Welcome to the Cardano Community Digest! Published by the Cardano Foundation Community Team every two weeks, this Digest will provide you with news, updates and events about the project and ecosystem! If you are interested in receiving the Community Digest in the future directly via email, please sign-up here! Focal points of the week The Cardano Foundation publishes its response to the Parameter Committee in PCP-001 The Cardano Foundation has recently published its response to the recommendations made by the Parameter Committee concerning updatable network parameter settings, as outlined in the Committee’s notes dated July 27, 2023. The Cardano Foundation is in favor of respecting the decision resulting from the SPO poll and believes that the Parameter Committee’s recommendation for a staged implementation is reasonable.

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Recommendation of the Parameter Committee We appreciate the recommendations of the Parameters Committee in PCP-001 dated July 27th. Poll Analysis The Mainnet Poll The actual mainnet poll took place in epochs 412-415 in May 2023. From the currently about 3000 pools registered on mainnet, about 1100 regularly generate blocks. 796 of these pools participated in the first SPO poll on mainnet. Source https://adastat.net/epochs This means 27% of all existing pools and 72% of all producing pools have cast a vote. Active Stake participation Because the Cardano protocol and the block production are based on Proof of Stake, it is more important to focus on the stake participation. From the active stake of all pools that could vote in epoch 412-413, 10,850b ada were counted in the snapshot at the end of epoch 415, which corresponds to a participation rate of 49.4%.

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The first-ever Cardano Summit Hackathon precedes the Summit’s main event and is already happening online. Final submissions close on 14 September 2023, with an expert panel from the Cardano Foundation and EMURGO judging each entry to decide which participants will take home the top prize—USD $10,000, plus a $5,000 travel and accommodation allowance for attending the Summit in Dubai. Notably, the winner will be formally announced during the Gala Awards Dinner on day 2 of the Summit. The Age of Voltaire, the governance phase of the Cardano blockchain, places significant emphasis on transparency. This focus will require accessible solutions, tools, and interfaces that anyone can quickly understand how to use, including those outside of the Cardano ecosystem. However, only a few such options exist today—the Cardano Summit Hackathon aims to tackle this challenge.

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Hello there, beautiful soul! Hope this message finds you well. The time has finally come! You can go ahead and cast your votes until 11AM UTC on Sep 14. Fancy keeping an eye on what’s taking place? Check out the audit section further down below to learn more about it – or rewatch Mike McNulty’s presentation here. So what’s the TLDR from the recent town hall? We had two amazing guests. First, TapTools came down to town hall to share a bit about their journey and how their Fund9 funded project has gone to date. Secondly, we’ve seen an update from Petr Smelik about his success with Chasing the WADA dream documentary. Don’t miss it here. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Want to find others? Be sure to navigate to Funds Overview and look up your favorites to see where they are and how they’re doing. Unsure how it works? Check out this quick explainer video. What’s the latest? Let’s dive right in.

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Welcome to the Cardano Community Digest! Published by the Cardano Foundation Community Team every two weeks, this Digest will provide you with news, updates and events about the project and ecosystem! If you are interested in receiving the Community Digest in the future directly via email, please sign-up here! Focal points of the week Community Award Nominations are OPEN! It’s time to celebrate outstanding achievements within the Cardano ecosystem. We’re thrilled to announce that nominations for the Cardano Summit Awards are now officially open! Don’t miss this chance to nominate projects and remarkable individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the Cardano community. Hurry, though, because nominations will be closing on September 13th, 2023! source Cardano Summit Hackathon: Pioneering Transparency in Governance The inaugural Cardano Summit Hackathon is currently underway, taking place online before the main Summit event.

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