Your weekly Casper ecosystem refresher has arrived!
🛠️ Protocol & Engineering
▪️Casper 2.1 final development sprints are complete, and the testnet activation is expected soon. The upgrade will activate 100% transaction fee burning, as approved by on-chain governance. Block time will be reduced by half, from 16 seconds to 8 seconds.
🧰 Products & Developer Tooling
▪️A major redesign of is underway to improve mainstream usability.
🤝 Ecosystem & Partnerships
▪️The AmeriCorp collaboration is now live on testnet, targeting a Q4 MVP launch. The integration aims to bring the $144B U.S. parking industry on-chain.
▪️Liquid Staking Beta by Wise Lending has been live for four weeks with positive feedback.
🔧 Casper Hackathon 2026
▪️Casper Hackathon 2026 was officially announced, starting on November 14. Developer registration opened on October 30 via
▪️Co-sponsored by Halborn Security, the audit partner for Casper Network, the hackathon offers a $25,000 prize pool.
▪️The community will select finalists and winners through on-chain voting on
▪️The new season of also launches on November 14, allowing the Casper community to vote and participate.
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