Tag: Aleph Zero Testnet

The Aleph Zero team has just released a new version of Aleph Node featuring ink! 4.0.0-beta smart contracts, among other upgrades. The preparation process involving all external validators begins today, with the update itself scheduled for January 19th. Continue reading to learn more about what this means for the network and Testnet validators! We are

The last two months saw the Aleph Zero team hard at work implementing improvements to the Testnet validator mechanisms, completing the first leg of our fall blockchain conference tour, and collaborating with Supercolony to expedite the development of Substrate. Read on to learn more! Almost 200 Validators Registered on the Testnet!  The testnet validator program

With 670 smart contracts deployed on our testnet and 70 community validators setting up their nodes, July was pretty intense not only for our dev team but—perhaps more importantly—for the Aleph Zero community.  Testnet Open For Community Validators  After months of careful planning and development, we finally reached a major milestone in decentralizing the Aleph

Today, the Aleph Zero Testnet has been successfully upgraded with several important features, including smart contracts, identity pallets, and the ability to establish the consensus via outside validators. As per last week’s announcement, we are now excited to announce that the smart contracts are live on the Aleph Zero Testnet. The Substrate stack has been

In a move that will allow us to fully utilize the Aleph Zero testnet’s experimental potential, we’ve introduced bots that will permit us to keep tabs on the network’s scalability and functionality before we enact changes on the mainnet.  One of the challenges related to researching new features on the testnet involved the low volume

Staking has been launched on the Aleph Zero testnet, and you may have some questions on how to navigate the menu. Read on for a thorough explanation of how the staking mechanism currently works.  Note that until the next update, there will be no community validators on our network, hence some things are going to

We’ve just concluded the largest network update to date and deployed them on the testnet to bring significant upgrades to the Aleph Zero network. Here’s what’s new. This latest update has been our focus for the past couple of weeks, with the development team working tirelessly to deliver an entire set of new functionality to

The very first implementation of the Aleph Zero testnet is live. While the team feels proud of reaching this milestone, it still is very much an experimental implementation. We hope, however, that it will provide our community with even more confidence. We continue to work towards releasing further testnet levels and, ultimately, the mainnet, by