Today, we’re releasing new TEST versions of Daedalus as part of the final mile toward the #Vasil upgrade.
Preview 5.0.0 and Preprod 5.0.0 are test-only versions of the #Daedalus wallet for devs and SPOs working in the preview and pre-production testing environments. 🧵
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Preview is an early-stage testing network for testing mature release candidates and new functionality. Pre-production mimics a production (mainnet) configuration and is the most mature network for final stage testing purposes.
Thanks to all members of the #Cardano technical community busy testing. Stay close to our Twitter for all the latest updates on how the community and exchanges is getting #ReadyForVasil
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If you want to check progress yourself, here’s where to look. We’ve just updated it – @ChainEXIO and @ndaxio are now #ReadyForVasil 🙌 ✅ @latokens is now in progress.
We will continue to update the page around 16:00 UTC every day. 🙏
VASIL UPGRADE: DATE CONFIRMED 💪
Following the successful completion & extensive testing of all core components, plus confirmed community readiness, we along with @CardanoStiftung can today announce 22nd September for the #Vasil upgrade on the #Cardano mainnet. 🧵
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#Vasil is the most significant #Cardano upgrade to date, bringing increased network capacity and lower cost transactions. The upgrade will also bring enhancements to #Plutus to enable devs to create more powerful and efficient #blockchain-based applications.
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We’ve been tracking well against all three metrics we & @CardanoStiftung set for launch:
📈75% mainnet blocks being created by the final Vasil node candidate (1.35.3)
📈Approx. 25 exchanges upgraded (c. 80% of ada liquidity)
📈Top 10 DApps by TVL confirming readiness
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We’ve partnered with the prestigious @Stanford University to create the ‘Blockchain Research Hub’.
Here’s a thread on what you need to know.
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Objectives of the Blockchain Research Hub
The hub seeks to:
👉Tackle fundamental/foundational questions in the #blockchain space
👉Extensively increase the blockchain industry's collation of scientific knowledge
👉Promote the importance of research in this nascent space
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Details about the Blockchain Research Hub
IOG will fund the hub to the tune of $4.5m over the next 3 years.
The hub will support innovative research into #blockchain and distributed ledger technology
IOG & @CardanoStiftung continue to work with the community readying for the #Vasil upgrade. Vasil brings numerous enhancements to #Cardano, from pipelining (adding throughput & scalability) and exciting new #Plutus capabilities. 1/8
As we’ve communicated previously, we are committed to ensuring that SPOs, #DApp developers and exchanges have the time they need for updating their node versions, testing & integration work.⌛️2/8
We’re tracking three critical mass indicators ahead of triggering the hard fork: 75% of mainnet blocks created by the final release candidate, roughly 25 exchanges upgraded (representing c.80% of liquidity), and the top 10 DApps by TVL updated. 💪 3/8
Progress towards to the #Vasil mainnet upgrade continues...
For this upgrade to be triggered, the IOG & @CardanoStiftung teams are tracking three critical mass indicators the community will need to reach before the #Vasil upgrade will be triggered. 🧵
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A reminder:
🟢 75% of mainnet blocks being created by the final #Vasil node candidate (1.35.3)
🟠Approx. 25 exchanges upgraded (representing c.80% of ada liquidity)
🟠Top 10 DApps by TVL confirming they've upgraded to 1.35.3 on PreProduction & are ready for mainnet.
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The #Cardano SPO community has been busy over the weekend. And we're delighted to report that more than 75% blocks are now being minted by nodes supporting 1.35.3. First box ticked. ✅💪
The IOG & @CardanoStiftung teams – plus the whole dev and SPO community – continue to work hard preparing for the #Vasil upgrade, bringing multiple enhancements to #Cardano.
Here’s a quick recap of where we’re at and what you can expect…👇
Thread🧵
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A new node version - 1.35.3 - has been released for use on the Vasil dev net and the new pre-production environment. As long as we do not encounter any significant new issues, this will be the version with which we’ll trigger the #Vasil upgrade on mainnet.
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This new pre-production environment has been set up to provide a ‘clean’ and more agile environment to test against 1.35.3 for exchanges and SPOs. We invite SPOs, developers #BuildingOnCardano, and exchanges to commence their final testing and integration processes.
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The first of IOG’s research papers was ‘Ouroboros: A Provably Secure Proof-of-Stake Blockchain Protocol’, academically peer-reviewed and published at Crypto 2017.