STRIDE-TESTNET-4 is now online!

If you are setting your validator node from the scratch:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/stride/README.md

If you want to upgrade your existing validator node to new testnet:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/blob/main/stride/upgrade_to_IT.md

Please make sure you have a copy of your wallet 24-word mnemonic. Team is going to redelegate tokens to the same addresses used in the previous testnet. Also its always recommended to save your priv_validator_key.json just in case.

NOTE: This is completely new chain so you will have to recreate your validator. All tokens from previous testnet are moved to the new chain and should be available in your wallet balance.

P.S. All the testnet task guides will be updated matching up the new changes. Also we will update relayer related tasks with new OSMO zone soon as we finish setting it up ourselves.

#stride

Registration for phase 3 of the Aptos Incentivized Testnet program has started yesterday 19/08.

Official AIT3 registration guide:
https://aptos.dev/nodes/ait/ait-3

Our guide for AIT3 validator setup and registration can be found here:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/aptos/testnet

Running Aptos fullnode is optional and is not mandatory to complete registration in AIT3.

If you decide to run fullnode it has to be installed on separate machine!
Set up Aptos full node: https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/blob/main/aptos/testnet/fullnode_manual_install.md

Important Dates:
- August 19: Registration Starts
- August 26: Registration Ends
- August 27: Selection Results
- August 30: AIT-3 Goes Live :rocketaptos:
- September 9: AIT-3 Concludes

➡️ Registration details and more info: https://aptoslabs.medium.com/welcome-to-aptos-incentivized-testnet-3-9d7ce888205c

#aptos

Stride will perform chain upgrade roughly 5 hours from now

As a validator you will have to upgrade the binary running on your machine at a block height 70500

To perform binary upgrade, follow steps bellow that are written in our guide:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/stride/upgrade/70500

⚠️ please do not update your binaries before block 70500 kicks in otherwise you will have errors ⚠️

block countdown: https://stride.explorers.guru/block/70500

#stride

SUI devnet released update 0.7.2, that can be updated following same instructions that have published earlier.

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/main/sui/tools/update_db_cleanup.sh | sudo bash

Also SUI team decided to increase a pool of fullnode operators from 100 to 500

Rewards: There will be a separate rewards for fullnode operators and validators. Selected fullnodes will receive 200 SUI per wave, validators will receive 2000 SUI.

There will be a second wave, keep the nodes and wait for a new form.

Read more HERE: https://bit.ly/3KgPFvq

SUI started to send out emails for Validator Registration applicants. Emails will be sent in waves instead of all at once over the next few days. Did anyone already got the lucky email?

#sui

We have received the long awaited email from the SUI team. Unfortunately this time we had no luck. Node can be switched off, but there there will be more opportunities to join in the future

Anyone got better luck?

#sui

🚀 Hooray! 🥳 We have received message from the Aptos team that our validator has been selected to participate in AIT3 🎉

📧 Check your emails for confirmation

For those who were selected to AIT3 we created guide to prepare and connect your validator to AIT3 chain:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/aptos/AIT3

⚠️ IMPORTANT: You have 24 hours to complete this process! ⚠️

Do we have anyone in our community who has also won a sweet spot in AIT3?

#aptos

Masa x Cred Protocol: Soulbound Web3 Credit Score Testnet Launch

Masa has launched the world’s first Soulbound (“SBT”) Web3 Credit Score to the Masa Soulbound Identity testnet!

You can now claim your .soul name NFT and use your most active Ethereum wallet to generate your Masa Soulbound Web3 Credit Score"

How to Get Started:
- Go to our testnet and add Celo’s Alfrajores testnet as a network to your Metamask wallet (watch instruction video here);
- Make sure you are using your primary web3 account on Ethereum even though we are using another network, we will still score you using your Ethereum account address;
- Claim your testnet Soulname NFT by signing your wallet;
- Mint a Web3 Credit Score SBT and generate a score for your connected account;
- Voila! That’s it.

Read more at the link below
https://medium.com/masa-finance/masa-x-cred-protocol-soulbound-web3-credit-score-testnet-launch-8d989a777b20

#masa

Short Notice: Stride Incentivized testnet Poolparty will end at 7am UTC on Thursday, September 1st.
So if you have some unfinished task you still have time left to get them done.

If you’re worried you won’t be able to complete all of Poolparty’s tasks, don’t fret! Stride team are giving a TON of $ST away to the community over the next year. In fact, ~30% of all $ST FDV will be given out, for free, in the next year. Here are just a few ways you can earn $ST:
- If you’re an ATOM, OSMO, or JUNO staker, you’ll be eligible for our genesis airdrop. We’ll also airdrop to other stakers as we onboard new zones.
- If you use Stride to liquid stake, you’ll earn rewards.
- If you contribute to DeFi built on top of Stride (like an Osmosis AMM), you’ll earn rewards

#stride

Game of Teritori rewards list for most active participants 🤑⛩

The end date of the game will be announced when before mainnet.

New quests with more XP will be launched soon!

