TRON has activated Proposal 107, a network upgrade that introduces features from Ethereum’s Prague and Osaka updates to the TRON Virtual Machine. The change, which received 25 approvals and took effect on August 28, is designed to reduce barriers for Ethereum developers porting applications to TRON. The upgrade also provides the underlying infrastructure for wallets using passkeys—such as fingerprints or facial scans—instead of conventional passwords. By aligning technical standards, TRON aims to attract more Ethereum-based projects while lowering the cost of certain security computations, though the extent of savings will depend on individual application compilation.
TRON has activated a network upgrade designed to make Ethereum applications easier to bring onto its blockchain. Proposal 107 received 25 approvals before taking effect on August 28, with the changes providing the groundwork for wallets that use passkeys instead of conventional passwords.
The upgrade introduces features from Ethereum’s Prague and Osaka updates to the TRON Virtual Machine, which runs applications on the network. Now developers have less of the software to change to allow an application to move from one network to the others.
TRON developers had to adjust for newer Ethereum tools, meaning errors or older settings for dApps in the TRON ecosystem. The proposal brings the two environments closer together and makes TRON more attractive to teams that already build Ethereum applications.
Further to this, the upgrade will enable an application to look further back into the blockchain to verify transactions previously made. This helps services where earlier transactions need to be confirmed and rely less on data providers.
Instead of remembering passwords, users can sign in to applications using security features built into phones or computers. These features depend on the computer being used but include fingerprints, a scan of the user’s face or a PIN.
The new capability makes it cheaper for TRON applications to verify signatures created through systems such as Apple Secure Enclave and Android Keystore. Wallets that offer a more familiar sign-in experience could get more support without users personally managing every security step.
But passkeys have not suddenly just appeared across existing TRON wallets. The upgrade provides the underlying support, while wallet and application developers must decide how to use it.
Similarly, the cost of some expensive security computations is lowered in Proposal 107, but the extent of savings will depend heavily on the way in which particular applications are compiled. TRON’s governance record shows that the upgrade is now active.
