Skynet

We are just a couple of days away from what marks the next chapter of our journey at Qtum with the release of our second testnet — Skynet. Skynet will be almost identical to our mainnet in September, and it will include our revolutionary Decentralized Governance Protocol (DGP) and Smart Stake Technology that we have been developing.

DGP will make Qtum the first blockchain to be governed by the people and the system itself. The community can vote whether to change blockchain parameters like the block size, time and gas fees with a smart contract. And with Smart Stake, Qtum will become the first smart contracts platform that uses proof-of-stake consensus.

These are just two of the many innovations we hope to bring to the community over the years.

Skynet isn’t some dystopian vision of the future that we have, but rather a glimpse of our hopes. The sky isn’t guarded by the Walls of Westeros. It’s a place where the birds can soar through the air with dragons. And most importantly, it’s a place where information can flow freely between the clouds.

We hope blockchain technology to be the backbone of the new information era where the freedom to collaborate between people, houses, nations, businesses, and devices is inherent.