Over 100 New Smart Contracts Added to Cardano Two Weeks After the Vasil Hard Fork

The effects of the Vasil hard fork with the update promising to improve Cardano’s scalability is beginning to show.

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The effects of the Vasil hard fork, which promised to improve Cardano’s scalability and smart contracts functionality, are beginning to show, with 100 new smart contracts being added to the network in the two week period since the update.ย 

Smart Contracts Pick up Pace on Cardano

The Cardano network initially gained smart contract functionality in September 2021, but the network only hit the milestone of 3,000 smart contracts at the beginning of August this year. However, with the September 22nd Vasil hard fork, devs have started picking up the pace.ย 

According to data from Cardano Insight, there were 3,292 smart contracts on the network prior to the Vasil update. Following the hard fork, there are now more than 3,430 smart contracts available on Cardano, including over 100 new Plutus Scripts (a Cardano-based smart contracts platform).ย 

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The Cardano Foundation has shared data confirming the growth of smart contracts on the network. The stats indicate thatย the use of smart contracts with metadata grew by 11%, while those without grew 14%.

Cardano’s On-Chain Activities Grow

The Cardano Foundation reported a general increase in on-chain activity in September. The data illustrates that ADA transaction volumes grew 51.3%, while network metadata expanded by 23.6% during the previous month.

Cardano has also been experiencing increased on-chain activity, with the number of transactions performed reaching 51.2 million, representing growth of 4.2% since August. Additionally, the total number of ADA wallets rose by 1.34% in September.

On the Flipside

  • Despite the Vasil hard fork, Cardano has not enjoyed much market success, with staked ADA dropping below $80 million for the first time since January 2022.ย 

Why You Should Care

The positive effects the Vasil hard fork have had on the Cardano network are only expected to increase as more developers elect to build on the new Plutus script.

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Milko Trajcevski

Milko Trajcevski is a DailyCoin news reporter, mainly focused on Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and their founders (Vitalik Buterin and Charles Hoskinson). Milko is an avid follower of crypto and blockchain technology and has written thousands of articles on the subjects. He finds joy in transforming complex issues into written content that anyone can understand. Milko has used and analyzed numerous exchanges, such as Coinbase, FTX, and Binance. He also closely follows all of the latest news around the largest decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Location: Skopje, Macedonia

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