# Cardano's Leios Upgrade Needs a Setting the Draft Constitution Forbids, and Researcher Kevin Hammond Proposes Emergency Exceptions

Input Output Group (IOG) also named Serokell and AlwaysTrue as the latest firms taking on Cardano engineering, as its core teams move toward independence.

- Published: 2026-11-10T05:42:11.659Z
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- Sources: [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/leios-scaling-threatens-cardano-stability-unless-fast-path-passes/), [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/cardano-core-teams-autonomy-iog-serokell-alwaystrue/), [IOG](https://www.iog.io/news/preparing-the-constitution-for-dijkstra), [Intersect](https://2024elections.docs.intersectmbo.org/overview/readme/2024-committee-elections-introduction/candidates-for-committee-elections-2024/technical-steering-committee-candidates/kevin-hammond-tsc)

Leios, Cardano's planned high-throughput extension of its Ouroboros consensus protocol, faces a constitutional obstacle. According to CryptoSlate, safe operation of the upgrade requires a parameter to be set to zero. The current draft of Ca…

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