The team behind Terra claimed that they want to \u201cimplement some extra precautionary measures\u201d to roll out the update. They added:<\/p>\n
(\u2026) the Columbus-5 mainnet upgrade is massive. Behind the scenes, numerous moving parts require attentive and thorough examination from multiple perspectives + reviews between TFL, eco partners, the community, and projects dependent on Terra applications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In addition, they provided 3 main reasons that led them to delay the update. First, the network will have a new version of Mantle, their framework to write indexes or Extract-Transform-Loan (ETL) logic.<\/p>\n
This new version of Mantle will be more scalable and will be able to support \u201csignificantly\u201d more traffic. It will be introduced with Colombus 5. Terraform Labs claimed:<\/p>\n
Mantle plays a critical role in mediating application network traffic on Terra, ensuring the compatibility of the new version between Col-4 and Col-5 is paramount, requiring additional testing to verify the new design changes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The second reason for the delay is due to Terra\u2019s partners and third-party projects. The team behind the ecosystem wants these projects to have more time and \u201cbreathing room\u201d to migrate to Columbus 5.<\/p>\n
This includes projects like Mirror, Anchor, TerraSwap, Shuttle. Before the update, the developers behind these applications must be familiar with the updated mainnet.<\/p>\n
Terra Will Update To Support Massive Growth<\/h2>\n
As Terraform Labs said, the LUNA ecosystem\u2019s total value locked (TVL) stands at $7.3 billion with \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of new stakeholders, and builders coming into the platform. Thus, why they have decided to grant their community and developers more time to prepare:<\/p>\n
The original timeline produced a hurried window for some projects to properly prep for Col-5. Giving projects more time to acquaint themselves with the Col-5 testing environment and migration plans for major apps ensures a smoother runway for projects launching post-Col-5.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In that sense, the team made a commitment to provide more documentation and educational material for the community to \u201cuse the update properly\u201d. In this documentation, they will address some of the community and third-party project\u2019s<\/a> concerns on Col-5.<\/p>\nThe official migration guides for Mirror and Anchor will be released on September 13th, meaning web apps, contracts, and bots will be functional and operational on Bombay for users by this time. TerraSwap has already been migrated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In the coming weeks, Terraform Labs will give more information on the \u201csequence of events\u201d leading to the mainnet. Thus, they will make it a priority to \u201cguarantee\u201d a \u201csmooth\u201d Col-5 launch.<\/p>\n