Cardano Marches Towards Massive Upgrade With The Launch Of A Development Tracker

Ahead of the rollout of Leios, Cardano has launched a development tracker for community members to keep real-time tabs on the progress. Scheduled for a 2026 launch, experts say Leios will significantly improve Cardano’s scalability, putting it head and shoulders above its closest rivals.

Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) has announced a development tracker for Cardano enthusiasts to follow the engineering progress for the widely anticipated Leios upgrade. According to the official announcement, the newly minted tracker will provide real-time, round-the-clock, and behind-the-scenes monitoring for Leios.

Leios, scheduled for a 2026 rollout, will restructure block production and data handling on the Cardano network. Upon launch, Leios will introduce a new pipeline for the validation and ordering of blocks before they enter the main chain, significantly improving scalability and overall network performance.

While Leios has sent waves of excitement across the ecosystem, the launch of a real-time development tracker for the upcoming upgrade is seen as a strong statement of intent to stick to proposed timelines. Previously, key Cardano upgrades have failed to meet launch date deadlines, with Vasil and Chang hard forks facing unexpected delays.

A glance at the Leios development tracker revealed 152 updates over the past seven days, with over 2,000 commits since the start of the year. Over the last three months, 319,000 lines of code have been merged, while current milestones are at 44% completion.

The tracker supports an interactive 3D globe that displays updates from several regions, along with timestamps. Zurich, Switzerland, leads with 110 updates, while the US and Japan have emerged as developer hotspots for the Leios upgrade.

“Taking open source beyond the repository, the Leios Development Tracker brings new transparency and insight to the development process,” read the announcement.

Despite the announcement, ADA price slumped by nearly 3% over the last day to trade at $0.4234. ADA has shed 34% of its value in a month, following the steep correction faced by the rest of the cryptocurrency markets. However, a recent report noted that investors have their sights on an imminent new all-time high following the completion of a crucial price bottom.

Last week, Cardano suffered a temporary chain split before staging a brilliant recovery in under 24 hours, earning plaudits from enthusiasts and critics alike. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko hailed Cardano’s network design and its resilience in the face of bugs, with Charles Hoskinson eyeing stronger performance following the Leios rollout.