According to the announcement from IOHK, “Project Alonzon testnet” has moved from Blue to White and is making it possible for Cardano to launch smart contracts. IOHK is the development team of the Cardano blockchain. The team made the announcement recently, revealing that the testnet is successful. Related Reading | Anthony Di Lorio To Leave Cryptocurrency Space For Philanthropic Initiatives In their announcement, the development team shared the success of the “#Alonzon testnet” fork to a new version, “#AlonzonWhitenode.” The announcement also disclosed that the latest version has commenced making blocks immediately. HARD FORK SUCCESSFUL: Delighted to report around 19.44 UTC today we successfully forked the #Alonzo testnet to the new #AlonzoWhite node. The new network is happily making blocks already. 1/5 — Input Output (@InputOutputHK) July 14, 2021 This new fork is taking the network a step further to launching smart contracts, which will be beneficial for its users. Cardano Testnet Had Limitations The first Cardano testnet may have offered smart contracts, but there were some limitations. The smart contract features it had were only for some people who are core insiders of the blockchain. Related Reading | Ether EFT Gets Approval From Brazilian Securities Regulator Given the upgrade that the team has announced, the network can now accommodate up to 500 validators, dev...