“See You on the Other Side”: Hoskinson Hints at Exit as Cardano Enters New Era

In a livestream, Charles Hoskinson revealed plans for a dangerous personal expedition, carrying a tone of finality while reflecting on Cardano’s progress.
Hoskinson highlighted recent efforts to diversify Cardano’s technical foundations and collaborations with Ethereum developers to enhance cross-chain potential.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson delivered a striking message to the community on April 12. He revealed that the blockchain network has achieved full decentralization. In a livestream titled “See You on the Other Side,” Hoskinson appeared contemplative as he spoke from his home in Colorado, days after returning from a Paris workshop with Cardano developers.

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“This time it’s to go somewhere to do something that is quite dangerous—so much so there is a possibility of death,” Hoskinson said. Here, he’s referencing an undisclosed expedition he has been preparing for over the past year. Though he expressed confidence in his return, the broadcast carried a tone of finality. He added, “If I survive—which is very likely—I will record it and put it up on Twitter when I return.”

Further, Hoskinson used the livestream to reflect on Cardano’s progression, celebrating what he called the network’s transition into “a fully decentralized phase.” The milestone is rooted in recent governance developments under the Voltaire framework, including the ratification of a new constitution and the formalization of a roadmap.

“We have passed a constitution both through a constitutional convention and an on-chain ratification,” he noted. Moreover, he highlighted the growing influence of nearly 1,000 registered Delegated Representative Entities (DREs).

For further context, a partially elected constitutional committee is now in place, and full elections are expected later this year. Discussions around budget reconciliation among Delegated Representative Action Plans (DRAPs) are underway. However, final decisions are anticipated within two to three months.

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Moreover, Hoskinson drew parallels between his departure and Satoshi Nakamoto’s early exit from Bitcoin, as per our previous report. He remarked, “I wanted to build something where I could spend my entire life working on it, but I didn’t want to be a dictator or a king.” He pointed to Cardano’s maturing ecosystem as evidence that the community is ready to lead without centralized oversight.

The livestream also highlighted efforts to diversify Cardano’s technical foundations. At a recent node diversity workshop in Paris, teams such as Pragma, TXPipe, Blink Labs, and Harmonic discussed alternative node implementations. Hoskinson described these collaborations as a step toward strengthening the protocol’s resilience and acknowledged Ethereum developers who explore cross-chain opportunities.

He also spotlighted the growing excitement around Midnight, Cardano’s privacy-centric blockchain, and its potential to serve as a bridge across ecosystems, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, as reported earlier. Hybrid applications built on Midnight could, according to Hoskinson, bring “millions of users” into the Cardano network.

Reflecting on his journey, Hoskinson admitted to feeling worn out by the industry’s fixation on price movements. “Everything is chained to whether the price goes up or the price goes down. You have no idea how thoroughly boring that has become,” he said.

While Input Output Global remains active in the ecosystem, Hoskinson emphasized that its role will now depend on the community’s direction: “You ultimately get to decide how prominent that role is.”

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