IOTA Network Witnesses 20x Speed Increase with Hornet v0.4.0. Release

German non-profit focused on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and open-source development, the IOTA Foundation, in conjunction with the IOTA community, today announced the launch of the latest version of its Hornet node software. In an announcement on June 5, 2020, the IOTA Foundation, together with the IOTA community, released the latest version of Hornet – the network’s node software.

“ Similar sentiments were echoed by the Hornet team: “We are proud and excited to deliver Hornet to the IOTA community and finally bring the first Coordicide components to the main network. With the new Hornet release, we expect the number of nodes in the IOTA network to increase significantly, and we welcome any feedback on further improvements and features requested by the community.

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