The first Nexa halving occurred as the calendar transitioned from April to May worldwide. Officially, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), blockchain rewards were halved on 1 May 2026 at 01:36 UTC. In addition, at the beginning of the month, the team’s delegation attended Consensus in Miami and, together with partners, showcased Nexa’s smart-contract capabilities in an educational webinar.
A lot of attention and development effort is going into preparations for the upcoming hard fork and the integration of the Tailstorm protocol. The team is testing the new DAG-hybrid architecture and is looking forward to the first-of-its-kind model going live. While the testing of the protocol is underway, the official hard fork date has yet to be announced.
Find this month’s highlights and recap of the news below.
Nexa Halving: The New Baseline Spaces on X
The first Nexa halving occurred two weeks ago, cutting miners’ initial rewards in half. To commemorate this meaningful event, the team organized spaces on X later that day. While the recording is not available on other media channels, it is available on X. We invite you to listen if you missed this event.
Spaces on X:
https://x.com/i/spaces/1pKkOyqXPoMKj?s=20
Monthly Development Updates: April 2026
At the start of May, the previous month’s development updates were released. April was one of the busiest months so far. Preparations for Hard Fork #2 and the integration of the Tailstorm protocol are the main developments this month. The team is already testing the implementation on private testnets. A lot of effort is going into the main blockchain infrastructure and improvements for the block explorer, wallets, SDKs, and NexScript.
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Nexa Halving Fest 2026: The winner is Samurai
The event that accompanied the anticipation of NEXA’s first halving thrilled the community and produced several beautiful works of art. The satisfaction of participating in the event, along with the $250 NEXA prize, definitely sparked creativity.
Of all the works entered in the event, the one that received the most likes and was therefore the winner was created by user “Samurai”, with 73 likes.
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To Wrap Up
While monthly highlights include many events, that’s not everything the team was working on this month. The webinar on smart contracts is yet to be released by the partners and was announced on Nexa’s X account. To stay fully updated, the best way is to follow Nexa on social media, including X, the Forum, and other community channels.
You can find all the community groups and channels at the official Nexa.org website.