TestNet News

As reported today with its parent firm, Venom's public testnet is now officially online.

Cardano has successfully launched a wrapped bitcoin (BTC) token dubbed cBTC on its anetaBTC testnet. The move is aimed at attracting bitcoin users to Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem. 

Avalanche (AVAX) has unveiled the Evergreen Subnet, Spruce, in collaboration with several financial institutions including WisdomTree, Wellington Management, and more.

Ethereum’s oldest testnet, Ropsten, will be shutdown. Users have been asked to consider greener pastures in Goerli or Sepolia, which have been green-lit by Ethereum itself. Understanding the Ropsten testnet Ropsten is Ethereum’s oldest testnet. Launched in 2016, Ropsten was…

ParallelChain, a public + private layer-1 blockchain protocol today announced that the first ParallelChain Testnet is now live. ParallelChain Testnet Goes Live Founded in 2018, ParallelChain is designed to bring rapid, secure, and reliable blockchains to enterprises for the digital…

Data from testnet blockchain explorer beaconcha.in, shows more than 60,000 validator hubs have been enacted on the ETH 2.0 Medalla testnet, where they have altogether marked almost 2 million testnet ETH. ETH Staking Frenzy ahead of the Upgrade The Ethereum…

The final testnet for Ethereum 2.0 will be released in under two weeks, said the project’s developers on June 21. Final Testnet Coming August 2020 As Decrypt reported, the last testnet ahead of Ethereum 2.0 can be expected in the…

Blockchain entrepreneur Tyler Smith tweeted this week on how the protocol is primed to see widespread technological progress this year; led by DeFi and layer-2 tech. dApps to Bolster ETH Tech Smith’s viral tweet talked about the various implementations and…

Ethereum’s much-awaited Altona testnet is now live, a release confirmed June 30. Four validators are already running nodes on the platform, which shall soon be available to the wider community. Altona Goes Live The development is the first-ever multi-client ahead…

A new ETH 2.0 update on June 23 revealed the Ethereum team is continuously working on the upcoming PoS protocol, even if the broader community feels developments are slow. From Vyper to Solidity Written by Ethereum developer Danny Ryan, the…

Filecoin (FIL), the decentralized storage network project, is moving closer to the arrival of its mainnet with the announcement of an incentivized testnet rollout. Testnet Competition Will Pay Miners Almost three years after its $257M initial coin offering (ICO), the…

Staking on the Cardano protocol is now open, as per an announcement made on June 9. The blockchain’s shift to Shelley, a new consensus algorithm, is being implemented and managed in a tiered approach, with yesterday’s launch being a part…

Enjin blockchain project has joined forces with Unity Technologies in a bid to launch the testnet version of Enjin’s blockchain development kit (SDK) for Unity on the Ethereum Testnet, according to a press release on March 4, 2019. SDK Set to…