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Cardano Triggers First Fully Onchain Governed Hard Fork in Network History
Bitcoin.com News·July 19, 2026·1 min read
Cardano activated its Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, at 21:44:51 UTC, moving to Protocol Version 11 without downtime. The intra-era upgrade within the Conway ledger era lowers Plutus smart contract costs and does not change the network's governance structure.
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