From 0557c923b8c9e73fdd5af5d108dff3cb30266709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "emmanuel.ameh@iohk.io" Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 13:46:57 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [EC Api] - Added: Ledger eras --- content/article/ledger-eras.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/article/ledger-eras.md b/content/article/ledger-eras.md index 90cb1203c..c8b7dc4e4 100644 --- a/content/article/ledger-eras.md +++ b/content/article/ledger-eras.md @@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ When new functionality needs to be introduced to Cardano, the ledger undergoes a ## Development phases and ledger eras | Development phase | Focus | Ledger era(s) and functionality introduced | Upgrade names (examples) | -| :---- | :---- | :---- | :---- | +| --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Byron** | Foundational layer | Byron ledger era: ada transactions, Daedalus and Yoroi wallets, federated consensus | Byron hard fork | | **Shelley** | Decentralization | Shelley ledger: stake pools, delegation, community-led block production | Shelley hard fork | -| **Goguen** | Smart contracts | Allegra: token locking Mary: native tokens and multi-asset support Alonzo: Plutus smart contracts | Allegra, Mary, and Alonzo hard forks | +| **Goguen** | Smart contracts | Allegra: token locking Mary: native tokens and multi-asset support Alonzo: Plutus smart contracts | Allegra, Mary, and Alonzo hard forks | | **Basho** | Scalability and efficiency | Babbage ledger era: reference scripts, inline datums, reference inputs | Known as the Vasil upgrade | -| **Voltaire** | Governance | Conway ledger era: on-chain governance via [CIP-1694](https://cips.cardano.org/cips/cip1694) | Chang and Plomin upgrades The Chang upgrade initiated the Conway ledger era and introduced the first set of on-chain governance capabilities The Plomin upgrade extended Conway by enabling the full set of governance actions and decentralized representatives (DReps) on mainnet (epoch 537, protocol version 10.0). | -| **Future** | Ongoing roadmap | **Dijkstra** (planned): Plutus v4, consensus and ledger integration, Conway refactors for transition **Euler** (planned): scope TBD | Next hard fork name TBD | +| **Voltaire** | Governance | Conway ledger era: on-chain governance via [CIP-1694](https://cips.cardano.org/cips/cip1694) | Chang and Plomin upgrades The Chang upgrade initiated the Conway ledger era and introduced the first set of on-chain governance capabilities The Plomin upgrade extended Conway by enabling the full set of governance actions and decentralized representatives (DReps) on mainnet (epoch 537, protocol version 10.0). | +| **Future** | Ongoing roadmap | **Dijkstra** (planned): Plutus v4, consensus and ledger integration, Conway refactors for transition **Euler** (planned): scope TBD | Next hard fork name TBD | **Hard fork upgrades** use distinct names for community communication (for example, Chang → Plomin). These names are always mapped internally to a ledger era and protocol version. Hard forks activate a ledger era and may also introduce additional intra-era changes. From 5d82433978da3658f230e0ca9929f63af773a791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emmanuel Ameh Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 11:54:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update ledger-eras.md