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Cardano Activates First Hard Fork Approved via Onchain Governance

19 Jul 2026· CLOM Newsroom· CLOM· 1 min readADAPROJECT

Cardano has successfully activated its Van Rossem hard fork, which marks the network's first upgrade approved entirely through onchain governance.

This upgrade introduces new Plutus capabilities and cost-model improvements aimed at reducing smart-contract execution costs, while also laying the technical groundwork for the upcoming Dijkstra era.

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