為什麼Cardano的工程處於“拐點”

Cardano創始人查爾斯·霍斯金森（Charles Hoskinson）說，區塊鏈的工程文化與早期的“單片純度”果斷地脫節

The engineering culture of Cardano (ADA) has pivoted decisively from the “monolithic purity” of its early years to a multi-team model that—if it works—will finally give the ecosystem the development velocity many stakeholders have long demanded, founder Charles Hoskinson says.

創始人Charles Hoskinson表示，Cardano（ADA）的工程文化從其早期的“整體純度”到了多團隊模型，如果它起作用，最終將為生態系統提供發展速度，許多利益相關者長期以來要求的發展速度。

In a post on X, Hoskinson reflected on the methodical, research-first mentality that produced Cardano’s Haskell-based node and its peer-reviewed protocol suite, but also, in his words, “deeply alienated many who wanted to contribute, prevented new ideas from entering our ecosystem, and resulted in a very slow delivery of features.”

在X上的一篇文章中，Hoskinson反映了有條理的，研究的心態，產生了Cardano的基於Haskell的節點及其同行評審的協議套件，但也用他的話來說，“深深地疏遠了許多想貢獻的人，阻止了新的想法進入我們的生態系統，並導致了非常緩慢的功能交付。”

He described the moment as “a very exciting inflection point” marked by the coexistence of “small agile teams like Aiken and Midgard” with the heavyweight formal-methods units at IOG—particularly the group that continues to specify critical components in Agda.

他將當下描述為“非常令人興奮的拐點”，其標誌是“像艾肯和米德加”的小型團隊與IOG的重量級正式使用單元的共存，尤其是繼續指定AGDA中關鍵組件的群體。

“We are opening up the ecosystem,” Hoskinson wrote, adding that the arrival of alternative clients “will and should challenge the assumptions, designs, and features of prior teams to accommodate new protocols, economic realities, and our progress as a community.”

霍斯金森寫道：“我們正在開放生態系統。

He conceded that the transition would displease those “who will look for easy scapegoats and want a return to days that never actually existed,” but insisted that “the new days will be filled with even greater opportunities and exciting new capabilities.”

他承認，過渡將使那些“將尋求輕鬆的替罪羊，並希望重返從未真正存在的日子”，但堅持認為：“新的日子將充滿更大的機會和令人興奮的新能力。”

Hoskinson’s upbeat framing clashes with a wave of concern triggered by IOG’s termination, on 30 April, of its long-running contracts with Well-Typed and PN-Sol—two specialist vendors that supplied much of the low-level talent for Cardano’s networking, scalability and key-management initiatives.

霍斯金森（Hoskinson）在4月30日與IOG終止的一波關注點發生了衝突，並於4月30日與良好的PN-SOL簽訂了長期合同，兩位專家供應商為Cardano的網絡，可擴展性和密鑰管理計劃提供了許多低級人才。

The move surfaced publicly during the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) meeting of 7 May, whose minutes were summarised by community member YUTA-Cardano/CPA.

這一舉動在5月7日的技術指導委員會（TSC）會議上公開浮出水面，社區成員Yuta-Cardano/CPA總結了會議記錄。

According to that summary, engineers from the two firms had been working on Leios, a high-throughput execution layer targeting roughly 1,000 transactions per second; on the Log-Structured Merge-tree (LSM) project, which relocates UTxO data from memory to disk; and on KES Agent, an externalised key manager meant to deliver the forward-security promise of the original Preos design.

根據該摘要，這兩家公司的工程師一直在開發Leios，這是針對每秒大約1,000件交易的高通量執行層；在日誌結構合併樹（LSM）項目上，該項目將UTXO數據從內存轉移到磁盤；關於KES Agent的外部鑰匙經理，旨在實現原始Preos設計的前瞻性承諾。

Duncan Coutts, a veteran Cardano architect now serving on the TSC, warned that “one-third of the networking team may have been lost” and that onboarding replacements “typically take over six months,” raising the spectre of delivery slippage at the very moment when Hoskinson is pressing for acceleration.

現在在TSC任職的老將Cardano建築師Duncan Coutts警告說：“三分之一的網絡團隊可能已經丟失了”，並且在霍斯金森（Hoskinson）緊迫加速的那一刻，登上替換的“通常需要六個月以上”，這使交付滑倒的幽靈降低了。

When a user on X asked, “Why were key members contracts terminated?”, Hoskinson’s reply was unflinching:

當X上的用戶問：“為什麼關鍵成員合同終止？”時，霍斯金森的答復是堅定的：

“Because I want Leios in 2026 not 2028 and I value Pragma and different ideas and implementations. No more fucking games or delays. Cardano needs to get to the next level.”

“因為我想要2026年的Leios，而不是2028年，我重視Pragma以及不同的想法和實現。不再有他媽的遊戲或延誤。Cardano需要達到一個新的水平。”

The remark confirmed that internal deadlines—not performance issues—lay behind the shake-up, and that IOG is prepared to reshuffle contractors if it believes alternative teams can move faster.

這句話證實，內部截止日期（不是績效問題）在改組背後，並且IOG準備改組承包商，如果承包商認為替代團隊可以更快地移動。

Hoskinson’s call for “no more…delays” crystallises an old tension at the heart of Cardano: the project’s reputation was built on mathematical caution, yet its market relevance depends on proving that scholarly methods can deliver at commercial speed.

霍斯金森（Hoskinson）要求“不再……延誤”的呼籲在卡爾達諾（Cardano）的核心中形成了舊的緊張局勢：該項目的聲譽是基於數學謹慎的，但其市場相關性取決於證明學術方法可以以商業速度提供。

At press time, ADA traded at $0.81.

發稿時，ADA的交易價格為0.81美元。