PANews reported on December 18 that the public chain Zilliqa announced in its official blog that its prototype mainnet Aventurine is now online, paving the way for the Zilliqa 2.0 mainnet Agate to be launched in the first quarter of 2025. The transition to the Zilliqa 2.0 mainnet is not just another network upgrade, but a complete migration to a brand new protocol. The new Zilliqa 2.0 network uses a different architecture and proof-of-stake consensus mechanism to migrate transaction history from the old Zilliqa network to the new protocol. To ensure that everything runs smoothly, the prototype mainnet phase has been extended to allow developers, validators, and delegators time to adapt and prepare to move to the Zilliqa 2.0 mainnet. The full mainnet launch will allow the current Zilliqa mainnet to officially switch to Zilliqa 2.0, and delegators will need to reallocate their stakes to the validators of their choice. The extended Aventurine prototype mainnet phase provides everyone (developers, validators, and delegators) with the opportunity to participate, enhance Zilliqa decentralization, test the system, and provide feedback.