PANews reported on June 4 that the lightweight blockchain protocol Mina Protocol stated on the X platform that the Mina Protocol network will be upgraded to Berkeley from 09:00 to midnight on June 4 UTC (i.e. starting from 17:00 on June 4 Beijing time), during which the network will be down. Users who do not run nodes do not need to perform any operations during the 15-hour upgrade process.
Please note that starting from 17:00 on June 4th, Beijing time, no transactions will be included in the blockchain until the upgrade process is complete. Any transactions not included in the chain before 17:00 on June 4th, Beijing time will be discarded. After the upgrade, when the network recovers, users can resend transactions.
According to previous news, the Berkeley upgrade will bring performance enhancements, leveraging Mina's design without affecting scalability or decentralization. With the advent of fully ZK-enabled smart contracts on the mainnet, an unlimited number of infrastructure and application improvements become possible, and the Berkeley upgrade also includes performance improvements such as slot time reduction and validator optimization.