TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon
Funder
Cardano Foundation · TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon
Type / status
hackathon · closing soon
Amount
27,500 USD
Deadline
2026-09-18 (1d)
“Applications close September 18.”
Ecosystems
cardano
Categories
aidefidev tooling
Tech stack
soliditytypescript
Apply
Source
Fit
8% · poor fit · The Venture23 Aleo team works in the Aleo ecosystem with Rust/Leo/ZK tech stack, but this hackathon targets the Cardano ecosystem with Solidity/TypeScript and focuses on AI agent payments—fundamentally mismatched ecosystems and tech stacks.
Trust
93% · model self-report 90% · first seen 2026-09-16 · v1
Verified
2026-09-16 · by extraction
Build AI agent payment solutions on Cardano using x402 in a 36-hour hackathon focused on agent-to-agent payments and autonomous services. Open to builders interested in experimenting with the agentic economy on Cardano. Participants will develop working products to demo live on the main stage in Singapore. Applications close September 18, 2026.
Eligibility: Open to builders; 200 free spots available.
Pipeline
Trust breakdown (4/4 checkable facts verified)
| Signal | Weight | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| deadline | 0.35 | 100% | quoted in source |
| amount | 0.25 | 100% | figure appears in source |
| apply link | 0.075 | 100% | link in source |
| funder | 0.075 | 100% | named in source |
| source quality | 0.15 | 60% | forum post |
| model confidence | 0.1 | 90% | model self-report |
Fit breakdown (against the ORG_* profile)
| Signal | Weight | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| model fit | 0.5 | 10% | model rated 10% |
| ecosystem overlap | 0.25 | 0% | cardano vs aleo |
| category overlap | 0.15 | 17% | ai, defi, dev_tooling vs zk, privacy, infra, dev_tooling, security, interoperability |
| tech overlap | 0.1 | 0% | solidity, typescript vs rust, leo, zk |
Sources (1)
| Role | Document | From | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|
| primary | Digest September 16, 2026: TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon | Constitutional Amendment Portal | Intersect Board Elections 2026 | SDG Blockchain Accelerator | Ambassador Stories: Baudouin Kakule Muvunga | Cardano forum | 2026-09-16 |
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| 1 | 2026-09-16 | created |
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# [](#p-387401-community-digest-wk-38-2026614xautouploadr5y6zyzhfv2vdwuaieke9tq9ptzpng-1)\*\*
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# [](#p-387401-welcome-to-the-cardano-community-digest-2)**Welcome to the Cardano Community Digest!**
Published by the Cardano Foundation Community Team every two weeks, this Digest will provide you with news, updates and events about the project and ecosystem!
**If you are interested in receiving the Community Digest in the future directly via email, please sign-up [here](https://cardano.org/newsletter/)!**
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In this edition of the Community Digest, we highlight:
* **TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon:** Build AI agent payment solutions on Cardano using x402, 36 hours, $27,500 in prizes. Applications close September 18.
* **Constitutional Amendment Portal:** Seven proposals in consultation, review call with proposers and community on September 17.
* **Intersect Board Elections 2026:** Eleven candidates, two seats, voting open until September 25, results September 28.
* **SDG Blockchain Accelerator:** Cardano track offers equity-free funding and mentorship for up to four teams. Applications close September 30.
* **Ambassador Stories:** Meet Baudouin, connecting Francophone African communities with Cardano through education and governance.
* **CIP Updates:** Five new proposals, from Plutus cryptography to minUTxO friction, plus CIP-113 and CIP-192 in active review.
* **Ecosystem & Creator Highlights:** Cardanians covers PRIME, SundaeSwap v4, and Midnight City; creators dig into blocks, x402, and staking.
* **Community Learning:** RealFi, a Leios demo hitting ~1,000 TPS, and Governance Hour #10 on the OpenZeppelin Stack proposal (open until October 11).
* **CF & Intersect Updates:** August highlights, Blockforce’s supply chain rollout, TOKEN2049 plans, plus the new Constitutional Committee and Dijkstra prep.
All this and more in today’s Digest.
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## [](#p-387401-deadline-extended-token2049-origins-hackathon-6-8-october-2026-3)DEADLINE EXTENDED: Token2049 Origins Hackathon, 6-8 October 2026
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**Heads up, builders:** applications for the Cardano track at the TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon just got extended to September 18, so you’ve got a few extra days to throw your hat in.
The challenge is a fun one: figure out how AI agents and autonomous apps can transact on Cardano using x402, the open payment standard built for programmatic, machine-to-machine payments. You’ll get 36 hours, October 6–7 in Singapore, to go from idea to working product and demo it live on the main stage.
