BCGAME - Free 5BTC Daily Bonus!A shared development update on YouTube revealed that Hard Fork Alonzo is now capable of executing smart contracts.
The reveal came as part of a regular video update on the YouTube channel of Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), co-developers of Cardano (ADA). Tim Harrison, Director of Marketing and Communications at IOHK, spoke with Dimitris Poulopoulos about the video. Poulopoulos, the delivery lead, stated that they were in a position where they could "talk to Alonzo's node".
“Apparently he could create a very simple smart contract and put it into the ledger. So they can have their first smart contract written against our network,” he explained and added:
“It can be as simple as a transaction that returns a 'Hello world' or confirmation of a payment that has been made. […] That means we have Alonzo running smart contracts.”
The video went on to reveal that this milestone comes in the middle of the Alonzo Blue phase. The first phase of the Alonzo deployment roadmap.
Delivery Chief Nigel Hemsley explained that once they get "a round trip between the ledger and back," that will be the trigger point for the next phase of launch.
According to the video, the company's forecast is that this phase, Alonzo White, will start in July. However, Hemsley explained that for that to happen, the company needs to make sure that “[its] partners and pioneers were able to make their 'Hello world' scripts.”
“As soon as they can prove they can send, validate and chain run […] then boom, we're ready to go,” he said.
The platform was originally launched on May 27th.
What is Hard Fork Alonzo?
The next hard fork, called Alonzo, will be the first of the Goguen era. A definitive date has not been informed, but it is expected for September 2021. Below, we will present the main information about this Cardano hard fork.
Alonzo release schedule
In May this year, Cardano360 informed the schedule for the intermediate stages of the launch of Alonzo. Are they:
- May/June — Alonzo Blue: Simple smart contracts are undergoing tests with members of Pluto Pioneers program. This program includes more than 1.500 developers, who are looking to learn and master the Plutus language, for programming at Cardano.
- July — Alonzo White: Demo dApps will be made available to a wider audience, as well as backend wallets and other core functions.
- August — Alonzo Purple: This step will bring optimization, integration with brokers and developers, and will focus on real cases. An even larger portion of the community will have access to these functions.
- September — Alonzo Red, Black, Staging & Mainnet: Scheduled for the end of September, these last steps will complete the mainnet rollout.
Smart contracts in space
As Alonzo moves forward with his roadmap, Ethereum (ETH) takes the stars. On June 4, reports claimed that SpaceChain, a member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, integrated Ethereum technology into the company's hardware on the International Space Station. Enabling more efficient smart contract operations in the process.
This marked a first for SpaceChain, as they had never incorporated Ethereum technology into their hardware before. The payload based on blockchain which they launched into space on June 3 was the fourth in total.
A statement released on June 4 explained that the smart contract's increased efficiency was due to the security and isolation of space infrastructure. This, in turn, guaranteed full independence for the operation of the Ethereum contract “from centralized terrestrial servers”.
