Cardano Core Engineering Shifts to Serokell and AlwaysTrue
Input Output Group has assigned Cardano consensus engineering to Serokell and developer tools to AlwaysTrue as core development teams prepare for independent operation.
Input Output Group (IOG) has named Serokell and AlwaysTrue as its latest specialist engineering partners, marking the final steps toward autonomy for Cardano's core development teams, according to a Nov. 5 announcement.
Under the agreements, consensus engineering will move to Serokell, while AlwaysTrue will manage developer experience (DevX) work. Engineers are transferring alongside their existing projects, with individual team handovers scheduled to run from November 2026 into early 2027.
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Treasury Funding and Governance Oversight
Development workstreams will draw support from Cardano's treasury through proposals voted on by delegated representatives (DReps). Payments will be released against verified milestones administered by member organization Intersect.
Funds pass through treasury reserve and project-specific smart contracts, overseen on-chain by a five-entity committee comprising Sundae Labs, the Cardano Foundation, Dquadrant, Xerberus, and NMKR. Third-party assurance is required before milestone payments are released, and unspent funds return to the treasury upon project completion.
Consensus code will remain hosted in IntersectMBO's public GitHub repositories, while developer tools maintained by AlwaysTrue will stay open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
Phased Core Team Handovers
The latest agreements follow several prior transfers of core protocol responsibilities. Plutus smart contract engineering began transitioning to Midgard Labs on Oct. 1, while Daedalus wallet maintenance shifted to Se7en Labs and Mithril went to Teragone. Platform engineering, cryptography, quality assurance, performance, and tracing were previously assigned to ICAN Group.
IOG stated that it will continue conducting protocol research and development alongside its specialist engineering partners.
Key facts
- Serokell assumes consensus engineering while AlwaysTrue takes over developer experience work.
- Team transitions are scheduled to run from November 2026 into early 2027.
- Funding is administered by Intersect through milestone-based payments approved by DReps.
- Consensus code and DevX tools will remain open source in public repositories.
Source: crypto.news
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