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Project Charter (Acropolis)

Core Infrastructure Roadmap Working Group
GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION
NAME Acropolis
SPONSOR IOE
LEAD Chris
STAKEHOLDERS TBC
CORE TEAM [Leonard] - Delivery [Rupert] - Community/Comms [Michael] - Performance [Martin] - Testing [Jessica] - Release [Paul] - Architecture [Ramsay] - Formal Methods [Roger] - Product
EXPECTED START DATE (Current Scope) Q2 2025
EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE (Quarter is enough) Q4 2025
PROJECT DETAILS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The upcoming target for Acropolis is referred to as the Data Node, which includes Intersect Milestones MS5.1-MS5.6
OBJECTIVES - Load Snapshot and start chain instance - Sync to tip - Rewards calculation - Validation to a Phase 1 definition
EXPECTED BENEFITS Chain Indexing endpoint, Fast sync
SCOPE Boot from snapshot into a selected Cardano epoch, loading state, validating messages and calculating rewards. Provide API access to an external app to reach loaded chain data
OUT OF SCOPE Deep validation and transaction confirming Storage of transaction data into an unconfirmed mempool Deep non-functionals verifying network fabric
Project Phases Phase 1 - Data Node - Completed Phase 2 - Under Definition Phase 3 - Under Definition
Phase 1 - MILESTONES - Minimal necessary tracking of governance actions and SPD (MS5.1) - REST APIs (MS 5.2) - Integrate and test with application team (MS5.3) - Block header validation (MS5.4) - Ledger state validation (MS5.5) - Transaction validation - phase 1 (MS5.6)
Phase 2 - MILESTONES Refer to IntersectMBO Acropolis s/s
MEETING CADENCE Daily - Standup Mon/Wed/Fri 16UTC
SUCCESS METRICS (OPTIONAL) Under Definition
BUDGET APPROVAL 730
INTERNAL RESOURCES
DATE December 2025

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