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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently identified a “long overdue” enhancement that could bring crucial improvements to the Cardano blockchain.  He mentioned this in a discussion started by Cardano blockchain developer Andrew Westberg. Notably, in an X post, the prominent developer recently triggered a conversation on the priorities for the platform’s future. Cardano Should Prioritize Validation Zones Interestingly, Westberg argued that the introduction of Validation Zones should be the top priority for Cardano. He chose this over other proposed enhancements, such as fast finality protocols for sidechains, suggesting that these would not benefit the main Cardano chain directly. According to Westberg, increasing block size, implementing transaction chaining, and addressing UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) contention could take Cardano further than solutions solely focused on improving decentralized applications (dApps).  He pointed out that despite the potential to support thousands of dApps, Cardano’s current architecture limits how fast individual applications can operate. However, Validation Zones could resolve multiple issues, bolstering Cardano’s potential. https://x.com/thecryptobasic Addressing UTXO Contention and Enhancing Composability Westberg explained that UTXO contention—a problem where transactions clash for access to the same outputs—remains a crucial issue for Cardano.  Notably, besides Cardano, the problem also affects other blockchains that rely on the UTXO model. He stressed that users often see multiple transactions for a single action in their wallets due to this contention.  Input endorser does not solve utxo contention. Utxo contention and non composability is why every dex swap you do and most dapps show up as 2 txns in your wallet. — Andrew Westberg (@amw7) October 15, 2024 Validation Zones, as proposed in the CIP-118 proposal, could resolve this and allow the platform to pack transactions more efficiently. In turn, this will massively improve composability and transaction processing. Moreover, Westberg mentioned that introducing Validation Zones would enable other much-anticipated features like Babel…

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