Cardano's roadmap for 2025 focuses on several strategic axes aimed at strengthening and developing the ecosystem.
Key areas of action include:
1. Core Development: Improving blockchain infrastructure, implementing protocol improvements, and supporting adjacent tools essential to increasing the utility of the network.
2. Research: Advancing blockchain technology through academic partnerships and a three-year commitment to ensure continued innovation.
3. Governance support: Facilitation of decentralized decision-making, support for the infrastructure of delegated representatives (DReps) and operations of the constitutional committee to strengthen community governance tools.
4. Awareness and Education: Marketing initiatives, developer outreach, community educational programs, and overall ecosystem expansion to promote adoption and understanding of Cardano.
5. Community Grants: Funding local projects, incubating innovations and supporting community-led initiatives to diversify and enrich the ecosystem.
The proposed 2025 budget foresees a withdrawal from the treasury of between 300 and 500 million ADA, with financial mechanisms such as monthly disbursement cycles and regular audits to ensure transparency and efficiency.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has announced plans to integrate Bitcoin into Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem by 2025.
This initiative aims to harness Bitcoin's liquidity by making Cardano a sort of layer 2 network for Bitcoin.
A goal has been set to present a significant demonstration of this integration at the “Bitcoin 2025” event in May.
These initiatives demonstrate Cardano's commitment to evolving towards a more decentralized, efficient and interoperable network, while actively involving the community in its governance and future development.