• The first release is on the Pre-Production environment (v2.0.0-rc.12), issued on March 24. From this release on, all APIs will rely on the new Trusted Policies Registry (TPR) for access management;
• The second release, tentatively scheduled for April 20th (v2.0.0-rc.13), includes updates to the core services, the Wallet Conformance Testing Services, the release of the TAR V3 and the DID method 2.0.0.

The updated Wallet Conformance Testing services (WCT) (v2.0.0) will introduce breaking changes to the previous version (v1.0.0). EBSI will continue to support v1.0.0 to make sure that already conformant wallets remain operational. In parallel, new wallets and, the already conformant ones with v1.0.0, will be expected to run their wallet through the new version of the WCT within a timeframe that will be communicated in advance.

After both releases are available in Pre-Production, node operators will be able to onboard independently using an updated onboarding process, which will allow them to create their keys and anchor them into the TAR (Trusted Application Registry).
As of v2.0.0-rc13, a new block explorer and updated API catalogue will also be released, featuring several documentation improvements.
In parallel to the great progress made on the APIs and Smart Contracts, the DevOps, security and architecture teams continued to deliver good work to make sure that the EBSI infrastructure will be production-ready by the end of March. Amongst several strategic tracks such as the preparation of the Smart Contracts audit and Core Services bug bounty, the team has successfully performed a thorough penetration testing scan and is in the process of remediating the identified vulnerabilities.