Overview
Cardano Connect DReps is a public directory page that lets ADA holders look up DReps and see how often each one votes1. A DRep, short for delegated representative, is a person or group that votes on proposals about how the network runs, using ADA that holders hand them as voting weight2. The list covers active, inactive and retired DReps, with voting power, delegators and vote counts in each row1. Each DRep opens into its own profile with a full voting record3.
The page is one part of Cardano Connect, a public explorer for Cardano governance that also covers proposals, stake pools and the Constitutional Committee, and it reads data from Cardano mainnet, the live network4. Cardano Connect is maintained by Upstream Stake Pool4, a UK stake pool operator that runs community events in London and Cardano workshops5. Under Cardano's governance rules, any ADA owner can register as a DRep or delegate their voting rights to one, much as they would choose a stake pool2.
Key Features
- Filter and sort DReps by their record. The DRep list filters by status (active, inactive, retired or unregistered) and sorts by voting power, delegators, last activity, pending votes, missed votes and registration date1.
- See who shows up to vote. Each row of the Cardano Connect DRep table shows required and optional vote counts with a participation percentage, plus how many votes are pending and how many were missed1.
- Know how quickly a DRep responds. Each DRep profile lists the average, fastest and slowest time the DRep took to vote, next to a chart comparing votes cast with the proposals it was eligible to vote on3.
- Read a DRep's own pitch. A DRep profile shows the objectives, motivations and qualifications from the DRep's published metadata file, along with delegation history and voting history3.
- A system-wide snapshot. A summary bar on the DRep list adds up the ADA delegated to active, inactive and retired DReps, and to the two built-in options, Always Abstain and Always No Confidence1.
What to Expect
For ADA holders deciding who should carry their vote, the list opens without signing in and starts on active DReps that hold voting power, sorted by most recent activity1. Each row links to a profile. There, a missed vote means a proposal the DRep could have voted on but never did before it was approved, expired or dropped, while a pending vote is an open proposal the DRep has not voted on yet3. ADA holders delegate their voting power to a DRep through governance tools2.
For DReps, the profile is a public view of their own record. It shows their DRep ID with a link to the registration transaction, the metadata file they published, and the time they take to respond to proposals3. Where a DRep has left the objectives, motivations or qualifications fields empty, the profile flags them as missing3.
For researchers and community members tracking participation, the list includes a Download data button for taking the table elsewhere, and a Favourites section sits in the site navigation1. The interface switches between English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch3.
