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Last week AO's node software, HyperBEAM, got some major upgrades to performance, user experience, and more. This week, we'll take a closer look at what this means for developers and users alike.
Let's get into it.
HyperBEAM Beta 3 released 💻
HyperBEAM is the official client implementation of AO-Core, and its newest features and upgrades for the network went live last week.
One of the most notable improvements for both developers and users is over a 500x speed boost to reading cached data on AO.
Performance improvements
AO nodes can now read ~100,000 messages a second - a huge leap, considering it was ~200 messages a second before these optimizations.
For the technically curious, you can check out the full feature notes here.
Sam Williams, inventor of Arweave, noted that returning cached data to users would be reduced from around 10 seconds to ~100ms, which is a significant UX upgrade for everyone using AO.
Previously, some AO and Arweave wallets experienced long loading times for displaying token balances on AO, and these changes should bring a welcome speed-up to issues like these.
Lower loading times mean a better time for users all across the board.
Outside of performance upgrades, a new set of HyperBEAM devices was also released.
Meet HyperBEAM's new devices
Devices are like pluggable components that AO nodes can opt to run - for example, the option to run a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE).
One of the most interesting devices which has been released in this update is ~query@1.0.
This device allows for the querying of Arweave data with GraphQL support, creating a tighter integration for the ecosystem.
This makes it easier for AO nodes (and possibly developers) to access, cache, and index Arweave data, and could pave the way for new types of dApps to enter the ecosystem.
Sam Williams has previously mentioned that the ~query@1.0 device and other devices, which make up ~arweave@2.9pre, are designed to significantly improve the ability to effectively search and filter data stored on Arweave.
These are just some of the changes added in beta 3 - check out the full post here for more information.
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