Cardano to Focus on These Things Ahead of Alonzo After Launching Smart Contracts Testnet
In its recent tweet, Input Output HK named the next goal of the dev teams prior to the rollout of the Alonzo hard fork.
Final testing and signing up more exchanges for Alonzo
They wrote that after the launch of Plutus smart contracts capability on Sept. 1, they are going to focus on running the final testing of network components and on integrating Alonzo with crypto exchanges.
So far, several major crypto exchanges are preparing to integrate the Cardano upgrade. Among them are Bitpoint, Coinbase, Bittrex, Coinbase Pro, Kubecoin and HitBTC.
The tweet emphasizes that the Alonzo mainnet upgrade is still on track to occur on Sept. 12.
Yesterday, we upgraded the #Cardano testnet, successfully deploying #Plutus #smartcontracts capability. The focus now is on final component testing & exchange integrations, ahead of the #Alonzo mainnet upgrade, still on track for deployment on 12 September ? #Cardano $ADA pic.twitter.com/lrdiYIiNKD
— Input Output (@InputOutputHK) September 2, 2021
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