Kadena launches full network equipped with smart contracts and sets eyes on Cosmos integration

Kadena completed the final stage of its mainnet launch earlier today by incorporating smart contract functionality and cross-chain communication with Kadena’s private network, Kadena Kuro. Developers can now build and deploy applications on the Proof-of-Work (PoW) network using Kadena’s native smart contract language, Pact. Beyond interoperating with its in-house private chain, the team is also working to integrate its token wallet, Chainweaver, with the Cosmos Network, which it hopes to complete by the end of Q1.

Why it matters:

• Kadena opted to launch its mainnet in stages, which allows the team to pinpoint and debug vulnerabilities early on before subsequent updates increase the attack surface. The staged rollout can also help bootstrap a community of contributors and users as the network progresses. As we covered in our New Asset Coverage series, Kadena launched its first mainnet version in late Oct. for miners only, which had a profound effect on miner adoption and network security. It was also a community member that discovered an inflation bug in Kadena’s code. But since the contributor found the vulnerability before token transfers were unlocked, Kadena was able to easily locate and remove the falsely created coins and issue a security patch.
• Kadena’s interoperability efforts go beyond the integration of the Chainweaver wallet into Cosmos. The Kadena team has also been working to make Pact available on both Cosmos and Polkadot, which would allow developers to create smart contracts on any of these networks through the Chainweaver interface.