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This Treasury Withdrawal funds Daedalus Wallet Maintenance and Improvements 2026–2027, delivered by Se7en Labs, Inc. Daedalus is Cardano's only full-node desktop wallet — it runs an embedded Cardano node and derives all wallet and governance data directly from the chain, with no third-party APIs or trusted backends. Because it participates in P2P networking and maintains its own local mempool, Daedalus transactions compete for block inclusion on equal footing with full-node participants, providing reliable submission even under high chain utilisation where lite wallets can fail for hours. Daedalus's security model is equally distinctive. Private keys are generated and stored on your own device and never transmitted to any external service. Because Daedalus is open-source under the Apache License 2.0, this is not a claim users must take on faith — anyone can audit the source code to verify that key handling works exactly as described. Se7en Labs actively works to ensure a positive user experience that balances the trade-offs inherent in running a full-node wallet. According to opt-in telemetry, Daedalus has approximately 4,000 monthly active users — though the true count is meaningfully higher, as privacy-conscious full-node users are the least likely to opt in. This is a time and materials engagement covering three areas: 1. **Protocol Maintenance** — Node upgrades, hard fork readiness (Leios, Peras, Nested Transactions), with a compatible release at least 2 weeks before every mainnet hard fork 2. **Ecosystem Expansion** — Keystone and Flex hardware wallet support, CIP-30 dApp connector, Japanese localisation 3. **User Support** — Responsive support for the Daedalus user base, with dedicated attention to the Japanese community and a commitment to keeping Daedalus fully translated for Japanese users IOG continues to support binary signing, ensuring cryptographic release authenticity as funding transitions to the treasury.