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Cardano scalability and governance developments

Overview

Cardano is implementing technical and structural updates focused on scalability and governance. The Leios roadmap, which includes ‘Linear Leios’ and ‘Ouroboros Peras’, aims to increase data throughput and reduce settlement times. Governance milestones include a September 1 deadline to fill seats on the Constitutional Committee to prevent a governance freeze.

Recent testnet results for the Leios upgrade indicate a significant technical advancement, demonstrating a sixfold increase in throughput. During a 41-day test, the protocol reached a peak of 26.8 transaction kilobytes per second, compared to the 4.51 TxkB/s ceiling of the current Ouroboros Praos system. This is achieved through parallel capacity via larger Endorser Blocks.

While the upgrade improves capacity, it presents economic considerations. As reserve contributions decline, the network will increasingly rely on transaction fees to reward stake pool operators and delegators. The long-term viability of this model depends on whether user activity can sufficiently utilize the expanded blockspace.

Entities

Cardano · UNDP · T. Rowe Price · Input Output Global · Leios

Timeline

  1. 3 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Cardano Leios upgrade achieves sixfold throughput increase in testnet

    Cardano’s Leios upgrade achieved a sixfold increase in throughput during its first testnet, though the network faces long-term economic questions regarding transaction fee sustainability.

  2. 19 days ago

    [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources
    Cardano advances scalability roadmap and governance milestones

    Cardano is advancing its scalability via the Leios roadmap and managing critical governance deadlines, amid rising DeFi activity and growing institutional interest from firms like T. Rowe Price.

Sources

ambcrypto.com · bitcoinethereumnews.com · captainaltcoin.com · coinpedia.org · criptotendencias.com · krypto-magazin.de