Cardano proposed naming the 2026 protocol version 11 hard fork the "van Rossem hard fork".

PANews reported on January 14th that, according to Cryptopolitan, the Cardano community hard fork working group has proposed naming the 2026 protocol version 11 hard fork the "van Rossem Hard Fork" in honor of the late Governing Representative (DRep) Max van Rossem. Van Rossem served as a member and co-head of the Constitutional Council's election working group, participating in the drafting of Cardano's first constitution and playing a key role in the inclusion of Article 8. He also founded the AdaMoments project, aimed at permanently preserving users' personal histories, and was active in Dutch community building. The community will vote on the naming proposal from January 13th to February 14th, 2026. This protocol version 11 upgrade is expected to improve node security, ledger consistency, and Plutus performance.