Hassan Maishera
The Celestia team announced via X on Tuesday that Celestia’s v6 upgrade, Matcha, is now live on the Arabica testnet. This upgrade enables scaling to 128MB blocks and cuts inflation by 50%.
Matcha introduces 6 core changes:
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CIP-36 Lowering the trusted period to 7 days
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CIP-37 Lower unbonding period to ~14 days
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CIP-38 Increase maximum block, square, and transaction size
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CIP-39 Remove token filter for Hyperlane and IBC
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CIP-40 Privval interface extension for arbitrary message signing
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CIP-41 Reduce issuance to 2.5% and increase minimum commission to 10%
CIP-38 introduces a new high-throughput block propagation mechanism that will allow Celestia to safely scale to 128MB blocks.CIP-41 reduces inflation from 5% to 2.5% and doubles the minimum validator commission to 10%. Finally, CIP-39 removes the token filter so that Celestia supports non-native assets. This change will allow users to bridge any asset to any network and enable future use as a routing layer for chains on Celestia and beyond.
Celestia is a Layer-1 blockchain that is designed to be the foundation for a new generation of modular rollups. It is designed to be secure, scalable, and cost-effective. Its native TIA coin is up 2% in the last 24 hours and is now trading at $1.768.