There are 200 free spots up for grabs and $27,500 in prizes split across three winners, basically a playground for experimenting with agent-to-agent payments, autonomous services, and whatever the agentic economy turns into next.
Want in? Applications close September 18. [Full announcement and details here](https://x.com/Cardano_CF/status/2098033305497092575?s=20)
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## [](#p-387401-cap-review-call-go-through-the-open-amendment-proposals-with-proposers-and-reviewers-4)CAP Review Call: Go Through The Open Amendment Proposals with Proposers and Reviewers
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The Constitutional Amendment Portal has been live for six weeks. In that time, five constitutional amendment proposals (CAPs) and two constitutional issue statements (CIS) have been submitted. All seven are in consultation right now.
Tomorrow, 17 September 2026, Intersect hosts a CAP Review call: a focused session to go through the open proposals, to facilitate discussions between the proposers, editors and the community. Hear directly from the proposers and the reviewers, and bring your own questions.
Thursday 17 September, 09:00 to 10:00 CEST
Register: [CAP Review · Luma](https://luma.com/intersect-3ic0)
Browse the proposals: [Constitutional Amendment Portal — Cardano Constitution](https://cap.intersectmbo.org/#/proposals)
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## [](#p-387401-intersect-board-elections-2026-voting-open-until-september-25-2026-5)Intersect Board Elections 2026: Voting Open Until September 25, 2026
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Voting in the Intersect Board Elections 2026 kicked off September 14, with eleven candidates duking it out for two community-elected Board seats, each carrying a two-year term. On the ballot: [Adam Rusch](https://x.com/AdamRusch), [Alexa K.](https://x.com/design_thyme), [Anuj Chaudhary](https://x.com/AnujChaudhary25), [Christian Taylor](https://x.com/DeOpenSourceGuy), Eric Helms, I[an McCullough](https://x.com/cullahmusic), [Jose Miguel De Gamboa](https://x.com/Bitcows), [Kavinda Kariyapperuma](https://x.com/OfficialKavinda), [Ken Erik Ølmheim](https://x.com/kenerik), [Nana Safo](https://x.com/nana_cardano), and [Ridwan Itopa Musa](https://x.com/MusaRidwanItopa). Polls stay open through September 25, with results dropping September 28. Eligible voters need 180 days of active Intersect standing and completed KYC. Two candidate forums, September 15 and 22, give the community a shot to grill each contender before ballots close. Full details are [right here](https://x.com/IntersectMBO/status/2099472199027437972?s=20).
Want to hear straight from the candidates before locking in your vote? Intersect recently hosted a live [Q&A session](https://x.com/i/spaces/1YGNrbYMDWRGw?s=20) where candidates introduced themselves and fielded questions on their vision for the seat, worth a listen if you’re still deciding.
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## [](#p-387401-call-to-action-cardano-track-open-for-the-sdg-blockchain-accelerator-cohort-3-7)Call To Action: Cardano Track Open for the SDG Blockchain Accelerator Cohort 3
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Got a solution that could actually move the needle on real-world problems? Applications are open for Cohort 3 of the SDG Blockchain Accelerator, a joint effort between the [Cardano Foundation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardano-foundation/), [UNDP AltFinLab](https://www.linkedin.com/company/undp-altfinlab/), and [Chain for Good](https://chainforgood.org/).
This round, the Foundation’s putting serious weight behind a dedicated Cardano track. Up to four teams get selected for equity-free funding, hands-on technical mentorship, and direct integration support, tackling real challenges straight from UN country offices. Think digital identity, payments, supply chain traceability, and transparent data systems, the kind of work that actually ships.
The acceleration runs four months, October 2026 through February 2027, with a real shot at public-sector deployment on the other end. Applications close September 30
[For more details check out the UNDP post here.](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/blockchain-ai-sdgblockchainaccelerator-share-7497577580133412864-8uq1/)
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## [](#p-387401-ambassador-stories-with-baudouin-kakule-muvunga-8)Ambassador Stories, with Baudouin Kakule Muvunga
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Meet Baudouin, one of the newest faces in the Cardano Ambassador Program. Based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, his journey into blockchain kicked off as a student after stumbling into a local Cardano community event. What hooked him wasn’t the price charts, it was the idea that blockchain could go way beyond crypto and actually tackle real-world problems.
With a background in rural development, humanitarian work, human rights, and community building, Baudouin saw an obvious overlap between Cardano and the work he was already doing. Today he leads the Nyiragongo Cardano Hub, connecting Francophone African communities with Web3 through education, financial inclusion, digital identity, and decentralized governance.
