Recently, TRON, a blockchain powerhouse, has made another significant move! In the first quarter of 2025, TRON's Nile testnet launched the GreatVoyage-v4.8.0 (Kant) version upgrade. This update focuses on major performance improvements, network stability, and user-friendly optimizations for both users and developers. Let's take a look at the highlights of this update:
Cross-chain is like "building blocks", simple and smooth
Imagine that moving Ethereum applications to TRON used to be challenging, potentially requiring significant code modifications. Now? The new version supports Ethereum's Cancun upgrade, greatly alleviating cross-chain "compatibility issues". Developers now have an efficient adaptation toolkit, significantly reducing overall migration complexity. For ordinary users, this means:
- Cost-saving: TIP-650 (EIP-1153) TVM adds instant storage instructions (TLOAD/TSTORE), with data valid only within the transaction cycle, directly reducing gas fees for high-frequency operations!
- Speed: DeFi transactions and Non-Fungible Token batch processing are as smooth as copy-paste (thanks to TIP-651 (EIP-5656) COPY instruction optimization).
- Big move: TVM integrates EIP-4844's BLOBHASH, BLOBBASEFEE instructions, and KZG precompiled contracts, significantly enhancing TRON ecosystem's scalability and laying the foundation for more interesting future applications.
Simply put, cross-chain is more convenient, and wallets are more economical!
Network security upgraded, as stable as a high-speed train
The new version has put considerable effort into security and stability:
- Transaction security check: Each transaction now has an "enhanced detector" (TIP-694), strictly limiting transaction size and account creation transaction parameters, preventing malicious attacks. Block time verification is precise to multiples of 3 seconds, avoiding potential risks from timestamp deviations, with abnormal operations unable to slip through.
- Block production like a timetable: Block production is prohibited during maintenance, mitigating fork risks. Super Representative (SR) nodes produce blocks according to address asset sequence, as reliable as an airport flight schedule.
- Double insurance: Synchronization efficiency and stability are both improved, with developers changing systems as smoothly as riding an escalator.
Using it can be summed up in two words: Peace of mind!
Experience so good it's flying, noticeable even for ordinary people
This upgrade is not just for programmers; ordinary users can also feel the changes:
- 10 times faster: Filtering solidified block requests, reducing redundant data transmission, lowering bandwidth usage; network response upgraded from "green train" to "high-speed rail", processing requests every 0.1 seconds, much faster than the previous 1 second!
- Convenient record checking: New event tracing function makes checking historical data as simple as dragging a video progress bar. Thread isolation design ensures node stability, with event processing exceptions not affecting block synchronization.
- Universal tools: Supporting Ethereum development tools, moving projects is as easy as transferring data when changing phone systems!
What benefits can ordinary people get?
TRON has always been a technical "sweetheart", and this upgrade is full of substance. For us ordinary users, the biggest benefit is:
- Cheaper transaction fees: Saved gas fees can buy an extra cup of milk tea.
- Smoother experience: Transfers and app usage without lag.
- More diverse applications: With cross-chain and performance improvements, more interesting blockchain innovations may emerge in the future.
What other tricks does TRON have?
Besides technical upgrades, TRON has been active in its ecosystem:
- Red packet rain: In early 2025, SunPump, in collaboration with Echooo Wallet and WikiBit, launched the TRON Eco Star program, throwing out $600,000 in red packets, with global users rushing to grab them, making the community as lively as a New Year celebration!
- USDD 2.0: The new stablecoin is safer, supporting cross-border payments, making purchases and asset management more convenient.
- AI-powered: SunPump launched an AI robot SunAgent that can generate MEME, and held a New Year event with 74,000 people having a great time.
The data is also hardcore: TRON earned $2.13 billion in a year, burned 21 million TRX, with currency value remaining extremely stable.
How to play with the testnet?
This Nile testnet upgrade is a "forced update", with nodes needing to upgrade to v4.8.0. Those wanting to try new features can get test coins at nileex.io. However, when the mainnet will adopt these new features depends on community voting. More importantly, the mainnet 4.8.0 version is about to be officially launched soon, so stay tuned!
Summary: TRON is getting better and better!
From faster and more stable networks to more economical transactions, and ecosystem activities with red packets everywhere, TRON's this upgrade is a "technology + experience" double bloom. Whether you're a developer or an ordinary user, you can feel TRON becoming more and more user-friendly. In the future, TRON will bring blockchain technology into more people's lives, and we'll just wait and see!
