As Chinese search engine giant Baidu gained world’s attention on Valentine’s day to launch Baidu Blockchain Engine (BBE), an operating system simplifying the commercial deployment of blockchain applications, Dapps, the essential bridge between the underlying technology and end users, hold up the potential for the applications of the distributed ledger technology. Having validated the key technologies for our public chain upon the launch of Testnet 1.0 last October, TOP Network has set Dapps as the priority in the progress from the nascent prototype to Testnet 2.0, an enhanced descendant paving the way towards our ready-to-go Mainnet.

What’s new on Testnet 2.0?

So far, our Testnet 1.0 has handled over 80 billion test transactions, the highest TPS hitting 8,664. The confirmation time for general transaction is less than 1s. After five months of intense work, our development team finally released Testnet 2.0, adding a group of autogenous functions like high-parallel PBFT consensus, smart contracts and more efficient gossip protocol to improve stability and interoperability. Another notable achievement is the launch of BitVPN, world’s first decentralized VPN, and our decentralized VPN service network that allows developers to easily build their own applications. Here comes a breakdown of all the upgrades from Testnet 1.0 to 2.0.

You can visit https://www.topnetwork.org/testnet/#/ to try out our revised Wallet and Exporer that offer more stylish, intuitive user experience. With the upgraded Testnet Explorer, you cannot only go through the transaction history but also search a specific one with the Wallet Address.

What’s the next step?

We’re only months before the remarkable Mainnet launch, which will come along with the open-source code and accessible development stacks for communication applications. TOP Testnet 3.0, the MVP version of our test public chain, is scheduled to hit the ground running in late April.

Our developers are rallying to fulfill the decentralized dream with frequent iteration towards perfection. With higher stability and superior user experience, Testnet 3.0 will unveil the comprehensive features that will lit up our TOP Mainnet.

What’s for our community?

We’ve prepared special bounty programs for our community members. To gain rewards, dabble with enjoyable games based on smart contracts, which also validate the high-performance underlying infrastructure on Testnet 2.0. Get started by registering in our bounty bot and invite your friends for reaping together!