Cardano (ADA) Block Size Increased
Input output Hong Kong (IOHK), the team in charge of the Cardano (ADA) blockchain project, has increased the network’s mainnet block size by 10 percent (eight kilobytes), in accordance with a recent update proposal approved by the development team.
In a Twitter thread on April 25, IOHK made it clear that the block size increase from 80 to 88 kilobytes will significantly boost the performance of decentralized applications in the Cardano ecosystem plus increased throughput.
IOHK tweeted:
“Before the weekend, an update proposal was made to increase #Cardano mainnet block size by 8K. This change will take effect later today at the boundary of epoch 335, Monday 25th April @UTC 20:20:00. The current block size is 80KB, and after this change, it will be 88KB.”
“This 10 percent increase represents a significant network enhancement which will help continue to increase throughput and dApp performance. It is the latest in a series of planned network optimizations we’re making to continue scaling #Cardano throughout 2022.”
Input Output has hinted that the team will closely monitor the network performance and behavior for at least five days to determine the next block size increment.
For the uninitiated, a block simply refers to an area of the blockchain where data is stored and encrypted. Block size refers to the largest amount of information a block can hold at any given time.
