Defund has officially halted the chain on block 996930
https://defund.explorers.guru/

Documentation and more information will be announced throughout the week, so stay tuned in here for more updates.

#defund

Sei Incentivized testnet atlantic-1 launching in 7 minutes

Our guide is updated to match testnet settings: https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/sei

Don't worry about your gentx PRs being merged - Team will delegate the funds to you based on the delegator address in your PR for validators chosen to be in the active set (which will rotate every few days).

You can create nodes and then when its your turn team will send you tokens to become validators for a few days. No need to be part of genesis set - no rewards for that

Check out this countdown: https://sei.explorers.guru/.

#sei

Quicksilver network will perform chain upgrade from v0.4.1 to v0.4.2 today 12/07 roughly @ 16:30 UTC

As a validator you will have to upgrade the binary running on your machine at a block height 212000

Remember, those validators that are up and online for the first blocks will be rewarded for doing so. Upgrades should be the bread and butter of validator operators, so we score this highly.

Block height can be watched here:
https://quicksilver.explorers.guru/block/212000

To perform binary upgrade, follow steps bellow that are written in our guide:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/blob/main/quicksilver/0_4_2_upgrade.md

⚠️ please do not update your binaries before block 212000 kicks in else your node will fail ⚠️

#quicksilver

🚀 Hooray! 🥳 We have received message from the Aptos team that our validator has been selected to participate in AIT2 🎉
Thank you guys for you votes and support! 🙏

📧 Check your emails for confirmation or look for your validator account address here: https://community.aptoslabs.com/it2

For those who were selected to AIT2 we created guide to prepare and connect your validator to AIT2 chain:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/aptos/AIT2

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

Do we have anyone in our community who has also won a sweet spot in AIT2?

#aptos

Summary of SubQuerry recent post:

- The SQT Public Sale has been postponed until the market recovers
- SubQuery will be conducting a private sale which will be open to Indexers, Ambassadors, and Spartans to co-invest alongside professional investors
- SubQuery will launch an incentivised testnet on Karura called Kepler
- The Kepler testnet will issue a kSQT token which will be burned in exchange for SQT once the mainnet is launched
- kSQT will be airdropped to Indexers, Ambassadors, and Spartans and those who participated in our Frontier testnet seasons (1–3)
- The end date of season 3 of the SubQuery Frontier Test Network has been extended to 11:59PM 21st July 2022 (UTC). You still can get onboard!

More information can be found in full blog post

#subquery

Total of 266872 tSSCs were farmed and distributed to 13k+ unique reward addresses

We have farmed only 24.6 tSSCs in total :) How About you guys?

List of Addresses that successfully farmed at least 0.1 tSSC during Gemini Phase 1:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hpZTFPYAqUQBS6jmtZUPKzD8QWiLbgGBG--kGznsaRo/edit?usp=sharing

Full announcement can be found on forum: https://forum.subspace.network/t/266-872-4-tssc-farmed-during-gemini-phase-1/500

As a reminder, team is allocating 0.3% of the total token supply at mainnet launch to Gemini Phase 1.
The reward distribution will be proportional to the amount of tSSC credits earned during this phase and will not be a 1:1 conversion ratio for mainnet tokens.

Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement regarding Gemini Phase 2

#subspace

Sei have started faucet channel. Now you can get 1 SEI to register your validator.

I highly recommend use the same wallet that you used for gentx generation

To top up your wallet navigate to #atlantic-1-faucet channel and use command below:

!faucet <YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS>

After that go and create your validator

#sei

For any validators not currently upgraded to v0.4.2 on killerqueen-1, please do so now! There are up to 300 points available for those signing in the first 50 blocks on this upgrade!

#quicksilver

🚀Sui have added option to install their application using docker

Now you don't have to wait anymore for binaries to build, Application comes in a prebuilt image. Also this setup saves us a lot of version maintenance tasks as docker image is being updated by team frequently.

We have updated our guide to use docker container instead of binary build.

Check it out here:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/sui

To remove previous sui installation use command below:
sudo systemctl stop suid
sudo systemctl disable suid
sudo rm -rf $HOME/sui /var/sui/
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/suid.service

Note: As a reminder, sui is still in very early stage, no incentives, testnet will start on August

#sui

Aptos has released new node version for AIT2: testnet_41e4066d6500df4c026407b1b461d1581f13c360

To update your Aptos AIT2 validator node:
cd $HOME/testnet
yq -i '.services.validator.image = "${VALIDATOR_IMAGE_REPO:-aptoslabs/validator}:${IMAGE_TAG:-testnet_41e4066d6500df4c026407b1b461d1581f13c360}"' docker-compose.yaml
docker compose up -d

To check current node version (it should be like in image above):
docker ps

#aptos #AIT2

Killerqueen-1 testnet will end today at 15 July (45 minutes from now). This is a last call for folks to undertake any tasks that were not completed. After this time, operators can power down their nodes.

Remember for those that used the same address for mainnet and testnet KYC, you will need to make sure your seed is stored safely and backed up BEFORE you decommission your node!

UI testing has unfortunately not gone totally to plan, and users were not able to undertake all the tasks team had planned on that front, but it was still invaluable input and users will still be rewarded for their participation there.

