Cardano Governance Action go reduce minPoolCost to 75 ADA and expand Plutus Memory

Intersect submit the governance action “Reduce minPoolCost to 75 ada and increase Plutus Memory Limits (Part 2)” on July 30, 2026, on behalf of the Parameter Committee after endorsement from the Technical Steering Committee. The proposal go reduce minPoolCost from 170 to 75 ADA and complete the planned cumulative 25 percent increase for Plutus script memory limits.

Cardano Proposal go Reduce minPoolCost for Stake Pools

The first part of the action dey target minPoolCost, one Cardano protocol parameter wey relate to the minimum fixed portion of stake pool rewards. The proposed change go bring the parameter down from 170 to 75 ADA, following Parameter Committee work around PCP-006.

PCP-006 talk say the current value dey put proportionally bigger pressure on smaller and growing stake pools. Because the fixed cost dey represent larger share of rewards for pools wey dey produce fewer blocks per epoch, to reduce am go lessen that relative impact on their delegators.

The proposal frame the reduction as one interim adjustment inside the existing rewards framework. Longer-term reward reform discussions, including the minPoolMargin approach wey CIP-23 describe, still dey separate from this parameter action.

Plutus Memory Increase go Give Developers More Room

The second part of the action focus on Plutus, Cardano’s smart contract framework. E propose to complete the second stage of the planned increase to Plutus script memory limits.

The Plutus part of the action go give smart contract developers more memory capacity for both transaction and block level. The proposed second-stage increase go move transaction memory from 16.5 million to 17.5 million units and block memory from 72 million to 77.5 million units, to complete the 25 percent expansion wey the Parameter Committee don outline before.

Intersect earlier technical notice describe the increase as staged process wey dem design to remain inside Cardano constitutional guardrails. The notice also talk say benchmarking work show say headroom dey enough for the proposed increase while e still maintain Praos timing guarantees.

Governance Vote go Link SPO Economics and Smart Contract Capacity

The action don move enter Cardano on-chain governance process as protocol parameter decision. If dem approve am, e go update one economic parameter wey dey affect stake pool reward dynamics and one technical capacity area wey dey affect Plutus script execution.

For stake pool operators and delegators, the proposed minPoolCost reduction go reduce the relative impact of the fixed cost on pools wey dey produce fewer blocks. For developers, the Plutus memory increase go provide more room for applications wey dey use larger or more complex scripts inside transactions and blocks.

The combined action put the two changes inside one single governance decision.

Approval go lower the minimum fixed pool cost while e go complete one Plutus capacity expansion wey don dey move through Cardano parameter governance process in stages.