Input Output Group (IOG) has announced the handover of Cardano core engineering responsibilities to two independent entities. Serokell has been appointed to lead the consensus team, while AlwaysTrue takes over the developer experience (DevX) team. IOG described the move as the final step toward protocol team autonomy in its ongoing push to decentralize Cardano software development.
The transition of engineers and workloads is scheduled to take place gradually between November 2026 and early 2027. The handover of these two units marks the final chapter in a technical restructuring that distributes protocol management across multiple external parties.
Serokell Takes Over Consensus, AlwaysTrue Manages DevX Tooling
Serokell has a long track record working with IOHK dating back to before Cardano’s mainnet launch in 2017. The engineering firm previously helped build the initial node and early implementations of the Ouroboros proof-of-stake consensus protocol. Under this new mandate, Serokell will be responsible for maintaining the core chain-selection software followed by network nodes, including inter-era hard fork transition mechanisms.
Meanwhile, AlwaysTrue is led by Robertino Martinez, the initiator of IOG’s DevX proposal that was ratified by delegated representatives (DReps) earlier this year. The unit is tasked with managing all supporting tools for developers across the Cardano ecosystem.
Code transparency will continue unchanged. The consensus code repository remains hosted on IntersectMBO’s public GitHub, while all DevX tools managed by AlwaysTrue will continue using the open-source Apache 2.0 license.
Five-Entity Committee to Oversee Community Treasury Disbursements
Cardano’s on-chain treasury is financing the entire transfer through DRep voting based on constitutional alignment. Funds will not be disbursed upfront in a lump sum, but rather released upon verified milestone achievements.
Disbursement governance also involves an independent oversight committee comprising five entities: Sundae Labs, Cardano Foundation, Dquadrant, Xerberus, and NMKR. The committee is tasked with verifying each on-chain administrative action before smart contract funds are released to development teams.
Continuation of Restructuring Started in October
The transfer of consensus and DevX completes an earlier restructuring that handed off several vital protocol modules. On October 1, management of Plutus smart contracts was transitioned to Midgard Labs, the Daedalus wallet to Se7en Labs, the Mithril protocol to Teragone, and BlockPQR took charge of ledger and block-producing infrastructure.
For the Cardano ecosystem, this series of handovers shifts protocol code maintenance to a network of independent teams, with DReps and oversight committees holding control over treasury disbursements on-chain.
Originally reported by crypto.news.
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