Further information will follow

#quicksilver

As many of you requested we have added TERITORI testnet guide:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/teritori

Official post: https://medium.com/teritori/introducing-teritori-testnet-v2-village-ab06bdd76edc

Discord: https://discord.gg/neBFH8Se

#teritori

Sei incentivized testnet chain is halted due an error

Team have released new binaries version to fix the problem, please update your validator node:

cd $HOME/sei-chain
git checkout master && git pull
git checkout 1.0.6beta-val-count-fix
make install
sudo systemctl restart seid && journalctl -u seid -f -o cat

#sei

Stride updates:

- Incentivized Testnet is starting this weekend! Team will incentivize validators, network usage and finding bugs - look out for detailed instructions soon! 🥳 🚀

- Frontend UI launching in the next couple of days! Team have been working hard at it and are currently working on fixing the last bugs before you're able to use PoolParty with our UI! 🥽 🌊

- Incentivized Bug Bounty is starting TODAY! Team will be giving a more detailed breakdown of how you can participate, but in the meantime feel free to scope out the codebase here https://github.com/Stride-Labs/stride🤓 👀

- Mainnet Launch will is targeted for the first week of August (10-15 days from now)! Stride is on track to be the first Liquid Staking protocol live on Cosmos 🥇 😎

- Team will be hosting DAILY Twitter Spaces next week Mon-Fri, these will be more community focused, and Team will be inviting you guys to share the stage with us to ask your questions!

#stride

We have updated guide for sui node setup. Now it includes instructions to create your sui wallet and do some operations with it.
If you were using our guide to setup your sui node before, we recommend to remove previous installation by using commands:

cd $HOME/sui
docker-compose down --volumes
cd $HOME && rm -rf sui

After that please refer to this guide to setup your node and wallet: https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/sui

#sui

Today we have finished setting our first IBC relayer between two cosmos chains using Hermes. We have also created a guide to help our subscribers to learn and deploy their own transfer channels. Also those who are participating in sei testnet can try to complete relayer mission.

Guide can be found here: https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/blob/main/sei/ibc_relayer.md

#sei #ibc #relayer

Sei network will perform chain upgrade from 1.0.6beta-val-count-fix to 1.0.7beta-postfix today 22/07 roughly @ 16:30 UTC

As a validator you will have to upgrade the binary running on your machine at a block height 836963

To perform binary upgrade, follow steps bellow that are written in our guide:
https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/blob/main/sei/sei_upgrade_107beta-postfix.md

⚠️ please do not update your binaries before block 836963 kicks in otherwise you will have errors ⚠️

#sei

Congratulations guys who was taking part in AIT2. Testnet is officially ended and snapshots were taken!

Please feel free to start exiting AIT2 now following our updated guide here: https://github.com/kj89/testnet_manuals/tree/main/aptos/AIT2#leaving-validator-set

It’s okay if you have longer lockup time and couldn’t withdraw your fund yet. As long as you leave the validator set, you’re good to shutdown the node

#aptos

Congratulations guys who was taking part in Quicksilver KillerQueen Testnet!

The site for checking your Killer Queen incentivized testnet allocations is live! Please note that currently you must lookup your testnet rewards using your testnet address, not your mainnet address

https://allocations.quicksilver.zone/

As per the disclaimer, the data here is subject to change. If evidence of misbehavior, breach of rules or other such misconduct comes to light before genesis, then the allocations listed may change.

As it stands, team intend to distribute 5,000,000 QCK tokens to 1183 users, that have passed KYC and have followed the rules. The highest allocation was to the validator Punq who earned a very respectable 15349 QCK tokens 🥇 . Precisely 150 users earned in excess of 10000 QCK tokens 🥳 and 410 users received more than 5000 QCK tokens.

kjnodes validator have earned 14725 QCK tokens, what are your results?

#quicksilver

Stride’s Incentivized Testnet will go live today Monday July 25th @ 10PM UTC!

How can I participate in the testnet?
1. Use the Stride incentivized testnet: Stake some tokens on Stride’s incentivized testnet! Get some tokens from faucet and use https://beta.stride.zone/ to liquid stake with Stride. After liquid staking, submit this form: https://forms.gle/gSYaKXu3KUHFzQm87
2. Run a validator: Follow the instructions in #instructions to spin up a Stride validator.
3. Run a relayer between Stride and a supported host zone: Spin up an IBC relayer between Stride and one of our supported host zones. Stride will support liquid staking ATOM (to stATOM) at genesis. Team will announce Stride's second supported host zone during our Twitter spaces today at 7PM UTC! 🤫

Guides to set up validator for Incentivized Testnet will come later when team provide with more details and new binaries. Stay tuned.

#stride

Incentivized Testnet FAQ & Rules:
👉When can I begin earning rewards?
At the launch of incentivized testnet, Monday July 25th @ 10pm UTC. Actions taken before then will not count towards rewards.
👉How do I verify I will receive my rewards?
We will not provide verification that you have completed the required steps to be eligible for a reward (to keep incentive distribution fair). We’re tracking incentive eligibility via snapshots, so if you transact, validate, or relay on-chain, rest assured you’ll receive your reward at mainnet genesis! Have fun with the testnet: transact, ibc-transfer, stake, redeem, claim and more on the testnet!
👉How many incentives are available?
Incentivized testnet participants are eligible to receive 1% of genesis supply. We’ll announce larger ongoing airdrops in Twitter spaces this week, stay tuned and join us tomorrow live @ 7PM UTC!
👉Will I be rewarded for running a validator up to this point?
No, tracking incentives begins with the launch of the incentivized testnet.
👉How long will the incentivized testnet last?
We expect the incentivized testnet to run until our mainnet launch, in the next three weeks.
👉Is the bug bounty still live?
Yes, the bug bounty will continue throughout the incentivized testnet.