Goracle Incentivized Testnet Overview
Goracle is excited to announce our plans for incentivized testnet.
Incentivized testnet will be a crucial milestone for us and represents Phase 2 on our path to achieving a fully decentralized protocol. There are two primary goals for Goracle’s incentivized testnet:
- Rigorously test the app and make improvements to prepare for a mainnet launch.
- Build and engage the Goracle community while developing the Goracle brand
Over the next four weeks, there will be different tasks (both technical and non-technical) you can complete each week in return for varying amounts of points. The number of points you receive during the incentivized testnet period will determine your reward level. Below you can find more information on the activities and rewards possible from participating in the testnet.
Week 1
Week 1 is an intro to the Goracle platform. The goal is for participants to learn the tools of Goracle and Algorand and for us to gather feedback about our users. Furthermore, we want to provide you with the channels that we use for future announcements. Register here!
Week 2
In week 2, we have a bit of fun. The community can begin suggesting ideas of the kinds of apps that you would like to see being built that use an oracle. Some of the best ideas have a chance to be turned into an app! We will create challenges for developers to build the top 10 ideas that come from here.
We also want to focus on building an international community. We have a lot of text to translate, and the goal is to get as much of Goracle’s material translated into various languages as possible. We also want our community to create original content in their own languages. Then, for the fun part: Memes! Help keep our developers and community laughing by posting your funniest memes. Not that creative? Then show us the world! Send us a selfie of a famous place in your city, and try to have a Goracle logo somewhere in the photo. Let’s take Goracle Global!
Week 3
Now, things are getting more technical. We will begin opening up delegating staking and vesting portals. This will allow us to get feedback on our UX and how easy it is to perform key actions.
Week 4
The most technical week. We will begin opening out our node software to more and more participants. We will also focus on providing developers with the tools needed to create applications using the Goracle ecosystem.
What are Testnets?
Testnets are blockchain networks that allow developers to deploy, test and execute their protocol without risk or cost of failure. The Goracle testnet will be similar in design to the mainnet and will allow the team to improve the oracle network, fix any potential bugs, and gather insight into how the protocol may perform when it launches. A testnet is a separate blockchain network from the mainnet, meaning that tokens and transactions on the testnet have no connections to the tokens and transactions on the mainnet.
During the incentivized testnet, Goracle will open up the protocol to include custom request responses on aggregated data feeds. For example, users can now make custom requests to include the price from certain feed providers. The incentivized testnet will also allow the Goracle team to test a large group of node runners (including you!).
If you have any questions about our incentivized testnet, check out our documentation.
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