Cardano 1.5 released on testnet

Cardano 1.5.0 releases Daedalus 0.13.0 with Cardano SL 3.0.0
This version adds support for Ouroboros BFT protocol.

Rajarshi Mitra Independent Analyst

Cardano Community tweeted the following:

“Today, Cardano 1.5 has been released on the test net. This is for later releases to the main net. This release is a milestone because it is the last Cardano release in the Byron development phase.”

Cardano 1.5.0 releases Daedalus 0.13.0 with Cardano SL 3.0.0. Some of the features in both these updates are as follows:

Cardano SL 3.0.0

This release adds support for Ouroboros BFT protocol.
New API endpoint feature allows the importing of addresses to a specific wallet.
The v0 API, which was already deprecated, is now removed together with the wallet legacy data layer.
The Cardano node was reaching the limit of open files when it was started without an internet connection because of improper handling of timeouts for DNS queries. This issue has been resolved.

Daedalus 0.13.0

Daedalus will now check if there is enough disk space for normal operation and if there isn't then Daedalus will show a red warning screen.
Daedalus installer/uninstaller for Windows now supports English and Japanese.
Daedalus now records logs in a structured way, using the JSON format.
Daedalus will show ‘Transaction too big due to too many inputs’ error when a transaction is too big in terms of data.

Author

Rajarshi Mitra

Independent Analyst

Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

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