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Tezos Developers Introduce “Tezos X,” a Major Update to the PoS Blockchain
TezosThe self-upgradable proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain today unveiled “Tezos X,” a new upgrade that is part of the project’s roadmap to greater usability and utility.
According to the details in a blog postdevelopers envision Tezos X as an upgrade that represents a major evolution of the original Tezos blockchain. Once fully implemented, Tezos X heralds an integrated blockchain ecosystem that boasts increased performance, composability, and interoperability.
The Tezos X Vision: The Evolution of Tezos
Tezos is a smart contract blockchain platform launched after a $232 million initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017. While it failed to reach expected highs at launch, the project remains actively developed.
The new vision is to move Tezos “from a monolithic blockchain, where every blockchain node replicates everything, to a fully modular design with an integrated experience.”
According to the development team, a “modu-lithic” ecosystem means that the blockchain remains highly decentralized as specialized modules help different groups of users interact within a highly efficient environment.
In this case, Tezos X highlights a design where accounts, applications, and transaction history migrate to the “canonical rollup,” freeing up the layer 1 chain to handle consensus and settlement only.
“Freeing up layer 1 resources means everything can run faster without requiring powerful hardware to secure the network,” Tezos developers wrote.
This approach not only brings a significant increase in on-chain performance, but also improves the composability and interoperability of Tezos.
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Developers began working on massively scaling Tezos in early 2022 via Smart Rollups. This is a scaling technology that allows for an optimized and dedicated second layer to execute transactions, L1 ensures consensus and settlement.
“Freed from the burden of having to process every transaction and calculation, L1 would become significantly faster, with even lower latency. The lighter load also means that bakers would still be able to secure the network with low-spec hardware, ensuring decentralization,” Tezos developers noted.
Also important in this mission is the data availability layer. This ensures that the Tezos mainnet can handle massive amounts of data from rollup users, all in a completely decentralized way.
With these features, Tezos X sees a single canonical rollup capable of managing all activities on the network.
Tezos X is expected to continue rolling out until 2026.
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