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- The core development team of Cardano, Input-Output, disclosed that it is expanding the network’s block size by 11 %. Cardano block size will be bumped to 80KB from 72KB.
- Besides, the team also intends a memory boost for its smart contract platform, Plutus. The two updates are scheduled to be released this Friday.
- This year, Cardano, a proof-of-stake blockchain platform, aims to become more scalable to surpass its Layer 1 Competitors. At the time of writing, Cardano’s price was $1.03. According to the coinmarketcap, it’s the 6th leading cryptocurrency globally.
Input-Output, Cardano’s core development team, announces that it will increase the network block size by 11%. In addition, the team also planned a memory boost for Plutus, its smart contract platform.
Cardano Intents to Manage Scaling Issues
Cardano has decided to expand its block size.
On Wednesday, Input-Output, in a tweet, stated that it would be expanding the block size of Cardano from 72KB to 80KB. The maximum data capacity that a single block can accommodate on a blockchain is referred to as its block size. More transactions can be added to new blocks with larger block sizes, hence enhancing scalability.
The team also intends to improve the performance of Cardano’s execution platform for deploying smart contracts, Plutus, besides increasing the block size. The team disclosed the Plutus script memory units would be increased to 14 million from 12.5 million. This move of the team is taken in the hope that expanded memory limits will further grow the ability of Plutus smart contracts for processing more data items.
Additional Resources for Plutus scripts will be provided in the further updates added to the Input-Output team. This will be done to improve the dApp user experience at the same time expanding overall network capacity.
The two improvements are scheduled to release at 21:44 UTC this Friday.
Input-Output is betting on Cardano’s capabilities to overthrow its congestion issues. In 2021, Input-Output remarkably launched similar updates to both the Plutus memory units and block size.
SundaeSwap, Cardano’s first decentralized exchange, didn’t go smoothly either. Shortly after the launch, SundaeSwap started complaining of the high congestion stopping them from swapping tokens. In a tweet rally, along with updates, Input-Output also gave the warning that the network might still be under “significant load” during the awaited launch of NFT mints and the latest dApps.
Charles Hoskinson, Cardano’s founder, has stated earlier that the blockchain holds the potential of becoming a hub for both NFTs and DeFi. Still, the network has a long way to go in order to match its competitors.
As part of the “Basho” scaling phase, Input-Output is intending to proceed with its drive to optimize Cardano. Cardano after it will be planning to snatch Ethereum’s market share and the other different Layer 1 networks that ruled the crypto space in 2021.
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