Tim Harrison highlights other readiness metrics to consider
Tim HarrisonThe VP of Community and Ecosystem at Cardano’s IOG has shared whether Vasil could trigger the mainnet launch in response to a Twitter user who asked “how long can the event take after the requested percentage is completed.” ‘
The question asked by the Cardano user followed a Twitter post on stake pool operators updating their nodes to the latest version 1.35.3.
At the time of publication, 41% of nodes are running on v.1.35.3 per pool tool Analytics. For Vasil implementation, 75% of nodes must be on version 1.35.3.
While much of the focus has been on block producers running 1.35.3, Tim Harrison highlights other readiness metrics to consider. He notes that regarding the ”node readiness,” SPOs are currently making good progress, but the aim remains to have 75% of block producers running 1.35.3. Speaking on the exchanges’ readiness, he noted that as of early next week, exchanges might start reporting their status.
Similarly, when the top 10 Cardano DApp Updated to the latest version, Vasil can be set to launch on the mainnet.
Vasil draws closer
The Vasil upgrade hopes to bring greater functionality, performance, scalability and interoperability to Cardano through new features and improvements.
The upgrade will enhance smart contracts and is part of the Basho phase of the Cardano roadmap, which focuses on scaling and network and ledger optimization, thus enhancing ledgers in many ways. Vasil HFC will introduce eagerly anticipated features such as spread pipelining and improvements to Cardano’s core smart contract language, Plutus.
According to IOG, from a variety of perspectives, the work on Vasil continues to be the most complex program of development and integration to date. This is because it necessitates close coordination across the ecosystem, in addition to requiring a lot of effort from core teams.
