{"@context":{"@language":"en-us","CIP100":"https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0100/README.md#","CIP129":"https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0129/README.md#","CIP136":"https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0136/README.md#","hashAlgorithm":"CIP100:hashAlgorithm","body":{"@id":"CIP136:body","@context":{"govActionId":"CIP129:governance-action-identifiers","references":{"@id":"CIP100:references","@container":"@set","@context":{"GovernanceMetadata":"CIP100:GovernanceMetadataReference","Other":"CIP100:OtherReference","label":"CIP100:reference-label","uri":"CIP100:reference-uri","RelevantArticles":"CIP136:RelevantArticles"}},"summary":"CIP136:summary","rationaleStatement":"CIP136:rationaleStatement","precedentDiscussion":"CIP136:precedentDiscussion","counterargumentDiscussion":"CIP136:counterargumentDiscussion","conclusion":"CIP136:conclusion","internalVote":{"@id":"CIP136:internalVote","@container":"@set","@context":{"constitutional":"CIP136:constitutional","unconstitutional":"CIP136:unconstitutional","abstain":"CIP136:abstain","didNotVote":"CIP136:didNotVote","againstVote":"CIP136:againstVote"}}}},"authors":{"@id":"CIP100:authors","@container":"@set","@context":{"did":"@id","name":"http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name","witness":{"@id":"CIP100:witness","@context":{"witnessAlgorithm":"CIP100:witnessAlgorithm","publicKey":"CIP100:publicKey","signature":"CIP100:signature"}}}}},"hashAlgorithm":"blake2b-256","body":{"govActionId":"gov_action1k02990lhw6wh74t7c6ufw3mqaek9ujtvyan99dj5qv5kvcs7pn8svfsvefn","summary":"Voting YES. Plutarch and Ply are open-source Cardano smart contract tools in active use by 26+ teams. MLabs is a proven maintainer with transparent prior funding. ₳1.16M for annual maintenance is proportionate. Transparency gaps are real but not blocking.","rationaleStatement":"A [PDF version][pdf-link] of this rationale is also made available.\n\n[pdf-link]: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVcQrq5MWBjGEhqVmmmbMKXpjxMmpkduxBPyoymH5Wmr8\n\nThis proposal funds maintenance of Plutarch (Haskell eDSL for efficient Cardano smart contracts) and Ply (serialization library for Plutarch scripts with CIP-57 blueprint support). These are established, open-source developer tools used by at least 26 teams building on Cardano.\nThe ask is modest at ₳1.16M for annual maintenance, from a proven maintainer with transparent prior funding history. The value proposition is clear: without ongoing compatibility work, teams building on Plutarch face expensive migrations, rewrites, and friction as Cardano's ledger and Plutus/UPLC evolve.\nI have the same transparency concerns I flag in every Intersect-administered proposal: thin budget detail, no ADA volatility policy, and milestones not visible in the public metadata. But at this scale, roughly $290K but, those concerns are proportionate, not blocking. This is exactly the kind of open-source tooling maintenance the Treasury should fund.\nPlutarch and Ply are real, open-source tools with proven adoption across the Cardano ecosystem. MLabs has maintained them through multiple protocol eras with transparent prior funding and demonstrated delivery. The ask ₳1.16M for annual maintenance is proportionate to the value at stake.\nThe transparency gaps I note (budget detail, ADA volatility policy, milestone visibility) are real but manageable at this scale. They are patterns across Intersect-administered proposals, not flaws unique to this one. I will continue to flag them, but I will not let them block well-justified, modest asks from proven maintainers.\nThis is the kind of proposal the Treasury should fund: established public infrastructure, proven team, clear additionality, and a reasonable price.","references":[{"@type":"Other","label":"Rationale PDF","uri":"ipfs://QmVcQrq5MWBjGEhqVmmmbMKXpjxMmpkduxBPyoymH5Wmr8"}]}}