PANews December 18 news, the public blockchain Zilliqa announced on its official blog that its prototype mainnet Aventurine is now live, paving the way for the launch of Zilliqa 2.0 mainnet Agate in the first quarter of 2025. The transition to the Zilliqa 2.0 mainnet is not just another network upgrade, but a complete migration to a brand new protocol. The new Zilliqa 2.0 network employs a different architecture and proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, migrating transaction history from the old Zilliqa network to the new protocol. To ensure everything runs smoothly, the prototype mainnet phase has been extended to give developers, validators, and delegators time to adapt and prepare for the transition to the Zilliqa 2.0 mainnet. The full mainnet launch will officially switch the current Zilliqa mainnet to Zilliqa 2.0, and delegators will need to reallocate their stakes to their chosen validators. The extended Aventurine prototype mainnet phase provides everyone (developers, validators, and delegators) with the opportunity to participate, enhance Zilliqa's decentralization, test the system, and provide feedback.
