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Ethereum Merge Takes Place on Kiln Testnet

Kiln is the final public testnet before Ethereum’s transition to a proof-of-stake network.

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What Ethereum’s Kintsugi Testnet Means for Proof-of-Stake

Kintsugi is a “longer-lived, public testnet” that will allow application developers and users to become familiar with a post-merge Ethereum environment.

Ethereum's Kentsugi testnet is deployed. (svetolk/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)

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IOTA Takes a Step Closer to Decentralization With 2.0 DevNet

The IoT-focused network is gradually looking to remove its central Coordinator role.

IOTA uses the 'Tangle'

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Nym Opens Up Staking in New 'Finney' Testnet to Counter Sybil Attacks

“You need to impose some kind of cost on the attacker to slow down or stop unwanted replication of attackers in your system.”

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Coda Protocol Touts User Growth One Year Into Testnet

The O(1) Labs project thinks recursive zk-SNARKs are the key to more manageable blockchains.

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Filecoin Pushes Back Final Testing Phase, Announces ‘Calibration Period’ for Miners

Filecoin has delayed the launch of its incentivized testnet by two weeks, providing a window for miners to test their set-ups.

Filecoin creator Juan Benet

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Quantstamp Audit Greenlights Ethereum 2.0 Client Prysm for Launch

Ethereum 2.0 client Prysm is “basically ready” to launch, according to the audit firm's CEO Richard Ma in a phone call with CoinDesk.

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Filecoin Prepares for Network Launch With Final Testing Phase

Decentralized storage network firm Filecoin announced the launch of its Incentivized Testnet, the network’s final phase of testing, on Wednesday

Filecoin is entering the final phase of testing, ahead of a mainnet launch later this summer. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Schlesi Testnet Is Latest Step in Long Road Toward Eth 2.0

Ethereum clients are beginning to sync and validate a new Eth 2.0 testnet, Schlesi, ahead of the network's prospective launch in July.

The Schlesisches Tor U-Bahn station in Berlin (Credit: Phaeton1 / Wikimedia Commons)

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Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin's 'Notoriously Unreliable' Testnet

Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin's test network.

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