{ "@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": "I vote ABSTAIN on the info action to \"Name the Protocol Version 12 hard fork \"von Bergen\"\" (48bab0ca71cc46f2ee421242b14f292b8c8382bda707d03ea662644bed22b893#0).\n\nThe Cardano community finds itself in the unfortunate position of having lost a number of prominent ecosystem members and contributors in recent years. This abstain vote is in no way a refusal of Fabian von Bergen's contributions to the ecosystem, which were many, having been an early participant and ambassador for the ecosystem. However, this governance action dropped in the same week that the Hard Fork Working Group were having intense discussions across their two meetings that week about the future naming of hard forks and how best to honour the unfortunate passing of numerous community members in recent years. While this was the first info action to reach the chain, it is already widely known that there was an intention for a similar motion for Gregg Morgan of BONE pool. Protocol engineers have also felt that the memory of close colleague Alexander Esgen had been forgotten about following the community decision to name the previous hard fork after Max van Rossem. Some community elements feel aggrieved from further back still, following the passing of Sean Davies in December 2024, founder of the Working Dead NFTs, educational platform Work Courses (now Widsom Courses) and Poki Portfolio. Then there is the case for Steven Lupien, Intersect Board Chairman and prominent blockchain advocate from the University of Wyoming, who sadly also passed in recent months.\n\nAll in all. While hard fork naming has been a fitting way for honouring the unfortunate passing of ecosystem and community contributors in the past, it should not become a grief competition as to who is more deserving. Which is why I am in favour of the proposal put forth by Adam Dean in the Hard Fork Working Group that a new \"In Memoriam\" section being added to the hard fork initiation action metadata would be a more fitting way to remember all of those that the ecosystem and community may have sadly lost since the previous hard fork.\n\nAdditionally, the proposer of this action unfortunately did not store the metadata on an immutable location as mandated by the Constitution and as such will likely be considered Unconstitutional. Article II, Section 6(1), \"The document hosted by such a URL shall be immutable and incapable of being altered after submission\"." }, "hashAlgorithm": "blake2b-256" }