September will also host the Vasil upgrade of the Cardano (ADA) network along with the Ethereum merge. Input Output, the company behind Cardano, shared important dates for the Vasil hard fork.
Cardano Vasil hard fork dates
Cardano developer Input Output has confirmed that, after “extensive testing” of all key components, the Vasil upgrade will arrive on September 22. Ahead of the much anticipated upgrade, Cardano analytics platform Cexplorer shares important dates for users to watch out for. First, on September 19, the mainnet update proposal will be available to trigger the hard fork event on September 22.
https://twitter.com/cexplorer_io/status/1569923494325936128
Final preparations before Vasil
September 22 will also feature in an era transition from Alonzo to Babbage. As you follow on Kriptokoin.com, it will take five days for Vasil’s talent to be fully implemented on the mainnet. IOG states that the Vasil ability will be available on September 27. The Plutus V2 Cost Model will also be available on the mainnet on this date.
In the latest IOG report on ecosystem readiness, 97% of mainnet blocks are already ready by Vasil node candidate 1.35.3. This indicates that the “node readiness” metric has already been met. Also, seven of the top twelve exchanges by liquidity, namely Binance, Upbit, MEXC, Bitrue, AAX, WhiteBIT and BKEX, indicated that Vasil is ready.
Coinbase and three other top twelve exchanges are currently updating their node operators. Eleven other exchanges state that Vasil is ready, while others are in the process of updating their nodes. Six of the top ten Cardano dApps reached pre-production ‘tested’ status, while others remained in the ‘testing phase’.
Cardano celebrates Alonzo’s first anniversary
Cardano celebrated the first anniversary of the Alonzo upgrade released on the mainnet on September 12. Bringing Plutus smart contract capabilities to the Cardano network, the upgrade provided a number of new use cases for dApps, DEXs and DeFi solutions.
Since the Alonzo HFC event took place, Cardano has seen over 3,000 Plutus scripts (smart contracts) added. It also stated that “about 30% of transaction types use smart contracts and the volume continues to increase”. Previously, ADA has seen a 5x increase in the number of projects built on the network since 2022. Cardano will also celebrate its fifth anniversary, as announced by IOG.
White House comment on Cardano
Cardano is one of the largest PoS networks in the world in terms of electricity consumption and market valuation, according to a new White House energy report. The report aims to understand the impact of the cryptocurrency space on climate change. It also looked at whether there are any reforms that the government should implement to improve the environmental impact of the cryptocurrency market.
On one of the pages of the report, the White House ranked all cryptocurrencies by market cap and energy consumption. ADA ranked 3rd overall. Likewise, it took the 1st place on the Proof of Stake front.
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