ChainCatcher news, Celestia announced on platform X that the Lemongrass upgrade is now live. As Celestia's first mainnet upgrade, Lemongrass introduces one-click interactions through IBC and inter-chain accounts. BlockBeats previously reported that the main changes in this upgrade include:CIP-6 implements a minimum gas price to reduce network spam transactions;CIP-9 introduces middleware for packet forwarding, enhancing IBC cross-chain transfer efficiency;CIP-10 establishes a new network upgrade signaling mechanism to simplify and accelerate future upgrades;CIP-14 introduces cross-chain account functionality, enhancing interoperability with the Cosmos ecosystem;CIP-20 deprecates the Blobstream module, simplifying network architecture and improving performance.

ChainCatcher news, Celestia has announced an important upgrade named Lemongrass. This upgrade includes several consensus layer changes, such as cross-chain accounts, packet forwarding middleware, and the CIP-10 mechanism to simplify future upgrades. The Celestia-app v2.0.0 version will activate Lemongrass on the Arabica Devnet in August.After successful testing, the Mocha Testnet is also expected to upgrade in August. The Lemongrass upgrade for the Celestia mainnet Beta version is expected to take place from early to mid-September. Additionally, the data availability (DA) layer will undergo technical changes, including blob data pruning (CIP-4) and a new messaging framework Shwap (CIP-19).The Lemongrass hard fork covers several CIPs specified in CIP-17, including price execution (CIP-6), packet forwarding middleware (CIP-9), coordinated upgrades (CIP-10), cross-chain accounts (CIP-14), and disabling the Blobstream module (CIP-20). These updates aim to improve network efficiency, simplify architecture, and enhance interoperability with other blockchains.