RSK Lab Releases Turmeric, the Fastest Ever Testnet Network
Turmeric is the RSK testnet network that offers developers and business solution creators a fast, decentralized, bitcoin-secured ecosystem to test any smart contract application and tool they can dream of. RSK Lab, a.k.a Rootstock, released Turmeric on 23 November 2016. Turmeric: Smart Contracts on Bitcoin. RSK is the only Turing-complete platform to run....
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Turmeric, the Rootstock test network for smart contracts, is now released. Rootstock (RSK) founder Diego Gutierrez and team members launched the platform at the Latin America Bitcoin & Blockchain Conference (laBITconf), on November 4 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Powering Smart Contracts With Bitcoin. Rootstock is the forerunner of an open-source,....
Several of the most influential Bitcoin companies have expressed their support to promote Smart Contracts over the Bitcoin network by participating in the RSK Federation. They include Bitcointoyou, Bitex, Bitfinex, bitFlyer, Bitgo, Bitoasis, Bitpay, Bitso, Bits of Gold, Bitstamp, Blockchain, Blockchain Intelligence Group, Blocktrail, BTCC, BitKan, JAXX, SurBTC, CoinBR, Huobi, OKCoin, Paycase, Tether, Unocoin, and Xapo. The RSK federation will provide additional services such as generating external security checkpoints and active “oracling” services to gather information from external....
By familiarizing themselves with the nuances of testnets, blockchain developers can become better equipped to evaluate specific testnet releases. Cointelegraph is following the development of an entirely new blockchain from inception to mainnet and beyond through its series, Inside the Blockchain Developer’s Mind. In previous parts, Andrew Levine of Koinos Group discussed some of the challenges the team has faced since identifying the key issues they intend to solve and outlined three of the “crises” that are holding back blockchain adoption: upgradeability, scalability, and....
The blockchain project Polygon has announced the launch of the zkEVM public testnet, a layer two (L2) scaling solution announced in July that aims to reduce fees and inherit the security of the Ethereum blockchain. Polygon considers the testnet “the first open-source zkEVM network,” and developers are encouraging people to join the testnet, report bugs, and explore the code hosted on Github. Polygon Releases zkEVM Test Network On Monday, Polygon announced the project’s zkEVM testnet is live and the project’s team is inviting users to help them....
Cardano is gradually pushing through most of its network’s building phases. The Basho phase, the fourth of the five stages of Cardano’s developing plans, is progressing. The first three phases were Goguen, Byron, and Shelley, which provide smart contracts, the foundation, and decentralization, respectively. Finally, Vasil, the primary feature of Basho, is launched on Cardano’s testnet with a focus on scalability. In recent news, the Cardano network has completed the hard fork of Vasil on its testnet. This latest successful move prepares the network for the upcoming....