As an Ambassador, he’s all about building bridges, linking the global Cardano ecosystem with communities across the DRC and Africa. That means meetups, workshops, governance discussions, and training, all aimed at turning local communities into active participants instead of passive users.
His vision going forward: Cardano driving real, tangible impact across Africa.
[Catch Baudouin’s full story here](https://forum.cardano.org/t/ambassador-stories-journal-51-baudouin-kakule-muvunga/156829).
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## [](#p-387401-cardano-improvement-proposals-cip-updates-9)Cardano Improvement Proposals (CIP) Updates
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Fresh batch of CIPs recently dropped, and this one’s stacked. [Robert Phair](https://x.com/COSDpool)’s latest snapshot brings five new proposals to the table, from Plutus-level cryptography to network signalling, plus a couple of heavy hitters closing in on the finish line. And there’s a new face joining the Editor Crew.
Say hi to **[Sebastian Nagel](https://x.com/ch1bo_)** (GitHub: [@ch1bo](https://github.com/ch1bo)), the latest addition to the CIP Editors team. Long-time key developer, long-time community fixture, now officially part of the review squad.
New Proposals
* CIP-0199 candidate: [Poseidon Permutation Built-in for Plutus](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1263)
* CIP-0200 candidate: [Urgency Signalling in Linear Leios](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1265)
* CPS-0035 candidate: [Digital Product Passports](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1114)
* CPS-0036 candidate: [Voluntary Block Producer Software Signalling](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1260)
* CPS-0037 candidate: [Application and transaction friction in minUTxO implementation](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1268)
Active Review
* CIP-0113 candidate: [Programmable token-like assets](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/444) - [final call for review](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/444#pullrequestreview-5217371248) before merge!
* CIP-0192 candidate: [Transaction Fee-Change Field](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1218) - [discussion](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1218#pullrequestreview-5218166556) of effects on Tx determinism
Completed
* CPS-0031: [Prioritising Urgent Transactions](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CPS-0031/README.md)
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## [](#p-387401-cardanians-weekly-ecosystem-updates-10)Cardanians: Weekly Ecosystem Updates
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Cardanians Newsletter #140 dropped September 14 with a headline that’s been a long time coming: Cardano PRIME is officially open for project submissions, the ecosystem’s flagship on-chain governance-funded program for scaling grants and innovation. Also on deck: SundaeSwap v4 targeting mainnet October 1 with concentrated liquidity, modular pools, and automated routing, plus Midnight City hitting 600 active agents on Midnight’s privacy layer, an early but real signal of protocol activity. [Catch the full thread here](https://x.com/Cardanians_io/status/2099387782405755299?s=20).
## [](#p-387401-cardano-newsletter-weekly-cardano-digest-141-12)Cardano Newsletter: Weekly Cardano Digest #141
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Issue #143 of the Cardano Newsletter is out! This time [Lucas Macchiavelli](https://x.com/LucasMacchia2) breaks down the x402 merge and what it means for Cardano’s spot in the agentic payment economy, plus a look at SundaeSwap v4’s October 1 launch window. As always, tight, and reliably useful. Check the full issue on his site: [](https://www.cardanonewsletter.com/p/141)[Weekly Cardano Digest #143](https://www.cardanonewsletter.com/p/143)
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## [](#p-387401-spotlight-on-cardano-content-creators-13)Spotlight on Cardano Content Creators
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Cardano’s got no shortage of people documenting it, explaining it, and building on it out in the open, and this week we’re giving them their flowers. Below is a mix of voices: creators breaking down technical upgrades and staking basics for newcomers, and builders giving firsthand updates on what they’re shipping. A few Content Creator Spotlights from across the ecosystem::
* [MB (@Mb\_you\_know)](https://x.com/Mb_you_know) kept the streak alive with Day 21 of their daily Cardano thread series, “What Is Inside a Cardano Block?” He walks through the basics: transactions, the header that ties a block to the one before it, the cryptographic link that makes the chain a chain, and the producer data used to verify who signed it. For this and more, [see Day 21 here.
](https://x.com/Mb_you_know/status/2099593274998608010)
* The Crypto Dossier channel dropped a September 13 video on the x402 Cardano integration, now past 10,000 views. It covers Cardano moving from spec-only to a working implementation in the official x402 repo, so apps and AI agents can pay per request, plus extras like Masumi’s optional trust layer. For this and more, [watch the video here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QttvR91KQO4).