All quests can be found at: https://teritori.crew3.xyz/questboard

#teritori

We just passed 7AM UTC a couple of hours ago, so it’s now official:

🥳 THE TESNET IS OVER!!! 🥳

You can now stop your submissions for the Testnet Tasks, which are now closed.

You can stop your nodes now or run it just for fun.

Details about rewards will be shared soon.

#stride

🔥🔥🔥

Sei, the first layer 1 blockchain optimized for DeFi, yesterday have announced a $5 million funding round led by Multicoin Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Delphi Digital, Hudson River Trading, GSR, Hypersphere, Flow Traders, Kronos Research and the founders of Anchorage, Frax, Yield Guild Games, and Tangent. The new capital will be used to support the network as it approaches mainnet launch and further accelerate the growth of over 20 dApps already building in the Sei ecosystem.

#sei

Seinami Incentivized testnet ACT3 is officially live!

You can find ACT 3 missions and details in here 👇
https://3pgv.notion.site/814a764325c3466cb5adc822f012c8d3?v=c780964bef0c42e083f03372e9aeaf8a

The overall goal of ACT 3 is stress test the chain:
- Attempt to break L1/Exchange by any means
- Improve the performance of the chain/exchange
- Give yourself an unfair economic advantage (Cheat by any means)

Note: ACT 2 will continue to be live until the team announces its closed so you still have time to finish and continue to test new and improved versions of Vortex.

#sei

Hey there everyone. We want to inform that today is a historic occasion! STRIDE mainnet is officially LIVE!

For the first time in the history of the Cosmos ecosystem, ATOM can be liquid staked. stATOM, the Stride liquid staking derivative of ATOM, can be traded / used in DeFi while simultaneously earning staking rewards.

Airdrops:
- The airdrop for incentivized testnet participants will likely be claimable in the next month, we will release more details shortly!
- The airdrop for ATOM stakers will be claimable at the end of September - right around Cosmoverse.

Details to join mainnet as validator will be released soon.

Within the next 24 hours, we will have our Osmosis pools launched, seeded, and incentivized. Those pools will be: STRD / OSMO and stATOM / ATOM.

As for right now, you can use Stride to liquid stake ATOM, and use stATOM to redeem the underlying staked ATOM. Keplr is live. Mintscan is live.

https://app.stride.zone/
https://stride.zone/

Read more: https://medium.com/@stride_zone/stride-is-live-4a5b422e6cbb

#stride

🚀 We are happy to announce that we have been selected as one of genesis validators

If anyone ever wants to stake their stride tokens you can support us by delegation tokens to our validator. We promise to keep commission % as competitive as plausible so you can earn highest rewards 💸

Our validator: https://stride.explorers.guru/validator/stridevaloper1j8gkhtllnp252l6g6zwzea30e7pvzqttr9768n
Tokens can be staked using Keplr: https://wallet.keplr.app/chains/stride

Note: The airdrop for incentivized testnet participants will likely be claimable in the next month, team will release more details shortly!

#stride

Menkar Testnet is officially concluded today!

Team just did the last snapshot of the validators running, feel free to turn your node off

New testnet is planned to run on 12 Sep 2022 @ 15:00 UTC 🚀
More detailed information about upcoming testnet can be found here

Note: In October - November validators will have to fill the KYC for the mainnet

#deweb

🚀 Less than 24 hours left until Rebus mainnet launch. We are happy to announce that our validator got into genesis set. You will have an opportunity to support us by delegating your tokens to our validator. We will try keeping our commission rate low to give you best APR.

#rebus

For those who are participating in Teritori testnet:

Snapshot will be taken in a few days to identify the TOP 500 Game of Teritori leaderboard. Make sure you have indicated your Cosmos Hub address within your Crew3 profile. You only have a few days left to update your address! ⌛️

You can check your profile and update it at any time by visiting https://teritori.crew3.xyz/

#teritori

You can help Aptos to test network by claiming and minting APTOS: ZERO NFT

1. Navigate to APTOS : ZERO Testnet NFT
1. Connect your Discord account
2. Download and setup Petra wallet extension
3. Create wallet
4. Top up your wallet with testnet tokens by clicking on Faucet button
4. Finish claiming NFT by following instructions

#aptos

Rebus testnet is officially ended you can shut down your validator nodes

Team will need some time to finalize the rewards so stay tuned

#rebus

Aptos has took last snapshot of all the performance data today and started off-boarding validator nodes from AIT3 network,

Things you need to know:
1. All the AIT3 rewards will be calculated based on the data captured today. (at epoch 205)
2. Properly leaving the validator set is a requirement for getting reward, so please follow the instruction to leave validator set before shutting down your node:
- Official documentation: https://aptos.dev/nodes/ait/additional-doc#shutdown-nodes-for-incentivized-testnet
- Instructions from kjnodes: https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/aptos/AIT3#shutdown-nodes-for-incentivized-testnet
3. Network will keep running until Friday, so if you choose to keep running your node and play around, you can.
4. Aptos team will post update on the reward criteria adjustment soon, and will review all the data, taking into consideration of all tests/issues to make sure it's fair.

#aptos