Aptos is launching Incentivized Testnet. To participate you have to Sign up at community.aptoslabs.com , setup validator node and complete KYC verification. We have prepared guide to setup validator node using docker that can be found here. Registration closes on May 19th at 9PM UTC. Results will be announced on May 23

🗞️ Read blog post for info about how to sign up: https://medium.com/aptoslabs/launch-of-aptos-incentivized-testnet-registration-2e85696a62d0

#aptos

Fortification phase 1 is officially finished. If you were running Forta node you can check your rewards in scoreboard. Rewards are distributed based on SLA score. More information about phase 1 rewards can be found here

#forta

Cosmic Horizon darkenergy-1 Testnet is officially finished. Validators who participated and didn't try to cheat will be receiving rewards. Stay tuned for the next steps which includes KYC and registration!

You may now shutdown your validator

#coho

UPDATE: Aptos

If you did setup Aptos node using kjnodes noscripts before 16.05. Please consider to rebuild your VPS using more recent guide. After installation you have to re-submit your VALIDATOR VERIFICATION FORM with values from generated <username>.yaml file instead of private-keys.yaml

#aptos

UPDATE: Aptos

As Aptos team yesterday have changed their initial docker compose configuration files, it was not plausible to install both validator and fullnode on the same machine using noscripts in a guide. Please make sure you have both docker container testnet-fullnode-1 and testnet-validator-1 up and running.

docker ps --format '{{.Names}}'

If you have only testnet-validator-1 container running please cleanup your node or completely rebuild VPS from scratch and re-submit VALIDATOR VERIFICATION FORM

#aptos

To get a chance to participate in Gitopia testnet please join Discord and fill up the form
The guide on how to set up validator will be published here when testnet starts.

All information about testnet and rewards can be found in blog post

#gitopia

Sei network is launching Incentivized testnet. The Seinami Testnet is scheduled to launch in June 2022 and the program will run for a duration of approximately 9 weeks. To participate you have to fill up the form and join telegram / discord.

Node installation guide can be found here.

All information about testnet challenges and rewards can be find in official blog post

#sei

Archway’s Incentivized Testnet Torii is officially completed! Winners will be notified on June 7. KYC verification will start shortly after. You will have time to complete KYC untill June 28. All rewards will be distributed on Mainnet Launch that is not announced yet. Congratulations everyone who participated!

#archway

Aptos has finished validator selection for testnet phase 1. To check if your node was selected navigate to the community platform for a confirmation: https://community.aptoslabs.com/it1. Also you would receive email from the team.

If you got SELECTED, follow this guide: https://aptos.dev/tutorials/validator-node/connect-to-testnet

If you were NOT SELECTED, you can turn off your node.

#aptos

Celestia has launched Mamaki testnet. You can try to setup validator node using kjnodes guide

Currently you can experience problems with discovering peers. You can try to ask community for peers in discord or use publicly available Live Peers provided by Polkachu.

Also you can try setting up one of other node types on seperate machine by provided manual guides.

!Please note that Mamaki is not Celestia’s incentivized testnet, which is planned closer to mainnet that is not announced yet!

Blog post for testnet can be found here

Join Celestia Official Discord

#celestia

Uptick Network is officially launched Testnet.

In order to be eligible for rewards your node must meet the following criteria:
- Validator must maintain ≥ 80% uptime
- Participate in chain governance and don't get jailed

Please note that rewards will start counting from April 11, 2022 and will be distributed with the launch of the mainnet.

You can use our guide to setup the validator node. After successfully creating validator navigate to Uptick discord and ask for Validators role

You can also qualify for EVM-based Uptick Testnet rewards by testing the NFT Marketplace - more information in the blog post

#uptick

In preparation for an upgrade quicktest-3 testnet has been stopped. Team is planning to relaunch testnet from scratch some time tomorrow as quicktest-4.

Please feel free to power down your nodes until then. I will post updated guide and details here once network launch.

