EOS Community Activates Leap 3.1 Update to the Antelope Protocol

On September 21, block producers in the Antelope protocol (a fork of an earlier EOS network) carried out a coordinated hard fork to implement Leap 3.1, according to a press release seen by ForkLog.

All node operators were advised to update their software.

Antelope uses as its basis the code of EOSIO 2.0 stable and borrows components from EOSIO 2.1 and EOSIO 2.2.

The team also added several new features, including:

• improvement of the transaction lifecycle;
• updated cryptographic primitives that support EVM-related cryptographic functions.

The project code was opened to everyone.

According to Arek Ayrapetyan, ENF’s Chief Development Officer, Leap 3.1 marks an important milestone in the community’s independence.

In mid-2021, the network-launching Block.one ceased its support. ENF took steps to extend the project’s life. One initiative was Mandel’s shared codebase, in the creation of which Dan Larimer contributed under contract.

ENF engineers continued their work on the project. In March, teams from Telos, Wax and UX Network joined the coalition.

Launch of Antelope was the result of joint efforts by developers and Mandel’s rebranding.

“The success of a blockchain is defined by the unity of its community. In EOS, it had to endure a great deal over the past several years. Without a strong sense of unity in pursuing a common ambitious goal, the project would not be where it is today”, — said Kris Barnes of The Guardian, Helios and Telos Foundation.

ENF intends to recover $4.1 billion from Block.one through court action. In 2018 the company raised $4.2 billion through the ICO EOS.

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