Cardano team delays Vasil hard fork to July

Developers have postponed the activation of the Vasil hard fork in the Cardano network, originally scheduled for June 29. Nigel Hemsley, head of the Product Integration department at Input Output Global (IOG), said.

#VASIL UPDATE: Progress continues positively with only minor bugs remaining. Today, however, we have agreed to ensure the core dev team and #Cardano ecosystem collaborators have more time for testing before commencing the mainnet countdown.

More here: https://t.co/1p5YW4wloe

— Input Output (@InputOutputHK) June 20, 2022

The Vasil testnet launch was scheduled for June 20. According to him, the IOG engineering team did not manage to fix all technical issues, though they were “very close to finishing the work.” None of the seven remaining issues is considered serious, Hemsley said.

The new date for the hard fork test will be determined by IOG in conjunction with the Cardano Foundation based on three main criteria:

• absence of critical issues;
• acceptable cost and performance metrics;
• proper informing the community (including exchanges and dapps) about the update.

The hard fork release on the testnet is tentatively planned for the end of June. The mainnet upgrade has been scheduled for the last week of July.

“The work on Vasil to date has been the most challenging development and integration programme. It is a complex process that requires not only substantial effort from the working groups, but also close coordination across the ecosystem,” said Hemsley.

The hard fork includes four Cardano Improvement Proposals. It is expected that the implementation of Vasil will increase network throughput, reduce transaction costs, and improve blockchain security. The update will also facilitate interaction with Plutus smart contracts.

Earlier in June, developers noted growth in transaction activity in the Cardano network amid expectations of the Vasil activation.

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