The Vasil hard fork has been successfully completed on the Cardno testnet, bringing it a step closer to becoming a reality on the mainnet.
Project developers, stake pool operators, and exchanges are now encouraged to deploy their work on the testnet to ensure integrations run smoothly when the mainnet gets the Vasil treatment.
Once completed on the mainnet, the Vasil hard fork will enable faster block creation and greater scalability for DApps running on Cardano. IOHK which is the organization that produced Cardano, stated that in addition to the performance upgrades, developers would benefit from “much-improved script performance and efficiency along with lower costs.
Vasil will also enable interoperability between ADA sidechains, one of the main features developers intend to launch in the current Basho phase of the blockchain’s development. Basho is the fourth development phase for Cardano that focuses on scaling and will be followed up with the Voltaire phase, in which governance will be the main focus.
The previous phase, Goguen, saw the launch of smart contract capabilities on Cardano, which DeFi developers took advantage of by launching dozens of DApp exchanges and DeFi protocols according to ecosystem tracker Cardano Cube.
