Project Catalyst Chat

New Project Spotlight: I sat down with Alexander and Oleksii from the Scalus team to talk about bringing Cardano development to the JVM. Scalus lets you write your smart contracts and offchain code in one language, Scala 3, with the kind of tooling enterprise devs expect: integration tests that run in milliseconds, a line-by-line cost profiler, and a real debugger for onchain code. It's already powering L2 work like Hydrozoa and Gummy Worm, and if you've used MeshJS or Lucid Evolution, you've probably used Scalus without knowing it. Watch the full session: https://youtu.be/30gJzYAJHcU

Update: https://x.com/Catalyst_onX/status/2072694003779219561?s=20

Hey there, any news on Fund 15 results? Is the process still on halt? What are the reasons? Thank you

I see. Thanks for the answer Any official reason for that? Also can I input my proposal that had been canceled for Fund16 ?

🚀 The Catalyst Pilot webpage is now live Details are up for the ₳2.5M pilot fund launching in August: grants of 50,000-200,000 ADA for teams with live products, funded to build new Cardano integrations - oracle feeds, stablecoins, programmable tokens (CIP-0113), and on-chain identity (CIP-0170) - and rewarded on the real, verified usage they bring to the network. The submission portal opens in the coming week. 📍 Our team is at Rare Evo this week and would love to answer your questions in person. 👉 Explore: https://projectcatalyst.io/apply X: https://x.com/Catalyst_onX/status/2082486780524175672?s=20

Applications for the Project Catalyst 2026 Pilot are now open. 📣 A 2.5M $ADA fund for 10-15 teams building with oracles, stable-coins, programmable tokens, and on-chain identity. The window closes on 20 August at 06:00 UTC. Learn more and apply now: https://projectcatalyst.io/apply

Hey ya! Will there be some sort of TownHall for the new Catalyst?

And, while I'm here, is there a listing with the new people running the program?

Will this channel be monitored? What is the best channel to be in touch with the team / community?

We’re looking for more Decision Panel members for the Project Catalyst 2026 Pilot. If you’ve shipped or audited systems on mainnet, or have experience operating, funding or assessing ventures, we’d like to hear from you. Panelists will review proposals across late August and early September, with an honorarium provided for taking part. Funding decisions will be based on published guidance, with every score carrying equal weight and supported by a written rationale. Think you could bring the right experience to the panel? Apply by 25 August. It takes around five minutes. 👉 https://forms.gle/sbmA7VTZX1HkyarYA You can submit a proposal or serve on the Decision Panel, but not both. Retweet CTA on X: https://x.com/Catalyst_onX/status/2090107897917100137?s=20

Hi @dannyribar Where can we report issues with existing curation comments?

Here the next release. Unbelievable! https://youtu.be/rEEY5gTY3VI?si=0-UkAvVNRzJ1cXx5

Hello, Fund 15 got cancelled. Will there be any new fund? Can we apply? What happened with the proposal, can we use them again? Thank you.

Hello Community! We're running a webinar, more info below: 📢 Embrace MiCA Part 2: Licensing Process in Detail We're hosting a 1-hour session for the Cardano community on getting licensed under MiCA. Part 2 of a 3-part series guiding Web3 builders through Europe's new regulatory framework. 🗓 Tomorrow, Thursday September 24 · 3PM CET · 1h 💻 Zoom Host: Martin Repka, Senior Associate at Sparring. Topics: a quick scope check on which activities need a CASP licence, the application package, common pitfalls, the real timeline stage by stage, passporting, case studies and live Q&A. Bring whatever you'd like answered about the licensing process, or anything that's blocking your application right now. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yCOrWNS9Tc6ZFE-tlsZXAw

Hi all, on Monday we ran Embrace MiCA Part 2, powered by Project Catalyst: the licensing process, the application package, the timeline, passporting, and case studies, with live Q&A. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrdGDXqX4A We want to hear your opinion. If you have 2 minutes, please fill out the form: • what was useful, and what was missing • which MiCA topic you'd want covered next Form (anonymous): https://forms.gle/BoXSGkkez7aVeWsH8 You can also drop questions right here in the chat.