TRON prepares for TVM compatibility upgrade, voting set for August 25

TRON is pushing forward with a significant Virtual Machine upgrade that will bring its execution environment closer to Ethereum’s, with on-chain governance votes scheduled for August 25, 2026. The upgrade introduces two key capabilities: a CLZ opcode and support for secp256r1 (P-256) signature verification, both of which have been available on Ethereum and are now making their way to TRON’s infrastructure. Node operators have until August 16, 2026, at 23:59 Singapore time, to complete their software updates to GreatVoyage-v4.8.2, codenamed Pyrrho. Miss that window, and nodes risk falling out of sync with the rest of the network. What the upgrade actually does Two network parameters, numbered #95 and #96, are on the ballot for August 25. If TRON’s 27 active Super Representatives approve them, the new TVM features go live across the entire network. The first notable addition is the CLZ instruction, short for “Count Leading Zeros.” It’s a low-level operation that counts how many zero bits sit at the front of a binary number. Developers use CLZ in mathematical operations, bit manipulation, and optimizing gas costs. The second feature is a precompiled contract for secp256r1 signature ve...