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The ENG token snapshot ran from August 26th to September 24th, 2019.

This was a one-month window during which daily snapshots of mainnet ENG token holdings were taken on a wallet-by-wallet basis. One snapshot was taken per day at a randomly determined hour.

We have now calculated the average holdings by address during this window — i.e. the sum of holdings from each snapshot divided by the number of days in the snapshot window.

You can see these average holdings (and daily snapshots) by address at: http://enigma.co/snapshot

What’s next on the Genesis Game timeline?

We return now to the timeline as outlined in our previous posts, with some new additions! Please read through this timeline carefully.

The snapshot has concluded and average holdings have been calculated! NEW: Within the next week, we will be releasing a detailed post with all the technical steps remaining between this point and the mainnet launch of Enigma. This is a level of transparency and clarity we’ve aspired to for many months, and we’re excited to share our plans with the Enigma community. Reaching mainnet quickly but responsibly remains the highest priority for our team. In partnership with community members, we will be releasing guides for individuals who wish to run their own secret nodes during the Genesis Game — either locally or with cloud providers. We’ve previously posted about requirements for secret nodes and will continue to emphasize this guidance. In the meantime, please read through our earlier posts! Before the deployment of testnet, we will begin an external audit of Enigma’s protocol. We’re in the process of finalizing a contract with a major security auditing firm. This will involve an audit of every component that comes into play in our network — Enigma-Core, EnigmaP2P, and the Enigma Contract. This audit will also include any applications that we intend to provide at mainnet launch. As mentioned above, testENG tokens will be distributed based on average holdings during the snapshot period. We plan to take this step very close to the deployment of Discovery on testnet, not far in advance. The Discovery release of our protocol will be deployed on Ethereum testnet. This is the beginning of the “testnet period”. The Genesis Game will not begin on the day of deployment, in order to give node operators time to set up and test their nodes. We’ll have more guidance on this as we approach testnet release, but we expect there to be approximately a two week window between testnet deployment and the beginning of the Genesis Game. The Genesis Game begins and runs for a period of four weeks. Genesis Nodes are selected based on their Genesis Score during the game period. (Again, please see our previous posts for more information on how nodes will be selected.)

What do I do now?

We know that community members are anxious to set up nodes and begin the Genesis Game. Right now, there isn’t any further guidance on how to set up nodes (see step 3 above) or when exactly the game will begin. Our next technical post, expected within the next week (see step 2 above), will explain everything that remains to be done between now and the beginning of the testnet period — and beyond.

For now, please ask any questions on the Enigma Developers Forum or join our Discord community — we’d love to talk! This can include questions and comments about network economics, hardware/software requirements and recommendations, builds for secret nodes, or anything that’s on your mind.

Developers: remember that you can already build your own secret contracts! Our team recently returned from the ETHBoston hackathon, where a number of great teams began building on Enigma. Read our full blog post for a recap!

We’re attending and presenting at a number of great upcoming developer-focused events as well, including Devcon in Osaka, Diffusion in Berlin, and ETHWaterloo in Canada. Get in touch with our team if you will be present at any of those events and would like to meet!

You can start building secret contracts with our Developer Release right now. The best place to start is our Developers Quickstart Guide!

Please read through our blog and website for much more information about Enigma, secret nodes, and the future of privacy and decentralization.

Onwards and upwards,

The Enigma Team