Hello everyone, recently many people have asked me about the future of Nano. They want to know what the developers are doing and which features will be implemented next.

So, if you want to follow the Nano Milestones, you should save this link: https://github.com/nanocurrency/raiblocks/milestones

Nano milestones

In this page, you will able to see which features are being developed for the next versions, make sure the milestone is on schedule and check the developers’ interaction with the community.

By the end of the year we should see the launch of 4 new versions (17,18,19,20). Following I will show the news planned for the next 2 versions…

Version 17.0

This version is planned to October 26,2018. The major change to this version is Lazy Bootstrapping.

What is Lazy Bootstrapping?

“Currently the bootstrapping process is active and tries to import the entire ledger to every node, account by account.

In order to ensure that the blocks are valid in the face of forks, many blocks have to be voted on during bootstrapping, which is slow, bandwidth intensive, and I/O intensive.

However, a more lazy approach can be taken. On the real-time peer-to-peer network, new blocks are constantly being voted on and, ultimately, confirmed by the network. Each block is a node, and likely a head, of a Merkle tree where each node has 1 or 2 preceding nodes (the “previous” block, unless its the first block in a chain, and also the “link” or “source” block, if it is a receiving block).

Therefore, the confirmation of a single block also confirms MANY other blocks — on a highly-connected (on the Merkle tree) account, it can confirm a significant amount of blocks without additional voting.” — rkeene

Basically, Lazy Bootstrapping allows many blocks to be confirmed through a single block.

Besides the Lazy Bootstrapping, the implementation of Proof of Work work-based prioritization is also planned for this version. This feature is so important to Nano security, as it is linked to the dynamic Proof of Work protecting the network against a spam attack.

Version 18

This version is scheduled to November 23,2018. The features planned for this version are going to:

This version does not comprise major changes. Most issues are related to bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as documentation.

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