ChainCatcher news, the blockchain identity authentication platform Humanity Protocol has announced the launch of its testnet on platform X. Users can register for a Human ID, and in a few weeks, they will be able to register their palm prints through the application.According to RootData, Humanity Protocol has announced the completion of a new round of financing of $30 million at a valuation of $1 billion, led by Kingsway Capital, with participation from Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com, and Shima Capital.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the joint testnet (Co-Testnet) launched by Berachain and Particle Network is now online. Berachain is a Layer 1 blockchain that is fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), introducing a unique consensus model—Proof-of-Liquidity.Co-Testnet is one of the product integration solutions of the Chain Abstraction Coalition launched by Particle Network. In the first joint testnet of Particle Pioneer, users of Berachain and other blockchains will be able to traverse different blockchain ecosystems freely using chain abstraction, creating a truly borderless Web3 experience.

ChainCatcher news, the universal RPC infrastructure POKT Network announced on social media that it has launched the Shannon public testnet.It is reported that the testnet provides the basic functionalities of the blockchain, an end-to-end Mint = Burn building module, and tools, among others. Community members can explore the block explorer, claim test tokens from the faucet, and provide feedback. Developers can choose from open bounty tasks, view documentation, and explore on-chain events and data types. Node operators can deploy their own Supplier and Gateway.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official blog, the IOTA Foundation has announced the launch of the IOTA 2.0 public testnet. This update introduces a decentralized Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanism, replacing the old coordinator-driven system, and eliminates the traditional Proof of Work (PoW) mechanism, enhancing scalability and reducing environmental impact. IOTA 2.0 aims to create a more secure, scalable, and environmentally friendly network, inviting the community to participate in testing and optimizing this process.

ChainCatcher news, Galaxy's Vice President of Research Christine Kim published a summary yesterday of the 118th Ethereum Core Developers Consensus Meeting (ACDC). The meeting primarily discussed the preparations for Devnet-9 and changes to the Ethereum Consensus Layer (CL).Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko raised questions about the Dencun testing timeline during the meeting, as it was previously suggested to launch Dencun in the following order on the testnets: Holesky, Goerli, and then Sepolia. However, due to a network configuration error, the Holesky testnet failed to launch and will be restarted on September 28. Therefore, Tim Beiko indicated that if developers cannot confirm the release of Dencun on the public testnet before the Ethereum Developer Conference Devconnect in November 2023, the mainnet activation of Dencun is unlikely to occur this year.Previous news reported that the Ethereum Holesky testnet encountered significant issues due to a network configuration error, leading to its failure to launch, with plans for a restart on September 28.

ChainCatcher news, based on LayerZero, the MEV-resistant DEX aggregator and stablecoin exchange Cashmere has announced the launch of its initial phase public testnet, which has been deployed on Ethereum Goerli, Polygon Mumbai, BSC Testnet, Arbitrum Goerli, Avalanche Fuji, Fantom Testnet, Optimism Goerli, Base Goerli, Linea zkEVM Testnet, Polygon zkEVM Testnet, and Metis Goerli.In addition, CashmereLabs has also partnered with Galxe, Layer3, and Zealy platforms to provide users with task flows. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, at the 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival "Web3 Technology Infrastructure: Layer 2 Networks" forum, NanFeng, co-founder and CEO of the decentralized ZK-RaaS platform Opside, delivered a speech titled "Opportunities and Challenges of RaaS."NanFeng stated that the development of public chains has currently transitioned from the multi-chain era to the multi-Rollup era. Opside has completed a seed round of financing of 4 million USD and is currently advancing in an orderly manner according to the latest technical roadmap. Opside will launch its Pre-Alpha testnet in Q2 of this year, while continuously completing the preliminary construction of the three-layer architecture and ecological projects, with plans to officially launch the mainnet next year.As a platform focused on ZK-Rollup as a service (ZK-RaaS), Opside has designed a three-layer architecture based on base chain + based rollup + decentralized prover to address challenges such as Rollup still being limited by underlying L1, lack of sovereignty in applications, data availability layers, lack of security and decentralization, and the need for project parties to build their own ZKP computing capabilities. Additionally, it has innovatively introduced a hybrid consensus mechanism of PoS + PoW.

ChainCatcher News: The Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer has launched the first phase of its testnet on the Ethereum Goerli network, currently supporting only liquid restaking and native restaking. Liquid staking allows for the re-staking of various liquidity tokens on the EigenLayer contract.It is reported that the release of EigenLayer will be carried out in three phases: stakers, node operators, and services. EigenLayer states that this testnet is an early non-incentivized testnet, and the code is actively being developed.Previously, at the end of March, the team behind EigenLayer, EigenLabs, completed a $50 million Series A funding round, led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Electric Capital, IOSG Ventures, and others. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the EOS Network Foundation tweeted that the EOS EVM code has been completed. The final testnet will be launched as scheduled on March 27, and the mainnet test version will go live on April 14. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Ripple's development lab RippleX tweeted yesterday that the EVM-compatible XRPL sidechain is now available on the testnet, bringing various Web3 applications to the XRP Ledger community. The EVM sidechain is directly connected to the network via the XRP Ledger Bridge and supports processing up to 1000 transactions per second. (Source link)

ChainCatcher message, the cross-chain bridge Wormhole tweeted that it has launched on the Coinbase L2 network Base testnet Goerli. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized derivatives protocol dYdX announced the completion of the second milestone of dYdX V4 (dYdX Chain), which is the internal testnet. Currently, dYdX V4 has two permanently running internal blockchain networks, one for developer testing and the other as a general testing network. Functionally, it allows core trading features, including leverage, fees, oracle price updates, hourly funding rates, and liquidation.Previously, ChainCatcher reported in June this year that dYdX plans to launch its own Layer 1 blockchain using the Cosmos SDK in the coming months to provide a competitively long-term product experience. This blockchain will be controlled by a group of distributed validators rather than solely by the founding team, which helps to make the project more decentralized. (Source link)