IOTA Newsletter #31 - Chrysalis Network Migration, Firefly, Pollen v0.5.5 & more.
Chrysalis Network Migration - Release Date
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We are happy to announce the official start date of the Chrysalis network migration - Wednesday, April 21st 2021. The migration period that will allow users, exchanges and custodians to prepare their token migrations ahead of the network upgrade will begin 7 days prior to the network upgrade.
Firefly Beta Release
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The Firefly Beta release showcased the new Chrysalis Network on our Public Testnet. This means extremely reliable transactions, very fast confirmations, reusable addresses, UTXO-based ledger state and more. We welcome you to try out the wallet and enjoy the new Chrysalis protocol.
IOTA Smart Contracts Protocol Alpha Release
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The release of the IOTA Smart Contracts Protocol (ISCP) Alpha marked a significant milestone in the development of the ISCP. The scale and nature of improvements over the previous “pre-alpha” version are significant and we now feel confident with the current state to release the “Alpha version”.
Recent news
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We released a new version of our Pollen testnet: v0.5.5
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We’re pleased to share the latest news from the IOTA Research department.
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Published by the IOTA Dev team every month, this update will provide you with news and updates about our key projects!
In case you missed it…
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