TechFlow news — Input Output, the development company behind Cardano, has announced on social media that it has submitted a proposal to upgrade Cardano's pre-production environment to protocol V8, effective February 11, 2023, at 08:00 UTC. The upgrade will introduce new cryptographic primitives to Cardano, enabling better interoperability with Plutus and secure cross-chain DApp development. This environment will allow the community to continue final integration and upgrade testing ahead of the SECP upgrade countdown on the mainnet scheduled for February 14.
Notably, examples of SECP (cryptographic primitives) include Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) and Schnorr signatures, which allow users to verify the integrity of specific signed data hashes. With the implementation of these new cryptographic primitives, Plutus will be able to easily verify transactions from other blockchains using ECDSA and Schnorr standards.Original link
