Hassan Maishera
The Mina Protocol team announced via X on Friday that its Berkeley upgrade is set to take place on June 4, 2024. The upgrade is set to bring enhanced ZK programmability to the mainnet. This will enable ZK smart contracts, zkApps, layer 2 solutions, and bridges, benefiting millions of end-users.
According to the Mina team, the upgrade will move smart contract execution off-chain, and leave verification on-chain, solving common challenges in Web3, including data constraints, system limitations, gas costs, and more.
The upgrade incorporates Kimchi, a new proof system that enhances security and supports the added programmability. With o1js, a TypeScript framework for writing ZK smart contracts, the upgrade simplifies the process of creating zkApps, making it more accessible to developers, the team added.
Mina is a layer-1 protocol with a succinct blockchain. The current blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum store hundreds of gigabytes of data, and their blockchains will only increase in size over time. MINA is down by more than 5% in the last 24 hours and is trading at $0.8323 at press time.
