Motion of no-confidence
Declares that the current Constitutional Committee no longer has the confidence of the community, putting governance into a state of no-confidence.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Does not vote |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: The committee can no longer ratify actions until a new committee is elected via an Update Committee action.
Example — Hypothetical: after repeated unexplained votes, a community group submits a motion of no-confidence, and DReps and SPOs vote on it.
Update committee / threshold
Adds or removes Constitutional Committee members, or changes their terms or the committee's voting threshold.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Does not vote |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: The committee membership or quorum changes once enacted.
Example — Hypothetical: after an election, an action proposes seating newly elected members and removing those whose terms ended.
New Constitution or guardrails script
Replaces the Constitution text (by its anchor/hash) or the guardrails script that automatically checks some actions.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Does not vote | Votes |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: The on-chain reference to the Constitution or guardrails script changes.
Example — Hypothetical: an amended Constitution agreed after community workshops is submitted for ratification.
Hard fork initiation
Triggers a protocol version upgrade (a hard fork) that nodes must support.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Votes |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: The major protocol version increases, enabling new ledger rules.
Example — Hypothetical: once most stake pools run a new node version, an action proposes moving to the next protocol version.
Protocol parameter changes
Changes one or more protocol parameters, such as limits, fees or deposits.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Only for security-relevant parameters | Votes |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: The listed parameters take new values from the enactment epoch.
Example — Hypothetical: a proposal raises the maximum block size slightly to allow more transactions per block.
Treasury withdrawal
Pays ada from the Cardano treasury to one or more stake addresses.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Does not vote | Votes |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: Ada moves from the treasury to the recipients. Withdrawals must respect the Constitution's guardrails, including the Net Change Limit.
Example — Hypothetical: a team maintaining open-source tooling requests funding approved in the annual budget process.
Info action
A proposal with no on-chain effect, used to record sentiment on a question.
| DReps | SPOs | Constitutional Committee |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Votes |
Who proposes: any ada holder or organisation, with the deposit. What changes: Nothing on-chain; the votes are a public signal. Info actions are never enacted.
Example — Hypothetical: the community asks DReps and SPOs whether they support exploring a new feature.
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Last reviewed: 2026-11-05