Tezos has successfully activated its Tallinn protocol upgrade following a decentralized, on-chain governance process involving bakers and community members.
Developed by Nomadic Labs, Trilitech, and Functori, the 20th upgrade shortens block times, strengthens network security by expanding validator participation, and introduces an address indexing system that considerably reduces storage costs for developers.
As noted by the team, the 20th upgrade reduces layer 1 block times to six seconds, improves finality, and strengthens security through universal validator attestations using BLS signatures.
The Tallinn upgrade introduces major performance and efficiency gains for the Tezos blockchain.
In addition to faster block production, the update adds an Address Indexing Registry that can reduce application storage requirements by up to 100x, lowering costs and increasing throughput for enterprise apps, NFT platforms, and large ledgers built with Michelson.
Activated through Tezos’ on-chain governance process, Tallinn enhances both scalability and decentralization without network disruption.
The upgrade also strengthens Tezos’ role as a settlement layer for Etherlink, its EVM-compatible layer 2, which now benefits from L1 finality in two blocks, or 12 seconds.
Source: https://cryptobriefing.com/tezos-tallinn-upgrade-block-time-staking-scalability/
