Withdraw ₳1,300,000 for Blockfrost Platform community budget proposal
This treasury withdrawal funds **Blockfrost Platform community budget proposal** which will provide the following services Blockfrost is a powerful API platform that gives anyone access to the Cardano Blockchain and functionality without the need to run your own Node. Our API is designed with developers in mind, and offers tools that remove the complexity of direct node interactions, so anyone can start building on Cardano and launch projects on an affordable, stable and user-friendly framework. Blockfrost was originally developed by Five Binaries and is now maintained under the IOG umbrella. This Treasury Withdrawal is submitted by Intersect on behalf of the vendor. The following sections; Abstract, Motivation, Rationale and Vendor Profile have been sourced from the approved proposal submitted by the Vendor as part of the Intersect budget process. This treasury withdrawal funds one of 39 proposals to give effect to the approved budget info action for ₳275,269,340, administered by Intersect via gov_action1u9x73kwufaxa70lfy59g4ynwyrcsaxdcd0gxzzmh67s9fxq4j8hqqk2phgh. The information provided herein is intended to fulfill the spirit of the constitutional requirement for a treasury withdrawal info action by also providing the details of the proposed solution, alignment to the budget, and amount to be withdrawn from the Cardano Treasury.
Reasoning
Written after the vote was cast
What this asks for, and from whom
1,300,000 ADA for the Blockfrost Platform community build.
What would have to be true for this to be a good use of treasury funds
Blockfrost is the number one hosted platform Cardano developers use. A community-oriented build of it reduces the single-vendor dependency that comes with that position.
What specifically concerns me
This was part of the 2025 Intersect budget slate, which I voted as a slate. I am saying that plainly rather than pretending each line got its own week of deliberation. The slate came through a community budget process with a support threshold before it ever reached the chain, and my judgment was that the process outcome deserved backing in Cardano's first real treasury cycle. My position across every Blockfrost proposal is consistent: maintain it, and move it toward community ownership. Funding maintenance forever without changing who owns the front door just deepens the dependency.
What I am asking of the proposer if this passes
It was enacted, and I later voted yes on transitioning Blockfrost into a community-governed not-for-profit. That direction is the point. Keep going.