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# August 28, 2025 - Status Update
- URL: https://is.bbhmm.net/august-28-2025-status-update/
- Published: 2025-08-28T12:57:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-16T16:40:25.000Z
- Description: August 28, 2025 update on the Incentive Working Group's initiatives.
- Author: EarnCoinPool
- Tags: Updates

The Cardano Incentives Working Group is currently working on 5 initiatives. All the initiatives are related and can (or should) work together. Please also [see our RSS tool](https://spo-incentives.vercel.app/) to see how these changes will affect the network.

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## Current initiatives status

Updated August 28, 2025 

### [CIP-50 rebirth](https://is.bbhmm.net/cip-50-rebirth/) 

- **Status**: CIP editors merged as official CIP on July 22, 2025.
- [CIP-50](https://cips.cardano.org/cip/CIP-0050)

### [Sticky Stake / Lost Stake](https://is.bbhmm.net/cps-lost-stake-2/)

- CPS accepted as CPS-22
- Link: [CPS-0022? | Lost Stake by Cerkoryn · Pull Request #1060 · cardano-foundation/CIPs](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1060)
- CIP submitted to editors
- Link: [CIP-???? | Time-Bound Delegation with Dynamic Rewards by Cerkoryn · Pull Request #1077 · cardano-foundation/CIPs](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/1077)

### [minPoolCost](https://is.bbhmm.net/lower-minpoolcost-to-0/)

- **Status**: IO has begun Analysis and comparison of previous minPoolCost CIPs. Gov Proposal to lower minPoolCost was posted to govtools
- [minPoolCost proposal](https://gov.tools/proposal%5Fdiscussion/291)
- [IO minPoolCost CIP Analysis and Comparison](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NfbjHaCa7bBP8HKZ3WE3cdJ6B%5FojZZSApVqMmsDRb%5F8/edit?usp=sharing)

### [Reverting slot battle changes back from B hash to L hash](https://is.bbhmm.net/revert-tie-breaker-change-for-small-pools/) 

- **Status**: Additional research by Alexander Esgen has been posted. Steps forward are being evaluated by the Ledger team and other working groups.
- [Alexander Esgen’s evaluation](https://hackmd.io/hX7q5s8JSKSP-j3525J0bA)

### Increasing K to 1,000

- **Status**: Gov action currently being drafted. Evaluating if other changes like CIP-50 /minPoolCost should come first or if they should be done together. New article posted to website on rewards misconception.
- [Misconception: if K is raised to 1,000 pool rewards and SPO revenue will be cut in half](https://is.bbhmm.net/misconception-if-k-is-raised-to-1-000-pool-rewards-and-spo-revenue-will-be-cut-in-half/)

### Suggestions to Intersect Product Committee Roadmap

- Status: SPO Incentive WG Suggestions were merged to Roadmap on July 22, 2025
- [Ideas merged to Road Map](https://github.com/IntersectMBO/product-website/pull/13)