Cardano’s latest release to simplify upcoming Vasil integration
According to Github data shared by cardano update, the new Cardano Rosetta 1.8.0, which supports the upcoming Vassil protocol upgrade, has been released. As stated in the developer notes, “Dockerfile bundles the latest Vassil Node 1.35.3 and the newly released Cardano DB Sync v13.0.4.”
Cardano Rosetta is both a specification and a set of tools that simplify the process of integrating with Cardano. The goal of Rosetta is to make the integration process easier, quicker and more dependable by serving as a general-purpose integration framework. The rationale for integrating with Rosetta is that all blockchains that have adopted an interface can communicate with it via a single interface without any issues. For instance, this is especially helpful for exchanges since they can interact with the Cardano chain using the same interface that they might already be using to interact with other chains.
The latest release is significant as IOG noted that one of the indicators that triggered the mainnet update is that at least 25 exchanges are being upgraded.
Factors to trigger the Vasil hard fork mainnet launch
In the past week, IOG reported that a new node version — 1.35.3 — has been released for use on the Vasil devnet and the new preproduction environment. It says that the new node may be the one that triggers the Vasil update on the mainnet if there are no significant new issues.
It has identified three key variables that will be used to time the mainnet rollout of the upgrade. First, the last Vasil node candidate should produce 75% of the mainnet block.
Before the mainnet upgrade, about 25 exchanges representing the majority of the available liquidity must be onboarded. Then the top Cardano-based decentralized applications must also upgrade to node version 1.35.3.
According to IOG, the Vasil upgrade is still the most ambitious program of work it has ever undertaken, so safety and security is its top priority when managing the upgrade.
