Biri’s announcement contextualized what reviewers should expect. He said the team is “going through the description of the proposal and explains the design choices and tradeoffs,” and summarized coverage areas as the “detailed description of the proposed variant of Leios,” “implementation material (formal specification, mini protocols description),” “tradeoffs and problem space,” “potential (positive) impact on script budget,” and “resistance to attacks.” He also disclosed that the internal “secret roadmap” had targeted a pull request by the end of August, and that the draft integrated feedback around failed transactions while aiming for a “more minimal impact on dApps.
The submission also triggered the now-familiar throughput vs. decentralization debate. When a community member asked what, exactly, warranted celebration, Biri answered: “That we have a solid and safe design for high throughput on Cardano.” And when prodded on whether Cardano should “compromise” in the way some faster chains do, he pushed back: “That’s why we didn’t follow that road… What we have is the best tradeoff without sacrifice.”
Responding to a speed comparison with Solana, he added: “It ain’t and can’t be, because of the different security and model. If we want to compete speed wise with the fastest chains, we need to agree on giving up some decentralisation, cost, or reliability dimensions.” The point, echoed in the Leios research, is that Cardano’s scaling agenda is bounded by explicit security-decentralization constraints the community has repeatedly prioritized.
At press time, ADA traded at $0.817.
