Cardano proposes to name the 2026 protocol version 11 hard fork "van Rossem Hard Fork"

PANews January 14 News, according to Cryptopolitan, the Cardano community hard fork working group proposed naming the hard fork of protocol version 11 in 2026 as the “van Rossem Hard Fork” to commemorate the late governance representative (DRep) Max van Rossem. Van Rossem served as a member and co-lead of the Constitutional Committee Election Working Group, participated in the drafting of Cardano’s first constitution, and played a key role in the inclusion of Article VIII of the constitution. He also founded the AdaMoments project aimed at permanently preserving users’ personal histories and is active in community building in the Netherlands. The community will vote on the naming proposal from January 13 to February 14, 2026. This protocol version 11 upgrade is expected to enhance node security, ledger consistency, and Plutus performance.