Zilliqa Tech Recap

Big two weeks for the Zilliqa 2.0 — with critical upgrades, stability boosts, and hardfork dates set.

Hardfork Incoming - Validators, mark your calendars:

Testnet: Block 14,997,600 — Sept 19, 2025 (already live on Testnet)
Mainnet: Block 11,998,800 — ~Oct 22, 2025

👉 Update your nodes before these heights or risk disruptions.

Security & Stability

Faulty proposer jailing — penalises bad actors.
Aggregated QC validation hardened for safer block confirmation.
Integrity first: the chain’s tighter and more resilient.

Speed & Efficiency

Backup/restore workflows supercharged — smoother ops for validators.
Faster, cleaner state migration — sync time slashed.
Backend refresh: state_trie → RocksDB and mutex removal for leaner performance.

API & Checkpoints

API handlers optimised — faster, more responsive calls.
Checkpoints 2.0 activated — next-level state management.

Dependency Refresh

Key libraries upgraded (alloy, revm, serde + more).
Keeping the stack secure, modern, and future-ready.

These upgrades move Zilliqa forward with:

✅Stronger security safeguards
✅Faster and smoother operations
✅A better experience for developers and validators

Built to support the next stage of growth and adoption.