technical Review" process to ensure higher due diligence standards for Intersect projects.
Bosko: Execute the plan to make specific Discord channels read-only for the public to improve technical communication.
Ryan: Coordinate with Ryan Williams to finalize the "maximal list" of forkable CIPs for the Dijkstra survey.
Kevin: Raise the guardrail script testing requirement (for the new Plutus cost model) with Mike Hornan on Preview.
All Members: Review the parameter committee documents on K=1000 and minPoolCost=75 via the links shared in chat.
Topic
Discussion
Notes
Welcome & Quorum
Kevin opened the meeting, confirming six voting members present. The committee is quorate.
Committee Elections
There are 5 open TSC positions with 4 applicants so far. Applications close tomorrow (April 16). Voting begins next Monday.
Kevin encouraged members to reach out to qualified technical candidates.
TSC Budget Proposal
The budget was trimmed to four work packages, totaling ~$400,000. It includes support for the Security Council and 10 technical workshops (mostly virtual).
The proposal is being merged into Intersect’s omnibus budget ($7M–$10M).
Technical Review Rates
Kevin increased the proposed community technical review rate from $150 to $250 per proposal to better reflect the effort required.
Neil noted that professional due diligence for multi-million dollar projects is a non-trivial task.
2030 Vision KPIs
Leandros and Kevin met with the Product Committee. They are near finalization on metrics for protocol revenue, TVL, and chain quality.
A session with the Product Committee is scheduled immediately after this call to finalize the list.
Chain Quality Metric
Discussion on measuring chain density during "Genesis windows" vs "per-epoch" to better identify risks from long-range attacks.
Van Rossom Hard Fork
Node v10.7.0 was released but discovered to have serious performance issues (50% CPU increase) and a rare consensus bug.
A new version, 10.7.1, is required to fix these issues before Mainnet readiness.
Node v11 / Integration
Integration with DREPs is already underway against v10.7.0. The official hard fork node will likely be v11 (derived from v10.7.2).
Current "cautiously pessimistic" forecast for enactment is late June/early July.
Plutus Cost Model Risk
Neil warned that increasing primitive costs could cause existing DApp scripts to fail if they don't have sufficient fee headroom.
Kevin will test the guardrail script on Preview once the new cost model is enacted to ensure no lockouts.
Dijkstra (Next HF) Scope
Ryan shared a draft for an on-chain survey (CIP-179) to prioritize which SIPs to include in the Dijkstra era.
Leios, nested transactions, and incentive changes are high-priority candidates.
CIP Triage Process
The committee debated how to narrow a "wish list" into a "short list." Sebastian noted that implementation "champions" are required for any CIP to progress.
Incentives Ballot
An incentives-specific ballot is launching in the next two weeks, potentially overlapping with the Dextra survey.
Frames will be used to clarify: one ballot for "support" and the other for "prioritization."
Net Change Limit (NCL)
Ryan discussed the technical challenge of the ledger tracking a rolling window of 73 epochs (~1 year) of revenue/withdrawals.
The committee leaned toward ledger-level enforcement at enactment rather than at submission.
Parameter Committee
Alexander is soliciting expert feedback on increasing K to 1000 and reducing the minPoolCost to 75 ADA.
The CC minimum size reduction is ready but waiting for the Plutus cost model update to clear.
Discord Openness
Bosko is pushing to make technical Discord channels (e.g., Hard Fork Working Group) read-only for non-Intersect members.
This aims to improve transparency without requiring a membership "gate."
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