Zilliqa 2.0 is a major blockchain upgrade transitioning from Zilliqa 1, focusing on improved staking and consensus mechanisms, with the staking portal currently in a testing phase showing no major issues and four new validators joining, alongside a bug bounty program with Hacken yielding no bugs from four reports.
The upgrade timeline includes a proto-mainnet hardfork on April 28, 2025, enabling instant unstaking from Zilliqa 1 seed nodes (SSNs) via the Zillion portal, while the full testnet and mainnet launches are scheduled for mid-May 2025, with Zilliqa 1 halting transactions at specific blocks (7977400 for testnet, 4675400 for mainnet).
This upgrade introduces Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus and EVM compatibility, as noted in roadmap.zilliqa.com, aiming to enhance scalability and developer accessibility, though community reactions on X reveal frustration over repeated delays, with some users like @Persia2025 criticizing the project’s impact on ZIL’s price.

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