"Never let a good crisis go to waste." Now is the perfect time to implement some fundamental changes in how we do things on Cardano. One of the key things we need to nail down as an ecosystem is a clear roadmap with milestones. A unified roadmap is necessary to mobilize a community. Without it, we're wandering around aimlessly, all pursuing our own goals. A unified roadmap is something we can all rally behind. Just think of the original Cardano roadmap. This was the most important thing to get me onboarded, as it showed me that the project has a clear path and I had things to look forward to. We have the Cardano 2030 Vision and Strategy; it's a great start as a guiding light, but we need to make this more concrete and actionable. Additionally, it becomes very clear to me that we need to recentralize certain aspects of Cardano. Some call this an "executive function"; I hate that name. Let's be honest with each other and call it as it is. A recentralization of some activities, e.g., a company assigned to market Cardano, another one assigned to do aggressive BD. We can do this if we come together as an ecosystem and leave our egos out as much as possible. Additionally, the belief that "someone will do it" doesn't work. We need clear mandates and metrics to measure whether those in charge are delivering on their promises. Here we should use actual KPI-based payment gates, only get paid if an ambitious KPI is met (e.g., stablecoin liquidity above x%) One thing is for sure, I alone won't be able to do all of these things. We can only do this together as a community.

After four years of building for Cardano, today we have difficult news to share.