asia and berlin workshops

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+sidebar_label: Asia - Community Workshops
+title:  Asia Community Workshops October 2025
+sidebar_position: 13
+slug: /workshops/asia-oct-2025
+---
+
+# Aligning the Strategy for Cardano in Singapore/Japan
+
+The intensive series of workshops held across Singapore and
+Japan in September and October 2025 marked a pivotal moment
+in charting Cardano's future. These
+workshops collectively served to weave together a cohesive
+strategic narrative, culminating in the foundational drafts
+of the **Cardano 2030 Vision** and the comprehensive **2030**
+**Strategic Plan**.
+The ultimate objective guiding this strategy is clear: to
+achieve **$200 million in annual Layer 1 (L1) revenue**,
+ensuring Cardano's long-term economic self-sufficiency
+.
+
+The journey began in **Singapore**, where the focus was
+placed squarely on **utility** and **technical assurance**
+. This session was key in recalibrating
+the vision to highlight Cardano's **robustness and high**
+**assurance development methodology** as its core
+differentiator within the Web3 space.
+This highly successful workshop included diverse participants,
+notably **representatives from SNEK**, contributing to the
+strategic shift. This effort led
+directly to the formalized **Vision Statement**: "Cardano is
+the most secure, reliable and censorship-resistant blockchain
+for mission critical applications to power economies of the
+future". This vision is anchored by
+the core values of Integrity, Community, Security, Utility,
+and Accessibility.
+
+The subsequent three workshops in **Japan**—held in Osaka
+(sponsored by Zengate Global) and Tokyo—were critical in
+**polishing the future strategy** and gave birth to the
+conceptual framework of **Foundation and Pillars**
+. These sessions, highly successful due
+to broad participation including individuals outside the
+Cardano community and a representative from the Cardano
+Foundation, recognized that the strategy must extend **beyond**
+**just a tech vision** to become a unifying vision for all of
+Cardano.
+
+The resulting **Strategic Plan** is built upon **Governance**
+**and Community** as the foundational layer, stressing the
+necessity of effective governance processes and a
+"culture-first approach" to global engagement
+. Success here will be rigorously
+tracked by KPIs like DRep participation.
+
+Upon this foundation rest the three essential pillars:
+
+1.  **Adoption:** This pillar is dedicated to stimulating
+    on-chain demand and utility across four key verticals:
+    **Bitcoin DeFi**, **Real World Assets (RWA)**, **Supply**
+    **Chain Traceability**, and **Payments**
+   . The strategy is highly segmented,
+    focusing on **Invisible Technology** and intuitive UX for
+    End Users, enhancing developer support and documentation,
+    addressing application-level security for large
+    enterprises, and implementing culturally intelligent
+    strategies for **Emerging Markets** in LATAM, Africa, and
+    East Asia.
+2.  **Ecosystem Sustainability:** This pillar ensures long-term
+    economic health by planning to evolve the passive treasury
+    into an **actively managed, multi-asset treasury** designed
+    to generate yield and strategically deploy capital
+   . It also prioritizes diversifying
+    the roles of **Stake Pool Operators (SPOs)** and designing
+    Layer 2 solutions to provide value back to the main chain
+   .
+3.  **Enabling Technology:** This area focuses on advancing the
+    core protocol to support the strategic vision
+   . Key technical areas include
+    achieving world-class L1 Scalability and Finality (Leios
+    24/7, Peras, Phalanx), integrating robust Layer 2 solutions
+    (Hydra, Midgard), and ensuring seamless Interoperability
+    (Midnight Partner Chains).
+
+In conclusion, the Singapore and Japan workshops provided the
+critical energy and diverse feedback necessary to solidify this
+strategic direction. The documents now serve as a mandate for
+the community to allocate resources effectively, driving focused
+innovation and ensuring Cardano remains a dependable and
+impactful platform capable of realizing its full potential by
+2030.

docs/workshops/berlin-workshop-nov-2025.md

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+sidebar_label: Berlin - Community Workshop
+title:  Berlin Community Workshop November 2025
+sidebar_position: 14
+slug: /workshops/berlin-nov-2025
+---
+# Putting forth the Vision and Strategy for Cardano in Berlin
+
+The strategic planning for Cardano's future, developed through
+targeted workshops and internal alignment efforts, culminated
+in the presentation of the draft strategy at the Berlin Summit
+. This moment marked a crucial step toward
+validating the new framework with the broader community and
+**puts the vision and strategy well on its way to being**
+**submitted on-chain**.
+
+The process began with initial strategic discussions that
+focused on establishing a robust economic goal for the network,
+centered on achieving **$200 million USD in annual Layer 1**
+**(L1) revenue**. This figure represented
+the necessary financial foundation for the network's long-term
+self-sufficiency. Leading up to the
+Berlin Summit, there was a concerted effort among ecosystem
+entities, which included a **collaborative discussion with the**
+**Cardano Foundation (CF)**, resulting in a **major refactoring**
+**and polishing** of the strategy framework. This ensured the
+draft was comprehensive and ready for community scrutiny
+.
+
+The refined strategy was presented at a one-hour-long Day-0
+workshop during the Cardano Summit in Berlin in November
+. While the strategy is **not yet codified**
+and remains a draft, the final **Cardano**
+**2030 Strategic Plan** presented at the
+summit adjusted the primary economic objective to sustaining
+**400 million ADA in annual L1 revenue**.
+The presentation received **very positive feedback** from a
+diverse crowd. A soft poll conducted
+afterwards showed strong community validation, with **about**
+**two-thirds (2/3) of the crowd** indicating they would "get
+behind that vision and strategy if it was put on-chain in its
+current state".
+
+The strategic architecture presented in Berlin is built upon a
+Foundation and four Pillars:
+
+* The **Foundation** is **Infrastructure & Research Excellence**
+   . Its focus is on enhancing L1
+    scalability, achieving Post-Quantum readiness, and
+    implementing client diversity for resilience and security
+   .
+* **Pillar 1: Adoption & Utility**. This
+    pillar aims to drive non-speculative on-chain demand across
+    high-value verticals (DeFi, RWA, Supply Chain, and Payments),
+    emphasizing enterprise-grade security and "Invisible
+    technology" for simplified user experience
+   .
+* **Pillar 2: Governance**. This focuses
+    on strengthening the DRep model through **role-based**
+    **incentives**, implementing **Turnout-Aware Voting** to resist
+    plutocratic capture, and using **Treasury Seasons** to combat
+    voter fatigue.
+* **Pillar 3: Community & Ecosystem Growth**.
+    This seeks to cultivate a long-term talent pipeline via **Youth**
+    **Engagement** and targeted **Localized adoption** in key
+    emerging markets such as LATAM, Africa, and East Asia
+   .
+* **Pillar 4: Ecosystem Sustainability & Resilience**
+   . This involves evolving the passive
+    treasury into an **actively managed, multi-asset portfolio**
+    with a **>10% ROI target**, and diversifying SPO roles to
+    secure the network long-term.
+
+The successful reception of this framework in Berlin validates
+the strategic alignment achieved across ecosystem entities and
+the community, positioning the draft plan for the next steps
+toward formal ratification.