- Cryptocurrency Cardano surged 27% in anticipation of future Vasil Hard Fork upgrades
- The currency has surpassed Ripple, making it the sixth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Cardano has recently overtaken Ripple to become the sixth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and is rapidly evolving into one of the leading cryptocurrencies. According to Crypto’s price tracker CoinMarketCap, Cardano’s current market capitalization is $ 22.57 billion, compared to Ripple’s $ 20.19 billion.
Cardano will skyrocket in anticipation of future Vasil Hard Fork upgrades.
The latest soaring and rising prices in Cardano can be acknowledged by the fact that Cardano developers will soon begin upgrading the long-awaited Vasil Hard Fork. According to CoinMarketCap, Cardano has risen consistently over the past seven days, reaching a high of $ 0.06692 on May 31 and then slowing slightly. Cryptocurrencies are currently sitting at a price of $ 0.06412.
Blockchain will release its first testnet on June 2nd, followed by a full mainnet release on June 29th, 2022. With the implementation of VasilHardFork, the network will undergo significant changes, including improvements in Cardano’s overall performance. And scalability.
What is Vasil Hard Fork Upgrade?
The upcoming Vasil HardFork is the second major upgrade Cardano receives to improve overall performance and reliability. According to Cardano developer and digital writer Sooraj, the new Vasil hard fork mechanism introduces the CIP 33 protocol, reducing transaction size to eliminate the need for users to pay high fees each time they initiate a blockchain transaction. Useful for.
In addition, the new upgrade introduces CIP31 and CIP32 updates that allow distributed apps to access transactional output without having to recreate it as before. In addition to this, CIP 32 will help developers store on-chain data and move Cardano further towards the development of a more “distributed infrastructure”.
Founded in 2015, Cardano is an open-chain public blockchain built on the Proof of Stake Mining Consensus. The network previously incorporated the first major upgrade known as Alonzo Hard Fork in September 2021. This allowed the network to deploy smart contract capabilities and further expand its use cases. The introduction of smart contract capabilities has greatly strengthened the network, allowing developers to build exclusive DApps and NFT projects on a particular blockchain.
