After a spectacular crash, Terra is receiving a new breath of life with the Luna rebirth. But what will a revival of the failed cryptocurrency look like?

Backers of Terra voted to revive the failed cryptocurrency - but it will not be the same as it once was. The plan is to bring Luna back without the element that caused the crushing fall of the cryptocurrency two weeks ago - its stablecoin, UST.

“Terra 2.0 is coming,” the company wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

“With overwhelming support, the Terra ecosystem has voted to pass Proposal 1623, calling for the genesis of a new blockchain and the preservation of our community.”

Terra Luna 2.0 want to revive the failed cryptocurrency

The proposal will effectively create a new layer-1 Terra blockchain without its algorithmic stablecoin. The old blockchain will be called Terra Classic (LUNC) and the new blockchain will be called Terra (LUNA), the company tweeted. The Luna token is new and should not be confused with the old one under the same exact name (confusing, I know.)

The proposal had 65%, or about 200 million votes, in favor of the plan, while about 21%, or 54 million, abstained, and about 13%, or 41 million, voted no, according to data from Terra Station. The votes are cast based on LUNA token ownership, with one vote per token, not per user.

Given that it has passed its threshold, the relaunch plan will be rolled out on May 27.

What will the new Terra look like?

According to Terra, Terra 2.0 will “effectively create a new Terra chain without the algorithmic stablecoin.”

“The old chain will be called Terra Classic (token: $LUNC), and the new chain will be called Terra (token: $LUNA). The chain upgrade will commence a few hours after the Launch snapshot,” Terra announced on Twitter.

The new Terra, set to launch on May 27, will effectively create a new blockchain associated with the Luna token. The old Luna will be replaced by Luna 2.0, completely severing ties with the failed stablecoin.

But the old Luna will not disappear completely, it will simply co-exist with the new and improved Luna 2.0. Holders of the old Luna, now renamed Classic, and UST will be given part of the 1 billion new tokens.

Luna holders will receive about 35 per cent of all new tokens, 10 per cent will go to those who held UST before the collapse of the cryptocurrency, 25 per cent will go to traders who still own Luna and UST after the crash and 30 per cent will go to a pool of Luna investors.

Terra will become a completely community-owned chain.

Is this going to work?

After the massive Luna crash, the cryptocurrency market was deeply shaken by the loss of $60 billion. And yet, it appears investors are intrigued by the Luna rebirth. Luna surged more than 20 per cent on Wednesday after Terra’s announcement, according to data by CoinGecko. Even UST was up over 50 per cent.

Getting rid of the stablecoin that made Luna crash in the first place could increase the possibility of the new crypto being successful, but anything goes in this volatile crypto market.

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