Vasil hard fork will bring a lot to network, but decentralization of networking layer might be most important part of it
With Vasil updates on the horizon, many parts of cardano The network is being upgraded, polished and released, but one of the most anticipated and important parts of the hard fork is the decentralization of the networking layer, which will make Cardano more decentralized and resilient.
Cardano has previously reached complete decentralization of block production, which is an important step prior to the networking update. This layer is a physical infrastructure that combines nodes and their interaction into a unified system.
This layer of the system is designed to distribute information about transactions and block creation among all nodes operating at this point. The networking layer is one of the three pillars holding the Cardano blockchain.
In order to achieve maximum effectiveness of the network, the nodes must have minimum communication delay while having strong resilience to failures, capacity constraints or hackers.
For now, Cardano’s networking layer is based on the TCP/IP stack, which ensures relatively fast and secure data delivery between nodes. The configuration is based on a centralized tool called “Topology Updater”.
With the Vasil hard fork, the layer will no longer use the topology updater but utilize a P2P network, which is expected to enhance the flow of information between nodes and remove the need to use centralized services.
Technically, Cardano will reach full decentralization as the components of the P2P network will be P2P governors, connection managers, inbound protocol governors, and servers.
P2P has always been a much-anticipated upgrade for Cardano, which is going to enable complete decentralization of the networking layer and add more full nodes like Daedalus to propagate blocks.
