Cardano Founder Says Roadmap Is Complete, Responds to Investor's Price-Pumping Criticism

According to ChainCatcher, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said during a YouTube livestream Q&A that the network’s roadmap is complete and that all the features he had promised to build have been delivered. He made the remarks during an exchange with an unhappy investor, shevilkid1738, who said Hoskinson had promised Cardano would surpass Bitcoin. Hoskinson denied making that promise, saying he had expressed hope for that outcome. He said he considers Cardano a better store of value than Bitcoin for multiple reasons, but does not promise ADA’s price will rise. He added that investors’ main concern was price, saying, “You want me to pump it.” Hoskinson outlined five roadmap phases: Byron launched the mainnet in September 2017; Shelley introduced staking in July 2020; the Alonzo hard fork brought smart contracts in September 2021; the Vasil upgrade moved the network into the Basho scaling phase in September 2022; and the Chang hard fork began the Voltaire governance phase in September 2024. The Plomin hard fork in January 2025 gave ADA holders voting rights, completing fully decentralized governance. Hoskinson said the network now governs itself and that he no longer has power over it. ADA reached an all-time high of $3.09 in 2021 and is now around $0.17, down about 94% from that peak. It is also down 86% from its $1.21 high in January 2024.