Cardano price: Dijkstra Testnet Advances, Mainnet Date Still Unset
Published on 10/30/2026 at 13:18 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSCardano upgrade enters public testing
- The public Dijkstra testnet was reopened on October 21, running node 11.1.3 on Conway protocol version 11.
- Intersect says node 11.2 must be released before the hard fork action for protocol version 12 can be submitted.
- On the Investing.com quote page read on October 30, ADA was shown at 0.1936 USD at 22:46:15.
- A mainnet date for the Dijkstra upgrade has not been set.
The Cardano price is being watched as developers move the network's next major upgrade from planning into public testing. On the Investing.com quote page read on October 30, ADA was shown at 0.1936 USD at 22:46:15. The same page listed Cardano's 24-hour volume at 466.60 million USD and market capitalization at 7.16 billion USD.
Dijkstra testnet is now available
The public Dijkstra testnet was reopened on October 21, according to Intersect. The environment currently runs node version 11.1.3 with Conway protocol version 11. Stake pool operators can connect to the network, use its configuration files and test with one-day epochs.
This is a preparation stage rather than a completed upgrade. Intersect says the testnet is expected to move to protocol version 12, Dijkstra, after the pre-release of node 11.2 becomes available and a hard fork initiation action is submitted. Until then, the existing protocol rules remain active on the public testnet.
Leios rollout remains staged
The Dijkstra work is also linked to the staged rollout of Ouroboros Leios. Intersect describes an initial throughput target of three to five times the current Praos ceiling of 4.5 TxkB/s, followed by later parameter updates targeting 10 to 15 times that level. Those figures are targets in the rollout plan, not current Cardano network performance.
U.Today reported on October 23 that the upgrade scope includes nested transactions, account enhancements, guard scripts, Plutus V4 and freely withdrawable staking rewards. The publication also noted that stake pool operators will need to register BLS voting keys before Leios can operate, and that capacity increases will depend on testing and governance approval. No fixed mainnet date was given.
What ADA holders should track
For ADA holders, the immediate development is the transition from a software roadmap to a publicly accessible test environment. The next observable milestones are the node 11.2 pre-release, the protocol 12 hard fork action and subsequent integration testing. These steps do not by themselves establish when the mainnet upgrade will occur.
The Cardano price therefore remains a separate market indicator from the technical timetable. Investors tracking the project can follow further developments on the Cardano topic page.
