# Meeting Minutes February 25, 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 | Yes | 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 | 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**
* Benjamin Hart
* Gauthier Paluku
* Ian Njuguna
* Ken-Erik Ølmheim
* Mike Hornan
* Pedro Lucas
* Ryan Williams
Recording: [Technical Steering Committee - 2026/02/25 - Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZIKxmHxcCs_-_ej3L-DYO0hYGED-q_Lr/view?usp=sharing)
Transcript: [Technical Steering Committee - 2026/02/25 - Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cWv6YjA3XsWuY6-k4K-DH_EYnmfOgC5RI8hVbzIqGjk/edit?usp=sharing)
Chat Transcript: [Technical Steering Committee - 2026/02/25 - Chat Transcript](https://drive.google.com/file/d/13GKWE3i7o-SdCB2mnRQQthtEq8j0Yhin/view?usp=sharing)
## Intros
**Kevin:** Kevin Hammond, Ensurable Systems, TSC Chair\
**Ryan (Cerkoryn):** Ryan Wiley, Cybersecurity Professional, TSC Voting Member\
**Udai:** Udai Solanki, member TSC , AIQUANT Tech\
**Sebastian:** Sebastian Nagel, Technical Architect, nCoding, IO\
**Nicolas:** Nicolas Biri, Director of Software Architecture, IO Group\
**Bosko:** Bosko Majdanac - Senior Project Manager, Intersect Staff, TSC Secretary
## Agenda 02.25.26
* Linear Leios Update
* Actions from the Last Meeting
* Update on 2030 Vision KPI's
* Parameter Committee Updates
* ccMinCommitteeSize passed to Civics Committee
* Plutus V1/V2/V3 cost models to be considered
* Hard Fork Updates
* van Rossem status
* future HF planning
* Question from CPC about TVL
* Constitution v2.4 Review
* 2026 TSC Operational Budget
* April Elections
* Number of Seats for Election 5 vs 6
* Clarification on 2yr terms (if needed)
* dRep compensation paper
* AOB
## Decisions/Actions
**Decisions**
* **KPI Publication:** The committee agreed to make the [TSC review of 2030 Vision KPI document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PI6ZnawO7S_bidCC4gpm0CauCqI7Ct6nuijHlWPznGE/edit?usp=sharing) public to stimulate community debate.
* **Elections Logic:** Confirmed five seats are officially open for election in April; replacing the sixth vacant seat will be handled via a separate co-option or election process.
* **Constitutional Review:** The committee moved to formalize a document listing the technical inconsistencies found in v2.4 to guide the "Version 3.0" revision.
**Actions**
* **Alexander:** Publish the community post regarding the Stake Pool Operator (SPO) auto-abstain mechanism within 24 hours
* **Leandros:** Incorporate feedback from the Product Committee into the KPI document by next week’s meeting
* **Kevin & Neil:** Convene a dedicated session to draft the formal "Technical Concerns" statement regarding Constitution v2.4 for the Civics Committee
* **Bosko & Ryan Williams:** Update the hard fork timeline diagram based on the two-week shift in node readiness and share the link on GitBook
* **Ryan WIley:** Prepare the DRep compensation paper and the "off-chain process change request" proposal for detailed discussion next week
* **Sebastian:** Organize a dedicated technical session for the TSC to dive deeper into Linear Leios risk management
| Topic | Discussion | Notes |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Linear Leios Update | Sebastian provided an update from the monthly review. Progress includes an EBS (Endorsement Block Services) relay prototype on a small network. | A key concern is the "tail end" of the protocol: data storage duration and endorsement dissemination. |
| Chain Growth Concerns | Sebastian noted that Linear Leios could lead to gigabytes of chain growth per week. | Current estimates suggest 150 GB of storage growth over six days, necessitating SSDs for latency. |
| Benchmarking Risks | Sebastian is worried that benchmarking for the Haskell ledger hasn't progressed enough to validate high transaction loads. | Risk mitigation is ongoing through simulations of network diffusion and ledger state creation. |
| Hard Fork Timeline | Node v10.7 is the candidate for Protocol Version 11. Mid-to-late May 2026 is the tentative hard fork enactment date. | 10.6.2 was for testing Plutus primitives on SanchoNet but is not the final forking node. |
| Dijkstra (Next HF) Scope | The committee discussed starting a process to collect requirements for the "Dijkstra" hard fork. | Ryan presented a proof-of-concept for an on-chain survey via info actions to rank community CIP priorities. |
| 2030 KPIs Review | Leandros presented the updated 2030 vision document, including protocol revenue, TVL, and chain density. | Discussion focused on positioning Cardano competitively against top-tier chains like Solana and Ethereum. |
| Chain Quality Metrics | Leandros and Sebastian debated "Chain Density" vs. "Chain Quality." | Neil suggested measuring "slack" on the happy path to see how much computation is wasted during failures. |
| Parameter Updates | Alexander reported that new Plutus cost models are being reviewed by the Parameter Committee, with a major meeting set for next Thursday. | The previously failed CC min-size parameter change is currently being coordinated with Intersect. |
| CC Size Strategy | Kevin noted feedback suggesting the community prefers increasing the number of committee members rather than lowering the minimum size. | The Civics Committee will decide whether to elect new members to reach a count of eight or nine. |
| Constitution v2.4 Audit | Kevin and Neil expressed frustration over the "messy" state of v2.4, citing a lack of clear diffs from v1.0. | Concerns include "accidental changes" where preamble text was moved into guardrails, changing legal interpretations. |
| TVL Definition | The Product Committee asked about including deposits and min-UTXO in the TVL definition. | The TSC viewed this as a marketing/positioning question rather than a purely technical one. |
| April 2026 Elections | Five seats are open for two-year terms. The committee discussed how to handle the sixth seat left vacant by a recent resignation. | Neil proposed co-opting the sixth-ranked candidate for the remainder of the vacant term. |
| TSC Budget Proposal | Bosko and Kevin will work on a Miro board this week to package operational work packages for the budget committee. | The final proposal template is due in two weeks. |