* [Linda (@Cryptofly777)](https://x.com/Cryptofly777) posted her weekly Cardano update on September 14, calling it a week of adoption. She hits ada and stablecoins in WhatsApp, stablecoins meeting the real economy, and AlphaGrowth’s push to bring in EVM users and make capital more efficient. For this and more, [watch the update here](https://x.com/Cryptofly777/status/2099528622398689781?s=20).
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\*\*Community Learning & Developer Engagement
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* This week’s Cardano Seminar spotlighted RealFi, with CEO [John O’Connor](https://x.com/jjtoconnor) breaking down how the project turns idle on-chain dollars into yield backed by real-world credit, complete with a three-token setup, built-in risk protections, and a look at what’s next on the road to mainnet. [Watch it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=735yJ_erh2A).
* Separately, [Carlos Lopez de Lara](https://x.com/carloslodelar) sat down with Ouroboros Leios architect [Sebastian Nagel](https://x.com/ch1bo_) for a live lab demo, pushing a local Leios cluster to 250 TxkB/s (about 1,000 TPS), well past mainnet’s current ceiling. The next challenge: making those numbers hold up on the real internet. [Missed it? Watch it here](https://x.com/carloslodelar/status/2099763976561181130?s=20)!
* Cardano Governance Hours #10 took a closer look at the live treasury withdrawal asking for 11,787,063 ada to fund the OpenZeppelin Stack, administered by Intersect. Arturo Beccar-Varela of OpenZeppelin walks through the 12-month plan: audited open-source libraries plus three reference implementations covering liquid staking, self-repaying loans, and a tokenized money market fund, with developer enablement included. [Catch the full episode here](https://x.com/Cardano/status/2099891043667943426?s=20).
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## [](#p-387401-updates-from-the-cardano-foundation-15)Updates from the Cardano Foundation
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The [Cardano Foundation](https://x.com/Cardano_CF)’s been busy, dropping updates that span everything from enterprise wins and institutional outreach to global events, education, and governance.
As per the [Cardano Foundation](https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/august-2026-activities)’s August 2026 ecosystem update, published September 8, it was a stacked month: the IBC bridge audit cleared (Cosmos interoperability, officially unlocked), 160 Olympic Committee staff went through CF’s blockchain education program, and Reeve 1.7 shipped, the Foundation’s on-chain financial data toolset. Full breakdown [here](https://cardanofoundation.org/blog/august-2026-activities).
Biggest flex of the update, according to the Foundation, goes to [Blockforce](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockforce/), whose supply chain platform went live on Cardano August 31 and got its own formal [Cardano Foundation case study](https://cardanofoundation.org/case-studies/blockforce) on September 7. Per that case study, the numbers are wild: 500,000+ supply chain records already anchored on-chain. The setup runs a dual-ledger architecture, sensitive commercial data stays private on a permissioned Hyperledger Fabric network, while cryptographic fingerprints get anchored publicly on Cardano. Using a batching tool called uVerify, they’re grouping up to 44 certificates per transaction, which the Foundation says cuts cost per record by 92%. The first big deployment is Azzas 2154, Latin America’s largest fashion group, tracking its leather supply chain across 6,200+ suppliers to stay compliant with the EU’s deforestation rules, with 95,000+ invoices already processed and a contracted target of 6.5 million records by 2030.
Also on September 8 , the Foundation announced that for TOKEN2049 they’re co-hosting the [Rooftop UTXO Pitch Night](https://luma.com/utxopitchnight), with [Draper Dragon](https://www.draperdragon.com) putting up to $500,000 on the table for selected teams. There’s also a TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon track dedicated to the Cardano x402 agentic economy, $27,500 in prizes on the line.
Finally… a little history lesson on where the “Cardano” name actually comes from, Renaissance mathematician Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576). Source: [Cardano Foundation on X: "Ever wondered why it's called Cardano? Cardano is named after Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576), the Italian mathematician & polymath who pioneered early cryptography. A fitting tribute for a blockchain built on peer-reviewed research, math, and science." / X](https://x.com/Cardano_CF/status/2099136017731064115?s=20)
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## [](#p-387401-update-from-intersect-mbo-16)Update from Intersect MBO
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From [Intersect’s Weekly Update #128](https://intersectmbo.org/news/intersect-weekly-update-128-sep-11-2026): the newly elected Constitutional Committee officially took its seat in Epoch 654 following the ratified Update Constitutional Committee 2026 action, and GovTool’s active maintenance has moved to Sireto, led by original builder Sandip Pandey, who’s committed to keeping it open source and easy to self-host. Full update here.
