dYdX Reveals Launch Date for Move From Ethereum to Cosmos
dYdX announced the launch of its V4 private testnet this Tuesday, taking a significant step that will see the decentralized derivatives exchange () leave . By the end of September, the platform will be fully running on . The network allows developer teams to spin up their own native blockchains using the Cosmos Software Development Kit (SDK) according to their own preferences. Though distinct, each independent Cosmos-based blockchain can interact with one another. The private testnet for dYdX is set to launch this Tuesday and run for two to three weeks. After that, a public testnet will be launched by the end of July. The platform cited the lack of scalability on Ethereum as the main reason for the move. “We reached a point where Ethereum couldn‘t process the transactions fast enough,” dYdX’s marketing lead Nathan Cha told I-decrypt at this years Paris Blockchain Week. This is the second project to announce its migration from Ethereum to Cosmos. is also making the same move after the project acquired the Cosmos-based trading platform Vortex Protocol last month. The teams explored various options, including Solana and layer-2 solutions. “We came to the conclusion that Cosmos was the better option because we can customize the blockchain to our needs,” said