Oasis Engineering Update: Sapphire 1.0 & CLI Tools

Summary

The Oasis Network Community announced the August Engineering Update, highlighting significant progress across the Oasis ecosystem. Key developments include the major release of Sapphire ParaTime 1.0, a stable confidential EVM, alongside improvements to CLI tools, network performance hitting a record 288k transactions, and core platform upgrades. This update signifies substantial strengthening of the privacy-first infrastructure for building secure decentralized applications.

🚀 August Engineering Update is LIVE! 🚀

Another packed month for the Oasis Engineering Team from new CLI tools to Sapphire 1.0, August delivered steady improvements across the stack. Here’s the snapshot:

🔹 Wallet & CLI
- ROSE Wallet 2.4.0: sticky sidebar + Ledger fix
- Oasis CLI hits Homebrew 🍺 + built-in auto-updater

🔹 Network
- Sapphire Mainnet hit a record 288k txs on Aug 1 🎯
- Oasis Core 25.5 upgrade proposed on Testnet

🔹 Nexus & Explorer
- Validator uptime insights + simplified deployments
- Explorer migrated to the new Oasis UI library

🔹 Dev Platform & ParaTimes
- ROFL proxy live → apps can expose ports publicly
- Sapphire 1.0 Mainnet release after 3.5 years 🎉

🔹 Docs
- Redesigned diagrams + new ROFL proxy chapter
- Quick State Sync guide for node operators

🔹 Core Platform
- Faster checkpoint sync + stateless client fallback
- Oasis Core 25.5 released with ADR-25 for bundle upgrades

💡 Highlight: Sapphire ParaTime 1.0 is here!! A stable, confidential EVM for building secure dApps! 🎉

📘 Full breakdown: https://oasis.net/blog/engineering-update-august-2025

Privacy-first infra keeps getting stronger and Q4 is just around the corner. 💙🔥

Oasis Engineering Update | August 2025

Oasis Engineering Update: Sapphire 1.0 & CLI Tools
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