Cardano, a proof-of-stake blockchain platform, is about to improve its pre-production setting to protocol v8 on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 00:00 UTC.

An replace proposal was collectively submitted by Enter Output and the Cardano Basis yesterday.

A step towards better interoperability and safety

This improve will convey new cryptographic primitives to the platform, encouraging better interoperability and safe cross-chain decentralized utility (DApp) growth with Plutus.

This improve will enable the Cardano neighborhood to proceed final-stage integration and improve testing earlier than the upcoming SECP mainnet improve scheduled for Feb. 14.

The mainnet improve will convey better interoperability and safe cross-chain DApp growth to Cardano by including new built-in capabilities to Plutus, making it simpler for builders to work with different blockchains.

The brand new built-in capabilities will assist signatures reminiscent of ECDSA and Schnorr to offer the very best degree of safety for cross-chain purposes.

Preparations for the much-awaited improve have been underway for a while. There have been constructive outcomes from integration testing.

The expertise is near being deployed on the mainnet, with over 80% of block-producing nodes already working the required new node.

Cryptocurrency exchanges have already been notified of the improve and decentralized utility (DApp) builders have been knowledgeable with the intention to guarantee compatibility.

Enter Output International (IOG) and the Cardano Stiftung will maintain the neighborhood knowledgeable of progress, and the neighborhood is inspired to remain near IOG and Cardano Stiftung channels for the most recent updates. The improve is a major step in direction of making it simpler for builders to construct cross-chain purposes whereas offering the very best degree of safety.