Meeting Minutes May 13, 2026
Attendees:
Name
Attendance
Role
Voting Seat (Y/N)
Term
Kevin Hammond
Yes
Chair
Y
October 2026
TBC
No
Vice Chair
Y
October 2026
Bosko Majdanac
Yes
Secretary
N
N/A
Tex McCutcheon
Yes
Alt - Secretary
N
N/A
Marcin Szamotulski
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2028
Alonzo Benavides
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2028
Neil Davies
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2028
Alexander Moser
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2028
Christian Taylor
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
April 2028
Ryan Wiley
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Udai Solanki
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Leandros Holleman
Yes
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Seungheon Oh
No
Member/Seat
Y
October 2026
Community/Other Attendees
Aleksandr Vershilov
Elena Bardo
Ian Hartwell
Ken-Erik Ølmheim
Nicolas Biri
Seun Gbiri
Wilco van de Burgwal
Chat Transcript: Technical Steering Committee - 2026/05/13 - Chat Transcript
Intros
Kevin: TSC Chair, CEO of Ensurable Systems
Neil: TSC, Predictable Network Solutions
Udai: member TSC and OSC, AIQUANT Technologies
Christian: Founder of Open-Source Cowboy, Filecoin Governance team, Andamio and chrli3 Advisor
Bosko: Senior Project Manager, Intersect Staff, TSC Secretary
Agenda 13th May 2026
Welcome to new members and introductions
Actions from the last meeting
van Rossem Hard Fork
Budget Proposals
Post Quantum Crypto (Standing Item)
AOB
Decisions/Actions
Decisions
Plutus Governance Submission: The committee voted (7 Yes, 1 Abstain) to agree to submit the Mainnet governance action for the Plutus cost model on May 21, 2026.
Ogmios Support: Agreed to support the IOG-led fix for Ogmios to ensure the hard fork schedule remains on track.
Transition of Rights: Established that the eight present TSC members hold the current voting quorum for technical decisions.
Actions
Kevin: Contact Fergie Miller (IOG Research) and other cryptographers regarding a Post-Quantum risk presentation.
Bosko: Coordinate with the communications team to draft and amplify a TSC-branded tweet regarding protocol parameter changes.
Terence: Ensure Alonzo and other new members are correctly added to the private TSC Slack channels.
All Members: Familiarize themselves with the TSC Budget proposal and CPS 27-30 documents.
Elena/Ryan: Synchronize the Plutus cost model submission with the Pre-Prod enactment timeline.
Topic
Discussion
Notes
Welcome & Introductions
Kevin welcomed new members following the election. New members Alonzo (SPO/Fintech background), Christian (Open Source/Filecoin), and Marcin (IOG Networking Lead) introduced themselves.
The committee emphasizes a collegiate, niche-based contribution model.
TSC Procedures
Terence explained the new "moderated contributor" format for Intersect committees to ensure consistency and security across meetings.
Members must be approved to have open mic access.
Action Items Review
Bosko reviewed previous actions. Onboarding invites were sent. DApp developer communications regarding cost risks are being handled by Leonard.
Kevin to issue a final TSC tweet regarding parameter updates for awareness.
Post-Quantum Risk
The committee discussed the need for expertise in post-quantum cryptography. Existing CPS documents (27, 28, 29, 30) were referenced as problem definitions.
Neil and Alex noted that the risks for blockchain differ from general telecoms.
Technical Workshops
Kevin proposed holding technical workshops to engage the community on complex topics like post-quantum readiness and transaction sizes.
Potential to invite experts like Sebastian from Midnight to discuss secure layers.
Leios Technical Risk
Neil raised concerns about the "Linear Leios" implementation, specifically regarding performance validation and its differences from the original research.
Marcin clarified it is a simplified, linear step toward full Leios.
Hard Fork Status
The "van Rossem" hard fork is progressing. Preview is enacted; Pre-Prod enactment is targeted for May 21st, pending Ogmios readiness.
Mainnet submission is currently planned for May 29th.
Plutus Parameters
Neil summarized the history of Plutus parameter changes, noting that some costs are increasing, which requires careful testing to avoid breaking existing transactions.
Integrated node benchmarking is expected by the end of the month.
Risk Mitigation
The committee discussed the risk of acting under time pressure versus waiting for full performance results from the PMT team.
Elena noted there is a window to retract a governance action if issues are found before enactment.
CC Minimum Size
Kevin explained the proposal to reduce the Constitutional Committee minimum size from 7 to 5 to avoid "cliff edge" functionality issues if members resign.
This action is chained with the Plutus parameter update.
Ogmios Readiness
A major risk was identified with Ogmios tooling. IOG (John Latuski) has stepped in to provide a fix as the original maintainer is unavailable.
A working version is expected in short order.
TSC Budget & ECC
Kevin highlighted the TSC budget proposal in the Ecclesia system and encouraged members to review it and support Intersect’s technical coordination.
Details on X spaces and virtual hubs to be shared via Slack.
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