Meeting Minutes March 11, 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	Yes	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

• Benjamin Hart

• Ken-Erik Ølmheim

• Mike Hornan

• Nikhil Shetty

Recording: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/03/11 - Recording

Transcript: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/03/11 - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/03/11 - Chat Transcript

Agenda 11th March 2026

• Actions from the last meeting

• Budget Process

  • Budget Committee Info Action

  • Projected Timeline

  • Intersect Central Budget

  • Budget Proposal Template

• Parameter Update Status

  • Draft Metadata for Plutus cost model upgrade

  • Joint session with Civics Committee on ccMinSize

  • Reducing dRep deposit (5 ADA proposed)

  • Future Governance Actions

    • Plutus mem limits pt. 2

    • Tx fee reduction

    • Reduce minPoolCost

    • Increase target#ofPools

• Hard Fork Status

  • Node status

  • DB-Sync status

• 2030 Vision KPI's

  • Update from discussion with Product Committee last week

• Discord

• Confirm Meeting Cadence

• Committee Elections - Visibility (X Spaces / Virtual hub)

• AOB

Decisions/Actions

Decisions

• KPI Normalization: The committee decided to pursue "Chain Quality" (actual vs. expected blocks) as a more robust metric than raw "Chain Density."

• Budget Strategy: Kevin and Bosko will meet privately to map TSC operational needs into the mandated Intersect budget template.

• Review Process: The TSC will limit its role to providing early technical feedback to DReps rather than attempting exhaustive reviews of all Intersect proposals.

Actions

• Kevin & Neil: Sync up immediately after this meeting to finalize the formal statement on Constitution 2.4 technical concerns.

• Bosko: Coordinate a Doodle poll to schedule the technical deep-dive on Linear Leios risk management (with Sebastian).

• Kevin: Request historical benchmarking results from the performance team regarding DRep scaling (10,000+ DReps) for the Parameter Committee.

• Leandros: Update the KPI document with integrated feedback from the Product Committee by next week.

• Terence: Forward the guide on "How to join Intersect Discord" to the TSC channel for dissemination.

• Bosko & Terence: Finalize potential time slots for the TSC X-Space and Virtual Hub election events.

Topic	Discussion	Notes
Welcome & Quorum	Kevin opened the meeting. Six voting members were present, establishing a quorum. Issues with daylight savings and calendar overlaps were noted.	European daylight savings transitions soon; meeting times will be adjusted relative to UTC.
DRep Compensation Paper	Ryan updated the committee on his paper. A community member (Udai) built a model integrating these ideas.	Ryan noted a lack of deep feedback so far; the item remains open for next week.
2026 Budget Info Action	Kevin discussed the Intersect Info Action open until April 4th. This governs the proposal process for the 2026 budget.
TSC Budget Alignment	Discussion on the requirement to align TSC work with "Product Pillars." Nicolas argued this is a mismatch for a support committee.	The committee must fit into a template designed for development projects.
Budget Timeline	The TSC budget proposal must be ready by March 20th. Kevin and Bosko will meet to finalize work packages.	Timeline is tight; ratification is expected at the next TSC meeting.
Review Proposals Load	The TSC is invited to provide technical reviews for community budget proposals over a six-week period.	Kevin expressed concern over workload and the need to avoid open-ended commitments.
Parameter Update Status	Alexander and Kevin reported on Plutus cost model upgrades. Corrected built-in values were accepted subject to benchmarking.	Enactment will occur on SanchoNet/Preview first before moving to Mainnet.
DRep Deposit Reduction	Mike proposed reducing the DRep deposit from 500 ADA to 5 ADA to improve global inclusivity.	Benchmark tests suggest the chain can support 5,000+ DReps without performance issues.
Node 11 & Hard Fork	Node 10.7.0 is coming soon for testing, but Node v11 is required for the actual Preview hard fork.	Current projections place the hard fork enactment in early June 2026.
2030 Vision KPIs	Leandros noted the Product Committee is receptive to TVL definitions including pool deposits and min-UTXO.	Security remains a primary Unique Selling Point (USP) for Cardano over pure throughput.
Discord Gatekeeping	Sebastian raised concerns that Intersect’s Discord requires membership to join technical working groups, creating friction.
Associate Tier Access	Terence clarified that the "Associate" tier is free and provides access, though registration is still a necessary hurdle for security.	A one-sentence guide for joining the Discord server will be prepared to assist community members.
Committee Elections	The TSC must lead an X-Space and a Virtual Hub session between March 30 and April 17 to highlight committee service.	Participation times must be scheduled by next Thursday (March 19).