On April 6, Astar Network will introduce the second version of its smart contracts, which support both EVM and WASM VM.
Astar Network founder Sota Watanabe mentioned in a statement that the new version would permit the development of new multichain apps as well as WASM or EVM projects within the network.
With the new version, customers will be able to link their Astar projects to any Polkadot or EVM-based ecosystems, claims Watanabe.
The Astar Network team claimed in the announcement that having two virtual machines running at once and enabling communication between them is a “key success factor” in a developing layer-1 blockchain.
The team argued that while if the Ethereum network’s use of smart contracts helped usher in the Web3 revolution, it is insufficient on its own to create the blockchain of the future.
The Astar team asked the neighborhood to join a panel discussion hosted by its management and a number of Polkadot developers to talk about how WASM can be used.
A meeting will also be held with the infrastructure partners who will lay the groundwork for the WASM environment.The Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution is another development.
Recently, Polygon made its zkEVM beta available on its mainnet, enabling developers to deploy smart contracts more affordably. Zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, according to Polygon creator Sandeep Nailwal, are the “holy grail of Ethereum scaling,” he said on March 27.
Polkadot’s developers, the Web3 Foundation, have reaffirmed their claim that the DOT $6.38 token is not a security in the meantime. The company reiterated on January 26 that DOT had already stopped being a security and that the US Securities and Exchange Commission had welcomed talks with the company.
