# Open Source Committee 2026-27 Proposal

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The **Open Source Committee (OSC)**, in coordination with the **Open Source Office (OSO)**, submits this request for a Cardano Treasury Withdrawal - totaling **₳4,601,000 ADA** to support structured, performance-based open-source sustainability across the Cardano ecosystem for a **1.5 year** execution period.

Key Objectives & Strategic Impact

* Sustainable Open-Source Development: Structured funding for maintainers, maintainer needs, and critical tooling to prevent infrastructure degradation.
* Security & Risk Mitigation: Bug bounties and incident monitoring to reduce systemic protocol risk. (Co-managed risk with Intersect Cardano Technology Team)
* Developer Pipeline & Retention: Developer Advocacy and related working group(s) to strengthen contributor flow into core repositories and community projects.
* Ecosystem Stability & Operational Continuity: Measured funding for strategic events attendance/sponsorship, development metrics tracking, and public reporting.

**What’s New**

Over the course of activating the Paid Open Source Model for the first time, utilizing a 2025 Cardano Treasury withdrawal, The OSC engaged many ecosystem partners to assist with the delivery of multiple programs. Notably, TxPipe, Andamio, STORM Partners, Chinstrap Community. The OSO remains available to continue facilitating support and management of Partnerships via Project Support Services.\
**TxPipe** agreed to adjust and create a revised version of GitHoney in order to be applicable for the Bug Bounty program. \
**Andamio** provided a low-cost option to manage numerous contracted payments for the Maintainer Retainer program via Smart Contract, explicitly relying upon the Cardano blockchain thereby increasing transaction volume. (Notwithstanding OSC discretion for when to add funds to the Andamio Treasury, each Maintainer onboarded results in a series of 25+ transactions throughout the contracted period.)&#x20;

**Other Program Updates:**

* The Developer Advocate program was originally and continues to be paid in ADA. This equates to over 30 transactions sourced from this program's payments. In the future, the Developer Advocate Program will always be paid in ADA, in an effort to continue inspiring wider use of and activity on the Cardano Blockchain.
* The Strategic Presence (formerly Travel and Events) program requires fiat transactions or stablecoin conversion as most travel and sponsorship costs are commonly billed in USD or other TradFi currency. When and where available reimbursement payments are made in ADA.&#x20;

The OSC seeks to steward treasury spend with additional transactions on the Cardano Blockchain.&#x20;

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**NOTE:** The execution of the work packages outlined in the proposal is contingent on the IntersectMBO budget proposal's approval.


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