The NOVA testnet DIP program has been progressing well over these past 5 weeks. It’s clear to see that developers are learning how to improve their Nebulas Rank and receive the weekly DIP reward. This competitive philosophy will create a positive feedback blockchain ecosystem once deployed on the mainnet and will drive creativity as well as adoption.

This weeks DIP testnet winner received a 229.678 $NAS reward with significant growth in the number of transactions the contract address received this past week. This weeks winning address has been in second place for the past three weeks and this week marks the first time this address has moved into first place.

We also saw a large uptrend of transactions on the testnet and more new addresses being created. In addition, the total number of smart contracts deployed on the testnet is rapidly approaching 45,000 which makes the Nebulas one of the most utilized and stable testnet blockchains of any project.

We are looking forward to seeing the final outcome of the Nebulas NOVA Testnet DIP program and releasing NOVA the Maninet. Exciting times are ahead for developers and community members alike.

Are you a developer?

To get developers started and receive incentives, Nebulas will be running the Developer Incentive Testnet Program until March 31,2019. In addition, developers will be testing NR, DIP and NBRE!

So, get started today and claim 5 Testnet tokens daily at https://testnet.nebulas.io/claim/ (tokens can be used to test any smart contracts on the Nebulas testnet blockchain).

Remember, this program is just the beginning! Once the testnet program is complete, Nebulas NOVA will be deployed to the mainnet and developers can earn $NAS just by choosing the Nebulas Blockchain for their DApp!

The Leader Board

Nebulas recently updated its web explorer and have also included a “DIP leaderboard” so everyone can follow along and see the data for themselves. Be sure to check it out at https://explorer.nebulas.io/#/testnet/dip-leaderboard