Daedalus 11.1.0 Don Land As Se7en Labs Dey Find 1.79 Million ADA For Next Phase

For one new Cardano Foundation Governance Hour, Se7en Labs co-founder Samuel Leathers explain wetin the team don already deliver and wetin go follow if the active treasury withdrawal proposal get enough support. The roadmap include CIP-30 dApp connector, integrated DRep dashboard, continuous protocol maintenance and assessment of Daedalus long-term architecture.

Voting for the proposal go remain open until July 28, 2026.

Daedalus 11.1.0 Introduces Partial Mithril Synchronization

For the Governance Hour, Leathers talk say the team dey prepare new Daedalus release. That update don now officially land as Daedalus 11.1.0.

The main feature na partial Mithril synchronization for existing installations wey don fall far behind the current blockchain tip. Instead of processing every missed block one by one, Daedalus fit offer make user download only the missing immutable chunk range through Mithril.

This one matter well for users wey dey keep funds inside Daedalus but dey open the wallet once in a while. Wallet wey don dey offline for months or years before, bin need plenty time to catch up before person fit use am again.

The new synchronization process go show how many epochs the local node dey behind, provide live file-count progress and allow users to pause the ledger replay. E also get cancellation, error-handling and recovery flows.

According to Leathers, to download the required snapshot data take around four to five minutes during im local testing, but the real time go depend on the person internet connection and how much data dey miss.

New installations don already fit use Mithril to speed up their initial synchronization. Instead of replaying the Cardano blockchain from genesis, users fit download and restore cryptographically certified snapshot. People wey prefer the original security model fit still synchronize the whole chain from the beginning.

Leathers explain say the immutable snapshot data dey signed through Mithril by participating stake pool operators. The ledger state currently need additional signature wey IOG supply, while work still dey on top model wey go allow canonical ledger state make SPOs fit sign am too.

Daedalus 11.1.0 also upgrade the bundled desktop runtime from Electron 24 go Electron 41. The change bring several years of Chromium security patches and V8 improvements without changing the wallet user interface materially.

The release still update Ledger and Trezor hardware wallet libraries, replace one unmaintained USB detection dependency and upgrade several security-related software components. One Windows issue wey fit wrongly report insufficient disk space when storage paths use NTFS junctions or symbolic links don also get fix.

The official release notes recommend say make all Daedalus users upgrade to the new version.

Earlier releases don deliver other big improvements. Daedalus 8.0.0 introduce LSM-based UTxO backend, reduce the memory wey full node need to run. Leathers talk say typical RAM consumption don drop reach around four to five gigabytes.

That same release introduce Mithril bootstrapping for new installations, while Daedalus 11.0.0 add compatibility with the Van Rossem hard fork and Cardano Protocol Version 11. The wallet ready for the upgrade shortly after the corresponding Cardano node release become available.

CIP-30 Would Connect Daedalus to Cardano dApps

One of the most important features inside the proposed development roadmap na CIP-30 support.

Daedalus currently provide full-node environment wey user dey locally validate the blockchain, but e no get the direct dApp connectivity wey modern light wallets dey offer. Se7en Labs plan to address this through one thin browser extension wey fit communicate with the user local Daedalus installation.

The extension go serve as bridge between web applications and the local wallet. Transaction signing go still remain inside Daedalus instead make e move go browser.

This go allow Daedalus users to interact with Cardano DeFi protocols and other applications wey support the CIP-30 standard while dem preserve the wallet local full-node architecture. Leathers also point to potential connections with governance tools and other services wey dey use wallet-connect functionality.

DRep dashboard don already dey under development. E go allow users to find, review and select governance representatives directly from Daedalus.

The current process fit require users to find DRep identifier and enter am manually inside the wallet. The planned dashboard go make DRep discovery and governance delegation easier without forcing users to leave the application.

Se7en Labs dey try serve two different groups of Daedalus users: people wey want hold their assets for long time inside locally operated full-node wallet and people wey want interact regularly with Cardano applications.

The proposal cite around 4,000 monthly active users, but Leathers warn say this figure no capture the whole user base. Daedalus dey use Matomo analytics, and users fit opt out of tracking. Because the wallet dey operate locally, no mandatory centralized backend dey wey fit count every user.

Many Daedalus holders dey also open the application only when dem need to make transaction. Wallet fit remain inactive for long period while e still dey hold funds, and that make partial Mithril synchronization important for this group.

The discussion also touch wallet security after the recent SecondFi incident. Leathers no comment deep on the incident itself but e talk say Daedalus no implement im own custom transaction-signing cryptography. Instead, e rely on established open-source Cardano node and Cardano Wallet components wey other parts of the ecosystem dey use too.

As full-node wallet, Daedalus dey download and validate the Cardano blockchain independently instead of relying on centrally hosted third-party backend. Transactions fit submit directly to the network through the locally running node.

Leathers also warn make people no give cloud-based AI agents direct access to the Daedalus node socket or wallet API. E recommend make people use AI tools to help create application or script, review that code and then run the deterministic program locally instead of allowing agent to dey interact freely with the wallet.

Se7en Labs Plans a Broader Architectural Assessment

Cardano dey move toward multi-node future wey different independent implementations fit operate alongside the existing Haskell node. Because of that, Se7en Labs plan to assess whether Daedalus suppose later adopt alternative Cardano node, different indexer or new frontend architecture.

No transition don decide yet.

Leathers talk say the alternative node implementations never reach the production readiness level wey full-node wallet integration need. So the current funding period go focus on evaluating the available options instead of committing to complete architectural migration.

The assessment fit include cross-platform Rust interface libraries as alternative to Electron. The team dey also consider whether mobile interface fit securely communicate with Daedalus full node wey dey run for the user computer.

Such system go bring challenges around remote access, network security and usability. Users fit need private network connection or dem go limit access to the node only when person connect to home network. Because of that, mobile access still remain area of investigation and no be confirmed feature.

The results of the architectural assessment dey expected to provide more concrete direction for future development proposal.

Meanwhile, protocol maintenance go remain big part of the team work. Leathers talk say e dey prepare for the possibility of up to three Cardano hard forks before July 2027, depending on whether the planned protocol changes go come separately or combined.

E connect that possibility to the phased path toward Dijkstra and the eventual Euler upgrade. E present am as im expectation, no be confirmed Cardano hard fork schedule.

Leathers identify Euler proposed multi-asset treasury as one future development wey e consider very important. Such system fit allow the Cardano treasury to hold stablecoins and fund proposals with assets wey get lower short-term volatility, reduce the risk say project operating budget go lose value after approval.

Se7en Labs intend to use similar risk-management approach if their Daedalus proposal pass. The team expect to convert portion of the ADA wey dem receive into stablecoins to provide better budget stability during the 12-month delivery period.

The team dey also consider to add donation wallet after parts of the Daedalus infrastructure, including im website, transfer from IOG go Se7en Labs.

But Leathers reject the idea to create paid “pro” version with features wey other users no go fit access. E see full-node wallet as open-source public good wey suppose remain accessible to the whole Cardano community.

If the current proposal or future funding request no pass, Leathers talk say e go continue to provide basic compatibility updates for new versions of Cardano Node and Cardano Wallet. But unfunded maintenance no go deliver the same level of feature development, direct user support or officially signed Windows and macOS installation packages.