Cardano’s Vasil hard fork delayed few more weeks
Cardano’s most anticipated Vasil hard fork seems to be experiencing delays again. During the most recent Gimbal 360 event, Kevin Hammond, technical director of IOG, hinted that there could be a few more weeks of delay without indicating a specific date for the release. This, he says, was necessary for further testing and to ensure a smooth process.
Kevin Hammond, IOG’s Technical Manager, stated:
Obviously, from where we are, there could be a few more weeks before we go to the actual Vasil hard fork. This is incredibly important. All the users must be ready to progress through the hard fork to ensure a smooth process.
The Vasil mainnet hard fork was tentatively scheduled to take place the last week of July after IOG announced a schedule change towards the end of June. He then said that exchanges and SPOs (stake pool operators) needed at least four weeks for testing after the testnet hard fork, which took place on July 3.
Reactions
The reactions to the news of the delay were varied. One user tweeted: “A bit disappointing maybe, but a few weeks delay is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Plus, think how many years people have been waiting for the ETH merge at which point the chain will still only be 55% complete. They’re doing amazing.”
Hopefully, IOG should provide more updates on Vasil’s progress in its weekly evaluation report on Friday.
In the past week, IOG reported in its last weekly evaluation report that it was working on a new node v.1.35.2. This version hopes to bring improvements and fix bugs found in the previous node versions during Vasil testing. It was also reported that the Plutus V2 cost model was temporarily removed from the Cardano testnet, while a potential issue raised by the community was properly investigated.
However, teams continue to test Vasil’s functionality, working closely with dApps and Cardano-based projects.
