Why?
The Cardano ecosystem recently underwent a hard fork with the Chang upgrade. A hard fork is a major upgrade to the blockchain that is incompatible with the previous version. In accordance with the upgrade, a constitution must be developed and followed. The constitution is a founding document: a set of fundamentals and precedents, by which a body agrees to be governed. Cardano’s constitution should, among other things, underscore the Cardano vision of inclusivity, decentralization, and transparency. The first official constitution will be developed at the planned upcoming constitutional convention in Argentina. To prepare for that event big, two things needed to happen first:
Number one, since the Voltaire era is here with the Chang upgrade, we needed some version of a constitution right now. A draft constitution gives us something to reflect and work on leading up to the constitutional convention in Argentina; it also gives us something to guide governance until then.
Number two, the global community needed to elect representatives to attend the big event in Argentina.
The Chang hard fork ushers in the Voltaire Era, Cardano’s long-awaited decentralized governance phase.
What
Cardano Constitutional Workshop events were held worldwide from Aug 1, 2024 to Oct 15, 2024. The aim of all these events was to collect insights and opinions about the draft constitution and select a constitutional delegate to travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina for the Constitutional Convention in December 2024.
Who
The event was sponsored by Intersect, hosted by Lido Nation, and facilitated by Voltage Control. Among the attendees were representatives from a variety of organizations, including the Cardano Kenya Community, DirectEd, Power Learn Project Africa, EMURGO and ImpactPlus. The participants ranged from beginners in the ecosystem to a few OG’s. In total, there were 41 attendees, which met and exceeded our hopes for the day! It was a great session to connect with other parties and share thoughts on the upcoming Voltaire age.
When & Where
The Nairobi Cardano Constitutional Workshop was held in Westpark Towers, Nairobi on Saturday September 7, 2024.
So what happened?
The day involved engaging discussions over selected topics from the draft constitution. After this, attendees heard from potential delegates for the Constitutional Convention in Argentina, and voted to select a single delegate to send to that event. We will share insights and outcomes of these discussions, and from the final vote, in next week’s article!
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