Ah, the grand theater of Cardano! Behold, the curtains part, and lo, Plutus, that most enigmatic of smart contract languages, has birthed yet another offspring-version 1.58.0.0, no less! The network, ever the prima donna, prepares for its intra-era hard fork, a spectacle so grand it would make even the most jaded of bureaucrats blush with envy.
According to the ever-vigilant Cardano Updates, a digital herald of sorts, this new release is but a mere prelude to the symphony of protocol version 11. The core technology teams, those unsung heroes of the digital realm, have toiled day and night to expand Plutus’s built-in functionality. Stability improvements? Oh, they are but a footnote in this grand opera of networking and mempool handling.
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New Release: plutus 1.58.0.0
Check it out here:
Released by zliu41 – input-output-hk#Cardano $ADA #Koios #API
– Cardano Updates (@cardano_updates) February 21, 2026
And what of this intra-era hard fork, you ask? Ah, it is but a delicate ballet, a pas de deux between Plutus performance, ledger consistency, and node-level security. No transaction shapes shall be altered, no ledger eras shall be transitioned-only the most refined of improvements shall grace this stage.
This week, node v.10.6.2 made its debut, a mere warm-up act for the main event. Foundational work, you see, must be laid for the upcoming intra-era hard fork and the future Dijkstra era. For in the world of Cardano, one must always be prepared for the next act, the next grand reveal.
The Hard Fork Farce
Ah, the van Rossem hard fork! Officially confirmed, no less, by Intersect in a February 19 update. The DReps, those stalwart guardians of the stake, have spoken-over 80% of all active DRep stake, a veritable landslide! And so, protocol version 11 shall henceforth be known as the van Rossem hard fork, a name that shall echo through the annals of blockchain history.
Cardano node version 10.6.2, a mere pre-release, has been unleashed upon SanchoNet, a testing ground for the brave and the bold. But fear not, for 10.7, the true star of this show, shall soon take center stage. SanchoNet, ever the faithful companion, has been upgraded to protocol version 11, and a DB-Sync pre-release stands ready to support this grand hard fork.
And when shall this spectacle commence? Within the next two weeks, they say. Node 10.7.0, the chosen one, shall be released, and the fork preview, preprod, and mainnet shall follow in quick succession. A grand finale, indeed, to this most absurd and wondrous of tales.
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2026-02-21 15:05