#quicksilver

In preparation of the incentivized testnet launch, Sei network will perform chain upgrade today roughly at 3:30PM Pacific Time (in 50minutes)

As a validator you will have to upgrade the binary running on your machine at a block height 293539

To perform binary upgrade, follow steps bellow:
systemctl stop seid
cd $HOME && rm sei-chain -rf
git clone --depth 1 --branch 1.0.1beta https://github.com/sei-protocol/sei-chain.git
cd sei-chain && make install
mv $HOME/go/bin/seid /usr/local/bin/
mv $HOME/.sei-chain $HOME/.sei
wget -qO $HOME/.sei/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sei-protocol/testnet/master/sei-testnet-1/genesis.json"
systemctl start seid

#sei

Hi, guys. SEI Network has stuck in a limbo state. Currently all validators are experiencing issues where chain stuck at block before upgrade. We are waiting for announcements and fix from the team. I will update here when its up again

#sei

Masa network Testnet 2.0 Phase 1 has concluded. Team will be issuing rewards to 9000 Testnet Node Operators.
Notification emails for those who did not correctly enter their EnodeID in Phase 1 will be sent shortly. Deadline to make corrections is untill 05:00 UTC on June 10.

Phase 2 of Testnet 2.0 has started on June 1st, 2022 and will continue for two month
- You will have to fill up the registration form by entering the same email and EnodeID that you used in Phase 1.
- Please read the blog post and make sure you fill out the form correctly.

Node setup guide from kjnodes
Node registration form for Testnet 2.0 Phase 2

Join Masa Discord

#masa

Subspace is launching Gemini Incentivized Testnet. More than 1000 nodes have already synced with the main chain.

Incentivized testnet rewards will start within 48 hours after 3000 nodes are fully synced and are actively participating in the consensus. Based on the current progress, we expect this event to occur late this week or early next, but it will ultimately depend on the overall network.

Guide to setup farmer can be found here
Current block height can be found here
Join subspace discord to follow the announcements

#subspace

Kujira has launched testnet harpoon-3. Open testnet harpoon-4 is scheduled for 13th June. Mainnet launch about two weeks after, pointing at 27th June

Team plans to do load test on Friday. Not being in the active set now will not put you at any sort of disadvantage.

What can you do now:
1) set up the validator using kjnodes guide
2) join the kujira discord and ask for validator role at #validator-requests channel

#kujira

Orbit: The Incentivized testnet for DeFund Finance

❍ What is the Purpose of Orbit? ❍
To test the underlying mechanisms for the creation & sale of funds, as well as the overall security & functionality of the DeFund blockchain.

✅ Eligibility & Setup Requirements ✅
To participate in Orbit private testnet you had to follow instructions in this post before March 13th snapshot. Otherwise, you will have to wait until the public testnet starts at a later date. You must have substantial interactions with the private testnet to be eligible for airdrop rewards.

📋 Step-by-Step Instructions 📋
Instructions to interact with the application can be found in official blog post

Start date of Public testnet will be announced later.

Airdrop rewards earned from Orbit will be distributed at mainnet genesis.
Refer to this article for more info on airdrop

#defund

Sei network has started new testnet chain sei-testnet-2

Node installation guide has been updated accordingly and can be found here

If you are interested in receiving test coins for validation purposes, please fill out this form
To check status of testnet token distribution click here

To delete previous sei node follow the instructions:
systemctl stop seid
systemctl disable seid
rm /etc/systemd/system/sei* -rf
rm $(which seid) -rf
rm $HOME/.sei -rf
rm $HOME/sei-chain -rf

BE NOTED: the current testnet serves as a sandbox environment for development. The state of the current sandbox testnet WILL NOT be associated with the incentivized testnet or the mainnet.

#sei

Forta Network will distribute rewards for early contributors. Over 140k addresses are eligible to receive FORT tokens as part of the Forta Network Airdrop.

You can check your eligibility paste your forta owner address here ➡️ https://airdrop.forta.network/

More details on allocations 👇
https://forta.org/blog/fort-airdrop/

Who is eligible to receive FORT tokens?
- Early adopters of Forta
- Contributors to key open source projects
- Security developers
- Gnosis Safe signers
- Participants in select DAOs
- Ethernaut players
- Subgraph developers
- Web3 Evangelists

#forta