Same People, Different Titles — Cardano Needs New Voices
I’ve been in Intersect long enough to notice something:
We keep rotating roles—but not the people.
Same faces. Same circles. Same comfort zones.
Different badge. Same influence.
Most of today’s committee and leadership members are connected—directly or indirectly—to founding entities or Catalyst.
Employees. Grant recipients. Advisors. Alumni.
That doesn’t make them bad people.
But it does make the ecosystem feel stuck.
When people with the same worldview keep leading every space, you don’t get new ideas.
You get safe bets. Recycled plans. Quiet rooms.
That’s not governance—that’s maintenance.
A healthy system rotates thinking, not just roles.
But right now, most “new” members still come from the same networks.
Same work culture. Same blind spots.
You can’t build decentralization if everyone comes from the same center.
And when someone new does speak up—especially if they’re not technical or not from “official” backgrounds—they often get ignored.
Or worse, talked over with: “that’s not how things are done.”
Some people are just running their own agendas.
That’s the truth.
Not every decision is made with the community in mind.
You see it when certain proposals get pushed forward while others get buried before they start.
Out of 70+ committee members, maybe 5 or 8 of us aren’t from those inner circles.
We see it clearly.
Because we’re not caught up in the same game.
And most people in the Cardano community? They feel it too.
If the Intersect board is just going to be another step in the same loop, we’re wasting our shot at real change.
We need people who’ve been outside the bubble.
People who didn’t start at the center—but still kept showing up.
That’s why I’m running.
Not to fight the old circle—but to open the space wider.
Because Cardano deserves more than a rotation of the same voices.
It deserves a refresh.
Vote Gintama — For those who weren’t handed power, but earned perspective. Let’s break the loop and build something more open.
