Overview
DRep ID is a directory that helps ADA holders find a DRep, short for delegated representative, and hand their vote to one. A DRep is a person or group who votes on Cardano governance decisions on behalf of the ADA holders who choose them1. The list shows each registered DRep with the objectives and qualifications they published on-chain2. Each name opens a profile with the DRep's voting power and how they voted on each governance action, meaning each proposal put to an on-chain vote3.
Beyond the list, the site tracks governance proposals, publishes network-wide governance statistics, and lets a DRep reserve a short name, a bit like a username, that points to their profile3,4. DRep ID is made by Sireto Technology, a software company with offices in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Zwolle, the Netherlands3,5. In September 2026, Intersect, a member-based Cardano organization, announced that Sireto was maintaining GovTool, a Cardano governance app6.
Key Features
- Filter DReps by status. The list can show Active, Inactive, Retired or All DReps, and each card previews the objectives that DRep published2.
- A full record for each DRep. A DRep profile shows voting power, the DRep's objectives, motivation and qualifications, and tabs for votes, registrations, active delegators and delegations7.
- Follow proposals through the vote. The governance actions page lists proposals submitted on Cardano and filters them by status and by type, such as treasury withdrawals, parameter changes and hard forks8.
- A memorable name instead of a long code. A DRep can swap a 58-character ID for a short name and keep it even after changing the credential behind it, the key that identifies them on-chain9.
- Names that live on the blockchain. DRep ID names are minted as tokens under a published policy, which the docs label Version 1 (beta)10, and resolve to a DRep through the ledger, so the DRep behind a name can be found from chain data alone, with no call to DRep ID's own services4.
What to Expect
Delegating starts on a DRep's profile. You press Connect to delegate, link a browser wallet, and sign one transaction7,11. The site's wallet dialog lists Lace and Eternl3. DRep ID's own guide says delegation costs only the network fee, your ADA never leaves your wallet, and the change takes effect at the next epoch boundary, the start of Cardano's next five-day cycle11. You can switch to another DRep later with a new transaction11. The list page adds that you keep earning staking rewards either way2.
The statistics page shows governance totals for the whole network, such as how many DReps are registered, how many of them list a name in their on-chain profile, and how much ADA treasury proposals have requested12. Each governance action has its own page with its type, status, and the date and epoch it was submitted, and pages for enacted actions also show the date and epoch they were enacted13,14. For ADA holders new to governance, the site's guides cover topics from choosing a DRep to the Cardano Constitution15, and a glossary defines common governance terms16.
For DReps, reserving a name takes three things: the DRep's own signature, a signature from the platform, and a small registration fee17. The docs publish the official policy IDs, the on-chain identifiers that mark genuine DRep ID names, for Cardano's main network and its Preprod and Preview test networks10. A name minted under any other policy is not a DRep ID handle10. Developers can follow a worked example that turns a name back into a DRep's ID using chain data17.
