The node decentralization strategy will launch on the testnet today & marks the beginning of the testnet incentive program Nebulas Follow Jan 8 · 2 min read

The Nebulas PoD node decentralization strategy to launch on the testnet on January 8th, 2020 Beijing time with the community taking control of the network.

We welcome the community to join the test program, share test incentives or to look for bugs to receive incentives. This testnet program will prepare for the mainnet to be launched in February of this year.

What’s new

The upcoming update is primarily focused on the consensus mechanism portion of the Proof of Devotion (PoD) mechanism which will simulate the PoD-based block generation method on the testnet: 51 candidate nodes are reviewed based on a comprehensive ranking algorithm; of those 51 nodes, 21 nodes are selected to become consensus nodes. In order to ensure the stability of the mainnet, a variety of block abnormalities will be simulated on the testnet during the testnet program and comprehensive tests will be performed.

For details about the consensus mechanism section process, visit: https://wiki.nebulas.io/en/latest/node-strategy/consensus.html

How to participate:

1. Testnet node plan

During the testnet period, nodes must be invited. Applications for nodes are welcome — if interested, please send an email to contact@nebulas.io. During the testnet program, nodes will share a minimum of 150,000 NAS incentives. The test program is being performed without real NAS or NAX. All you have to do is to ensure that the server is online, its operation is normal and it can produce blocks. Learn more at: https://medium.com/nebulasio/join-the-nebulas-testnet-and-become-one-of-the-first-mainnet-nodes-65f8ec33891e

2.Bug Reward Program

Nebulas is continuing it’s bug bounty reward and you can learn more at: https://wiki.nebulas.io/en/latest/bounty-program.html

If you find any problems or have any suggestions, please be sure to let us know.

Next step:

In February 2020, the testnet incentive program will end and two major components of PoD: the consensus mechanism and the governance mechanism will be launched on the Nebulas mainnet. This is an important step for Nebulas to move towards being an autonomous metanet. PoD is a comprehensive mechanism based on the contribution of community contributors. Its release will mark the development of Nebulas’ ecosystem and we will enter a new stage of evolution!