The EOS Network has announced the successful completion of its historic Spring 1.0 upgrade. With the introduction of the Savanna consensus algorithm in this upgrade, the network’s performance, dependability, and speed have entered a new era. With the enhancement of transaction finality to 1 second, EOS has improved over 100 times over its prior versions. This explosive growth in scalability, security, and speed paves the way for further advances in cryptography.
This upgrade highlights EOS’s commitment to leading blockchain innovation and represents the common vision and passion of its global decentralized community.
Bart Wyatt, CTO of the EOS Network Foundation, articulated the significance of this strategic development:
“With the Spring 1.0 upgrade and the introduction of the Savanna consensus algorithm, we’re achieving something rare in the blockchain world: changing our core consensus algorithm. Very few Layer 1 blockchains have ever done this. I can think of only a handful—Ethereum being the most well known. In doing so, we’re standing on hallowed ground. By bringing EOS to an industry-leading 1-second finality, we’ve taken a massive leap forward, placing EOS at the forefront of blockchain innovation. This isn’t just a technical achievement—it’s about the EOS community taking full ownership.”
With the completion of the transition to Antelope Spring 1.0, EOS Network now offers a smooth upgrade path. This process showed how the global block producers (BPs) worked together to conduct a distributed activation and extended beta testing as a team inside the EOS community.
Blockchain efficiency is revolutionized by the Savanna consensus algorithm. Savanna guarantees quick, irreversible transactions by using advanced cryptographic techniques like aggregate BLS signatures. This increases network security, scalability, and opens up new use cases for the blockchain sector.
Yves La Rose, CEO of the EOS Network Foundation:
“Spring 1.0 marks a pivotal moment for the blockchain industry, introducing the Savanna consensus algorithm with 1-second Instant Finality via cutting-edge BLS cryptographic advancements. This upgrade offers unmatched transaction speed, reliability, and security, laying the foundation for next-generation decentralized applications to flourish. Achieving this was a collaborative feat involving internal teams and external partners, positioning EOS as one of the most technically advanced platforms. As a transformative phase, Spring 1.0 enables new growth opportunities and adoption within the ecosystem. It unlocks unprecedented value for developers and anyone invested in the long-term potential of blockchain innovation. With proven technology and robust infrastructure, the future presents limitless possibilities as EOS propels the industry forward”
With Spring 1.0, EOS Network is laying a stronger basis for future innovation and community growth. This major technological advancement opens up a wide range of new use cases and improves the EOS ecosystem.
The idea of a thriving, decentralized future gave rise to the EOS Network Foundation (ENF). The ENF is reshaping Web3 via community programs, ecosystem funding, interaction with key stakeholders, and support of an open technology ecosystem. EOS Network, a well-known open source platform with a selection of reliable frameworks, tools, and libraries for blockchain deployments, is centered on the ENF, which was founded in 2021.
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