Block.one CTO Daniel Larimer has announced the release of EOSIO Dawn 4.0, the latest version of the architecture of EOSIO platform for decentralized applications (DApps). The update includes a number of changes in preparation for the full launch of EOSIO 1.0 in June, according to Larimer’s Medium post Saturday, May 5.
Block.one is an open source software publisher currently working on EOSIO, a decentralized operating system designed for industrial-scale applications. EOS, the ERC20 Token that is fueling the EOSIO platform, currently has the fifth largest market cap of all cryptocurrencies, according to data from Coinmarketcap.
One month after Dawn 3.0 was released on April 6, the 4.0 update includes a number of new features and guidelines, according to Larimer’s Medium post.
It is mainly focused on inter-blockchain communication, a feature that Block.one believes to be critical for scaling blockchains up for large user bases.
According to Daniel Larimer, Dawn 4.0’s inter blockchain communication would give applications running on different blockchains the ability to purchase the unused RAM from each other over “multiple chains with independent memory regions running on independent hardware.” Specifically, Block.one predicts “many applications will prefer the many-chain approach to scaling as it will lower overall costs and scale faster.”