In a keynote titled “After Voltaire: The Next Evolution of Cardano,” Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, said, unveil An ambitious roadmap could see the blockchain ecosystem running a nation-state by 2030. Hoskinson envisions this nation-state as a large entity, potentially serving tens of millions of people.
We as an ecosystem have to make a decision. Do we want to be shy and only pursue our stories and focus on small interests, or do we want to be bold and change the world? There is no reason why we cannot do this for the first time in human history. (…) We have to decide what we are going to do with it and how far we want to take it. “I believe we can run a nation-state on Cardano by 2030, not a small country with tens of millions of people.”
How Cardano can manage a nation state
Hoskinson spoke about Cardano’s journey over the past seven years, emphasizing the transformative impact of the project. “We’ve gone from a whiteboard like this to something that has changed the lives of countless thousands of people,” he said. Having traveled to 74 countries and interacting with tens of thousands of individuals, he notes that many have expressed how their lives have been changed by being part of the Cardano community.
The main theme of Hoskinson’s speech was the power of on-chain governance and community collaboration. He stressed that the upcoming on-chain governance system “is not just a decision-making mechanism; it is important that we bring people together to make the right decisions.” This system aims to involve the community in shaping the future of Cardano, with hundreds of workshops planned in the next year to discuss marketing and markup. Business and system growth.
Hoskinson also highlighted the central role of the Cardano Constitution, which was drafted “by and for the people,” and which included human rights at its core. “We must have some protection for our data, our privacy, and our freedom of association, commerce, and expression,” he stressed. The Constitution seeks to ensure that the original intentions of the ecosystem are preserved, especially in a landscape where trust in non-elected entities is diminishing.
The roadmap includes the launch of major projects such as Midnight, which is expected to attract millions of new users to the ecosystem. Hoskinson believes that such initiatives will stimulate the development of dozens of other important projects across different domains, further expanding the Cardano community.
In addressing the broader implications of Cardano’s development, Hoskinson draws parallels with historical revolutions that reshaped societal structures. “Just as the American Revolution radically changed the social contract of the world,” he declared, “we can make another revolution to reclaim our digital lives.” He criticized the dominance of trillion-dollar corporations that exercise great control over people’s lives, and called for a future in which power is decentralized and returns to the people.
Hoskinson also stressed unity within the blockchain industry against centralization. “Everyone in the blockchain industry is the same, as we are all trying to fight the same thing: centralization,” he said. He called for an end to divisive narratives and urged cooperation to prevent a “terrible future of 2030” dominated by central control.
Concluding his keynote, Hoskinson expressed optimism about the future of the Cardano ecosystem. “We have built a group of people who can do almost everything, and now we have the resources as an ecosystem to do it. We also have an engine that keeps accelerating and increasing. We just have to have the will to coordinate and prove that we are the ones doing it and we also have to recognize that.”
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