{ "@context": { "CIP100": "https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CIP-0100/README.md#", "hashAlgorithm": "CIP100:hashAlgorithm", "body": { "@id": "CIP100:body", "@context": { "references": { "@id": "CIP100:references", "@container": "@set", "@context": { "GovernanceMetadata": "CIP100:GovernanceMetadataReference", "Other": "CIP100:OtherReference", "label": "CIP100:reference-label", "uri": "CIP100:reference-uri", "referenceHash": { "@id": "CIP100:referenceHash", "@context": { "hashDigest": "CIP100:hashDigest", "hashAlgorithm": "CIP100:hashAlgorithm" } } } }, "comment": "CIP100:comment", "externalUpdates": { "@id": "CIP100:externalUpdates", "@context": { "title": "CIP100:update-title", "uri": "CIP100:uri" } } } }, "authors": { "@id": "CIP100:authors", "@container": "@set", "@context": { "name": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name", "witness": { "@id": "CIP100:witness", "@context": { "witnessAlgorithm": "CIP100:witnessAlgorithm", "publicKey": "CIP100:publicKey", "signature": "CIP100:signature" } } } } }, "authors": [], "body": { "comment": "Vote: NO\n\nThis proposal requests treasury funds for Cardano to serve as title sponsor of Rare Evo 2026, a blockchain and AI conference held in Las Vegas, alongside a co-located Dev Gov Day event. The proposal is a direct marketing and event spend with no infrastructure deliverable, no treasury repayment, and no on-chain accountability mechanism tied to outcomes.\n\nVampyre Fund votes NO.\n\nThe Vampyre Fund DREP does not support treasury funds being used for short-term marketing efforts. A conference title sponsorship is precisely that — a brand spend whose value is measured in impressions and attendee counts over a single event cycle. It does not build infrastructure, does not return value to the treasury, and does not compound over time. The 6.89% DRep support this proposal has received as of June 2026 reflects broad community alignment with this assessment.\n\nThe inclusion of a Dev Gov Day component does not change this judgment. Governance education and developer outreach are worthwhile goals, but they do not require treasury-funded conference sponsorship to achieve. Community-led governance events have historically operated without top-tier sponsorship budgets. Bundling a developer day with a Las Vegas conference sponsorship does not transform the proposal into infrastructure spending.\n\nVampyre Fund's position is consistent: treasury funds should be reserved for long-term foundational work. Event sponsorships, regardless of the event's quality or the sincerity of the organizers, are not the appropriate use of ADA held in trust for the long-term benefit of the Cardano ecosystem." }, "hashAlgorithm": "blake2b-256" }