​​Cardano developers have begun implementing Vasil into the ma | Crypto_NFT

​​Cardano developers have begun implementing Vasil into the main network

The Input Output Global (IOG, formerly IOHK) team has begun the final stages of activating the Vasil update on the Cardano mainnet. According to the head of the company, Charles Hoskinson, the developers initiated the hard fork combinator mechanism.

“The hard fork combinator request has been submitted and successfully accepted. Which means the process has begun. […] We will all sit and watch the Vasil rocket take off. She's already in the air. […] Now there is no going back. Everything has already begun,” he said.

The Hard Fork Combinator (HFC) is a protocol fusion tool developed by IOG that allows large-scale updates to the blockchain “in the background”.

HFC was first used in July 2020 when the Shelley upgrade was activated in Cardano. The mechanism eliminates the violation of the integrity of the blockchain and network downtime, since the nodes do not need to simultaneously update to the latest version of the software - the transition is carried out over time.

As planned, Vasil will be activated on the mainnet on September 22, 2022. However, according to Hoskinson, due to a number of technical reasons, some of the changes will not take effect until September 27th.

The head of IOG also urged community members to update the Daedalus digital wallet to the latest version (5.0.0), which contains several important fixes.

Vasil includes four proposals to improve the Cardano network, focused on reducing transaction fees and improving network security. The update will also make it easier to interact with smart contracts.