There are also three governance actions still live with deadlines approaching rapidly:
the [Governance Incentives Framework 2026](https://gov.tools/governance_actions/f57f8fcb4e83ad1b6f58bffd4a302aacbb5a90874c83c5f84a7f8b4bb43ce9bc#0) (expires September 16, sitting at 1.62% DRep support), the [Ikigai Info deposit reimbursement](https://gov.tools/governance_actions/7d37220b71806410cc8adfbdafbad494e1ce3fdc674ab13c88a72b3b27de78d9#0) (expires September 16, at 58.26% DRep support), and the [OpenZeppelin Stack treasury withdrawal](https://dreptalk.com/t/withdraw-11-787-063-ada-for-the-openzeppelin-stack-administe-c1a628f7/) of 11,787,063 ada (expires October 11, currently at 0.02% DRep support). Get your votes in before those windows close. And finally, ChangWatch has officially rebranded as GovScope, with the transition kicking off September 13.
As the ecosystem prepares for its next major milestone, the Dijkstra era, node versions 11.1.1 and 11.2 are already paving the way for advanced protocol capabilities, node diversity, and dedicated testnet environments. Lots of great updates, but if you’d like to follow through on the Upgrade Bulletin for the full story, [read here](https://x.com/IntersectMBO/status/2098090433104818477?s=20).
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## [](#p-387401-cardano-forum-top-10-referred-topics-17)Cardano Forum Top 10 Referred Topics
Topics that have received the most clicks from external sources. (last 10 Days)
* [Concerns About Iagon Marketing, Closed Source and Patent Issues](https://forum.cardano.org/t/concerns-about-iagon-marketing-vs-observation-closed-source-and-patent-concerns-brought-up-in-discussion/120996)
* [Community Digest September 02, 2026 — Intersect Board Elections, SPO Scripts Update, Daedalus 11.3.0](https://forum.cardano.org/t/digest-september-02-2026-intersect-board-elections-2026-constitutional-amendment-portal-stake-pool-operator-scripts-update-daedalus-11-3-0-ambassador-stories-ayomide-osemene/156599)
* [Cardano Global Events 2027: The Catch-Up](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-global-events-2027-the-catch-up/156671)
* [Getting Started with Cardano: Essential Resources](https://forum.cardano.org/t/debuter-avec-cardano-les-ressources-essentielles-pour-trouver-son-chemin-dans-l-ecosysteme/156437)
* [Emerge Society — Lesson 1: The Entrepreneurial Mindset](https://forum.cardano.org/t/emerge-society-lesson-1-is-live-the-entrepreneurial-mindset-free-catalyst-funded/155435)
* [Ambassador Stories, Journal #50: Ayomide Osemene](https://forum.cardano.org/t/ambassador-stories-journal-50-ayomide-osemene/156578)
* [Cardano Opportunities This Week — August 31 to September 5, 2026](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-opportunities-this-week-august-31-to-september-5-2026/156653)
* [Cardano at FePro 2026 — Where Technology Brings Ideas to Life](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-at-fepro-2026-where-technology-brings-ideas-to-life/156720)
* [My Introduction](https://forum.cardano.org/t/my-introduction/156680)
* [Cardano Weekly Opportunities #3 — September 12, 2026](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cardano-weekly-opportunities-3-september-12-2026/156759)
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## [](#p-387401-upcoming-community-events-18) Upcoming Community Events
* 09-04 **Developers Office Hours #78:** Join [Santiago Carmuega](https://x.com/santicarmuega), Founder & CEO of TxPipe, for a deep dive into Demeter.run: infrastructure designed to make building and scaling Cardano dApps easier. Explore how Demeter gives developers access to managed Cardano infrastructure, without having to provision and maintain the underlying stack. We’ll look at how it works, the developer experience, where Demeter is today, and what’s coming next. - [More Details Here
](https://www.addevent.com/event/vk45wsj464yt)
* 09-16 **Intersect Product Committee call:** This is the product committee working session. Anyone is welcome to join and observe. In the last 30 mins the secretary will allow interactions with the observes - [More Details Here
](https://luma.com/CardanoEvents?e=evt-PTGDl3GXEQuCQoE)
* 09-07 **DB-Sync TWG Open Session:** [More Details Here
](https://luma.com/CardanoEvents?e=evt-NTGeBOeO3nS5cBI)
* 09-08 **Hard Fork Working Group** - [More Details Here
](https://luma.com/CardanoEvents?e=evt-DcveNOQdf4l7VFq)
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For more weekly events, visit **[Cardano Events](https://cardano.org/events/)**
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Many thanks and greetings from the Community Team!