Cardano, the blockchain technology powerhouse, continues to impress with its latest developments. This article provides an overview of the recent advancements made by the Cardano team, highlighting their commitment to enhancing functionality and user experience.
Advancements in Cardano
The ledger team has been actively implementing Conway features into the ledger, demonstrating progress in the CIP-1694 workshop, shaping the roadmap for the Conway-era implementation. They have also resolved transaction validation issues and worked on constraint-based generators for generating valid transactions and ledger states.
The DB Sync team focuses on UTXO-HD integration to ensure no performance degradation with the adaptor module provided by the consensus team, making it easier for other clients to integrate with UTXO-HD without requiring on-disk storage.
In Plutus, new built-ins for Keccak-256 and Black2b-224 have been added, enhancing compatibility with Ethereum and enabling on-chain computation of PubKeyHash within Plutus. These additions are set to be part of Plutus v3.
The Marlowe team has been actively testing the Marlowe Runtime for the mainnet launch and adding role payout support to the runtime client.
Steady Progress Across the Ecosystem
The Hydra team has been working on refactoring snapshot emissions and updating specifications for event-sourced protocol logic, reducing compilation times, and optimizing Plutus script sizes.
The Mithril protocol achieved significant milestones with the release of distribution 2329.0, the launch of its mainnet beta, and ongoing work on a stress test tool and refactoring cryptographic library entities.
In governance, Voltaire is progressing well with feedback from the CIP-1694 workshop, allowing the community to vote on the acceptance of MVG to enhance participatory governance within Cardano.
Cardano’s continuous advancements and ecosystem empowerment demonstrate its dedication to technological excellence and community-driven decision-making. As Cardano continues to innovate and collaborate, its future looks promising in the world of blockchain technology.
