Blockchain software development firm Block.One released EOS.io 2.0, the software underlying the EOS blockchain.

In the release announcement published on Twitter on Jan. 10, Cake.One claimed that the update makes the blockchain "faster, simpler, and even more than secure."

Major changes to the smart contract virtual machine

The official weblog mail service on new software explains that it includes a purpose-built WebAssembly (WASM) engine on which the EOS smart contracts run. According to its official website, WASM is an instruction format designed for deployment on the web and servers.

This change is expected to improve the operation of smart contract execution, given that information technology is supposedly up to 16 times faster than the engine used in the previous version.

This update also introduces WebAuthn back up. According to the official website, WebAuthn is a web authentication standard based around public key cryptography. The announcement explains how EOS developers could apply this standard:

"With this release of WebAuthn support for EOSIO, developers tin can brainstorm testing transaction signing with WebAuthn in their EOSIO applications."

Sources told Cointelegraph that before long in that location is no set appointment for adoption of the update.

Network code multithreading support

Block.One besides claims to have significantly improved the network lawmaking of the blockchain past adding multithreading support to it. Multithreading is the ability of a central processing unit of measurement to execute multiple threads of execution at the same time.

Multithreading support should improve the performance in block propagation, transaction processing, cake and transaction packing and unpacking and other processes as those are now all handled past a separate thread. The post reads:

"By isolating these processes we have seen significant improvements in transaction processing and block processing performance on multi-producer EOSIO networks."

Furthermore, the update is released alongside a defended integrated development environment (IDE) that should supposedly speed up programmer onboarding.

This is the second recent announcement that came from Block.One that may accept a major influence on the EOS ecosystem. Equally Cointelegraph reported in late Dec, Cake.I also recently proposed a major change to the network'southward resources allotment system that would crave users to hire network resource instead of buying them.