Cardano's development team Input Output announced that it will launch Cardano EVM sidechain to bring greater scalability, interoperability, and programmability to Cardano. Input Output plans to create a series of sidechains, and the EVM sidechain will be the first to be released, which aims to open Cardano up to Solidity developers. Developers will be able to use the EVM sidechain to develop and deploy EVM-compatible smart contracts on Cardano, and use the governance features of the EVM sidechain to create decentralized governance applications that optimize on-chain governance and voting experience. Currently, the Cardano EVM sidechain is being developed iteratively. It will be assessed and tested on initial testnet, followed by a passive and active sidechain launch, culminating in mainchain deployment.
