BlockDAG launches the Awakening testnet, which significantly transforms traditional blockchain testing approaches by focusing on real users and miners.
Avalanche Testnets: Successes and Limitations
The early Avalanche testnets, Denali and Fuji, centered on demonstrating consensus models. While the 'Snowball' mechanism allowed for fast transactions, community devices and real users were not part of the testing. The lack of hardware-level integrations created gaps in future adaptation.
BlockDAG: A New Approach to Testing
BlockDAG's Awakening testnet is not just focused on consensus but on interacting with real hardware. Over 19,000 miners have been sent out that will connect to the testnet and begin contributing real computational power. Over 3 million users engage with the ecosystem through the mobile mining app.
Advantages of Ecosystem Testing
BlockDAG demonstrates the need not only for high transaction processing speed but also for the ecosystem's readiness for real use. Testing with real users and miners will expose and resolve potential issues before the mainnet launch.
BlockDAG's Awakening testnet symbolizes a new phase in blockchain development where it is critically important to test not only processing speed but also the real ability to support an ecosystem.
