Cardano Next Protocol Upgrade Will Support Smart Contracts

Published on: 15.04.2021

Cardano, a proof-of-stake blockchain platform announces its latest protocol upgrade that will happen in late April.

The next upgrade will be called Alonzo and will allow smart contracts suport in the Cardano blockchain.

Alonzo will establish the infrastructure and add tools for functional smart contract development using Plutus core by implementing the extended unspent transaction output (EUTXO) accounting model.

With this new protocol upgrade, Cardano is one step forward to become a worldwide distributed ledger.

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