Cardano Node 1.35.3 Released
Cardano released version 1.35.3 of cardano-node on 8/11/22. This node provides full Vasil era capabilities and according to founder Charles Hoskinson this is likely the version that will be used for the hard fork. In their list of “Known Issues” there are 16 remaining/open bugs listed. All of these bugs were noticed from the testnet fork or prior, with the oldest bug reported on May 24. It is also stated that none of these known issues will block the mainnet hard fork.
Cardano released version 1.35 of their node on June 25, but was rolled back shortly after back to the percious version 1.34.1 (originally pushed on March 7, 2022). Twenty nine bugs have been resolved since developers rolled back version 1.35.
After making the update unavailable, IOG announced that in their July monthly video update that the upgrade would be delayed a few more weeks to allow developers, pool operators, and exchanges to test the changes on the testnet.
In addition to the performance upgrades, the Vasil hard fork should also lower transaction fees. The average transaction fees on the blockchain are already well under $1, usually around 0.16 $ADA or a few cents. Smart contract functionalities will be improved but puts more focus on scaling and network/ledger optimization. The Alonzo era/update introduced smart contract support for the platform in September 2021.
The technical specification requirements for running nodes has also increased with the newest update. 1.34.1 noted minimum system requirements of 12 GB of RAM, 50 GB of free storage, and a CPU with two or more cores at 2 GHz or faster.
Version 1.35.3 lists the minimum system requirements as 16 GB of RAM, 100 GB of free storage (with 150 GB recommended for future proofing), with the same CPU requirements.
cardano-node 1.35.3: https://t.co/LukLCdnDml
— Cardano Updates (@cardano_updates) August 11, 2022
Cardano Node 1.35.3
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