Cardano Developers Roll out Five New Plutus CIPs in Key Protocol Milestone

Cover image via U.Today Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by our writers are their own and do not represent the views of U.Today. The financial and market information provided on U.Today is intended for informational purposes only. U.Today is not liable for any financial losses incurred while trading cryptocurrencies. Conduct your own research by contacting financial experts before making any investment decisions. We believe that all content is accurate as of the date of publication, but certain offers mentioned may no longer be available. Cardano is set to introduce new Plutus primitives as defined in five CIPs, which are CIP-109 | Modular Exponentiation Built-in for Plutus Core; CIP-132 | New Plutus Builtin dropList; CIP-133 | Plutus support for Multi-Scalar Multiplication over BLS12-381; CIP-138 | Plutus Core Builtin Type - Array; CIP-153 | Plutus Core Builtin Type - MaryEraValue. Advertisement On May 8, the Cardano Preview test network hard forked to Protocol Version 11. According to Intersect, this means that these new primitives introduced by the prior Plutus Cost Model parameter update are now available for testing. DEVELOPER CTA 🛠️ On May 8, 2026 00:00 UTC, the Cardano Preview test network hard forked to Protocol Version 11. This means that the new primitives introduced by the prior Plutus Cost Model parameter update are now available for testing. The new Plutus primitives are defined in… HOT Stories 1.3% of All XRP Now Unavailable Amid US ETF Rally; Vitalik Buterin Surprises Market With New SHIB-Style Donation; Bitcoin to $126,000: Arthur Hayes on New BTC Price High - Morning Crypto Report Ray Dalio: Bitcoin Fails as Safe Haven — Intersect (@IntersectMBO) May 11, 2026 As reported, Node v11.0.1 has now been fully released and is mainnet hard fork-ready as momentum toward the intra-era van Rossem hard fork continues across node, infrastructure, and ecosystem coordination, with Preview now moved into the first live governance-driven activation stage. Advertisement You Might Also Like Mon, 04/13/2026 - 13:43 Cardano Sets Stage for Two Key Upgrades in H1, 2026, What to Expect? By Tomiwabold Olajide Also, the DB-Sync 13.7.0.5 has been promoted to a full mainnet-ready release with compatibility for node v11.0.1. Cardano set to update core functionality The upcoming intra-era hard fork to Protocol Version 11 introduces targeted improvements across Plutus performance. Plutus refers to Cardano's native smart contract language, based on the Haskell programming language. The intra-era hard fork named van Rossem Hard fork is also set to enhance ledger consistency and node security. Advertisement You Might Also Like Tue, 04/28/2026 - 12:39 Cardano (ADA) Completes Death Cross as Volatility Tightens: Potential Scenarios By Tomiwabold Olajide As a result of the upgrade, all built-in functions will be available across Plutus V1, V2, and V3, thus expanding the capabilities of Plutus V1 and V2 scripts and unifying the feature availability across versions. The new built-ins and native types include CIP-138 | Array type which adds efficient, native on-chain array handling; CIP-153 | MaryEraValue type which adds optimized multi-asset value operations; CIP-109 | Modular exponentiation builtin which is critical for advanced crypto; CIP-132 | dropList builtin which allows for efficient list manipulation; CIP-133 | Multi-scalar multiplication over BLS12-381 which is useful for advanced cryptographic operations, specifically with zero-knowledge proof systems. All of these new builtins will be introduced across all Plutus versions. Overall, these changes are expected to increase script performance, reduce execution cost, and meaningfully extend what builders can accomplish in Plutus. #Cardano News #Cardano