New York, New York, October 1, 2024, Chainwire
Shardeum continues to work on its mainnet launch plan
Shardeum, an auto-scaling Layer 1 blockchain ecosystem, announces the launch of the third stage of its Incentivized Testnet (ITN), Atomium, which began on October 1, 2024. Stage 3 of the ITN will continue to encourage community engagement by encouraging users to test the network to detect bugs, vulnerabilities in security and performance issues to further strengthen the network before the launch of the Mainnet.
This announcement follows the successful completion of the first two stages of ITN, which has seen participation from over 540,000 users, including over 11,000 validators, and facilitated over 5 million transactions. ITN Stage 3 will also work in conjunction with Shardeum’s second bug bounty program, carrying out further stress testing of its network for any final bugs and vulnerabilities ahead of the Mainnet.
Stage 3 is expected to last 3 to 4 weeks, longer than previous stages, reflecting Testnet’s advanced maturity. Community participation and engagement helped Shardeum improve and further stabilize the network.
The Stage 3 job campaign will enable users to comprehensively test a wider range of on-chain activities and validator functionality. In return, they can potentially earn rewards including SHM airdrops, XP (NASDAQ:), NFTs, and more.
Chris Chabot, director of developer relations at Shardeum, states: “This is a remarkable milestone and we are excited to see Mainnet on the horizon. Our developers and the entire Shardeum team have dedicated countless hours to implementing each step of our roadmap, and we couldn’t be more grateful for their challenging work. As we move closer to Mainnet, we look forward to sharing an electrifying update once Stage 3 of the ITN is completed.
ITN Stage 3 will include referral programs, community tasks, reward challenges, and voting and quizzes to ensure maximum community engagement. Please note that rewards can only be earned through tasks listed on the official testnet campaign website.
More information about ITN Stage 3, including information on how to take part, as well as details of the activity, can be found on the Shardeum blog.
About Shardeum
Shardeum is a layer 1 blockchain based on EVM autoscaling. Dynamic state splitting helps keep gas rates low and TPS levels high as participation increases. Shardeum implements consensus at the transaction level and reduces the processing power needed for validator nodes. This consensus mechanism allows anyone to run a node while increasing decentralization.
CommunicationDirector of CommunicationsPriyanka SharmaShardeummedia@shardeum.orgChief Growth OfficerKelsey McGuireShardeummedia@shardeum.org
