Cardano Developers Merge Key Leios Code Aimed at Scaling Throughput
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Cardano developers have merged significant code related to the Leios protocol, a scaling upgrade that the project claims could increase throughput by up to 15 times. The merge represents a development milestone, though the upgrade has not yet been deployed to the mainnet. Further testing and review are expected before any production release.
WHY IT MATTERS
Think of a blockchain like a highway. The more lanes it has, the more cars (transactions) can travel at the same time without traffic jams. Cardano's Leios upgrade is an attempt to add more lanes to its highway. Right now, developers have built an important piece of the new road design and added it to their blueprint (the codebase), but the new lanes have not actually been opened to traffic yet. For people new to crypto, this is an example of how blockchain projects try to improve over time through software upgrades, similar to how apps on your phone get updates that make them faster or add new features. 'Throughput' is a technical term for how many transactions a network can process in a given period — higher throughput generally means the network can serve more users without slowing down.
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