Cardano Network Developers Increase Block Size by 10%

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The upgrade did little to buffer ADA prices in a falling market.

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A new upgrade on Cardano has seen the network’s block size increase by 10%, as per developers earlier this week.

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“Before the weekend, an update proposal was made to increase #Cardano mainnet block size by 8K,” said Cardano development firm Input Output in a tweet. “The current block size is 80KB, and after this change, it will be 88KB.”

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Blocks are batches of transactions that are confirmed and recorded on a blockchain. Larger sizes mean more transactions can be included in each batch, but it can affect transaction times and overall network capacity.

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Input Output said the 10% increase in block size network would help increase data throughput and scalability. The performance of decentralized applications, or services that rely on smart contracts

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The previous increase came earlier in February when block sizes expanded from 72KB to 80KB at the time.

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