In 2017, we set out to build an internet-scale blockchain: infrastructure capable of serving a global economy, with security and decentralization built into its foundations. Today, Supernova goes live on MultiversX, delivering the most significant architectural advance since our first mainnet block in July 2020. Six years of engineering connect those moments. Native sharding. Stronger account protection. Broader validator participation. Governance placed in the hands of the community. Each advance carried forward the same conviction: a network becomes more valuable when more people can use it, build on it, and help determine its future. Supernova brings 600-millisecond blocks to that network while keeping validator hardware requirements unchanged. Independent operators can continue securing it on the machines they already run. Existing accounts, contracts, and the history stretching back to genesis remain intact. That combination matters. Internet scale means building the capacity to serve the world while preserving the ability to participate. The purpose reaches far beyond the protocol. People should be able to hold their own money and move it across borders. Businesses should have access to global markets. Developers should be free to create financial services on infrastructure that is open, programmable, and always available. Years of research, public testing, and collective effort have brought us to this moment. The next chapter is turning these capabilities into products people rely on in everyday life. To the engineers, validators, builders, and community who brought us here: thank you. The promise that started MultiversX continues to guide us: a financial system whose capabilities grow, and whose doors remain open.

We’re preparing to initiate the Supernova governance vote on January 8. This vote asks EGLD stakeholders to approve the activation of Supernova, the most significant protocol upgrade in MultiversX history. Supernova introduces a fundamental architectural upgrade to the network, building on the Andromeda consensus redesign. A full governance walkthrough and supporting materials will be published ahead of the vote.