The Plasm Testnet is a public test environment for developers and community integration's. This is where debugging should occur prior to mainnet deployment.
spec-name: plasm-testnet
impl-name: plasm-testnet-node
Version naming notation:
Authoring version: Equals testnet generation spec. Testnet generation will not change authoring interface.
Spec/Impl Versions: High number = testnet generation; low number = testnet runtime upgrades. Example: 10 for Testnet v1 genesis, 21 for Testnet v2 Patch 1.
Testnet generation my not be backwards compatible with old networks. A periodic blockchain wipe is suggested for compatibility and to keep testnet resources available for other users.
Testnet generation life cycle is estimated to be between two weeks and two months
Testnet upgrade types fall into one of two categories:
Major upgrade
Minor runtime patch
Runtime patches have a minor impact and end users should not notice any changes. These patches are non breakable features and minor network maintenance patches.
Major upgrades occur when the testnet is completely rebuilt including major upgrades and changes from the previous version. These upgrades increase the version number. These upgrades can include breaking changes or entire blockchain wipes to optimize user resources.
The Plasm canary
network is a beta
Mainnet. Dusty observe and debug mainnet code for approximately two weeks.
Dusty network participation is incentivized, paying rewards in PLD (network native token) to PoA validators and dApps operator nominators.
When Plasm Network token stake technology is implemented, 0.5% of the total Plasm token supply will be airdropped to Dusty token holders.
Planned features:
Multi-lockdrop
Optimistic Virtual Machine
authoring_version: 4
spec_version: 40
impl_version: 40
System - core substrate functionality
Timestamp - timestamp runtime oracle
Session - authority session keys management
Babe - block producing consensus engine
Grandpa - block finalizing consensus engine
Indices - account indexing engine
Balances - native asset operations
RandomnessCollectiveFlip - source of random numbers
Contracts - smart contract support
Sudo - superuser actions
Operator - smart contract operator support
dAppsStaking - stake on decentralized application to collect operator rewards
PlasmValidator - authority manager for Plasm network
PlasmRewards - reward router between dApps operators and validators
PlasmLockdrop - multi-lockdrop token distribution
This is a reference network for future mainnet.
Planned features:
Token distribution according to lockdrop results;
Operator staking;
Validator rewards.
authoring_version: 3
spec_version: 30
impl_version: 30
System - core substrate functionality
Timestamp - timestamp runtime oracle
Session - authority session keys management
Babe - block producing consensus engine
Grandpa - block finalizing consensus engine
Indices - account indexing engine
Balances - native asset operations
RandomnessCollectiveFlip - random number generator
Contracts - smart contract support
Sudo - superuser actions
Operator - smart contract operator support
PlasmStaking - Plasm operator nominating and rewards support
This environment is for testing manual management of community validators and experimenting with permissions for validating blocks. It is the same integration with the ink-playground contract upload sandbox.
authoring_version: 2
spec_version: 20
impl_version: 20
List of enabled runtime modules.
System - core substrate functionality
Timestamp - timestamp runtime oracle
Session - authority session keys management
Babe - block producing consensus engine
Grandpa - block finalizing consensus engine
Indices - account indexing engine
Balances - native asset operations
RandomnessCollectiveFlip - random number generator
Contracts - smart contract support
Sudo - superuser actions
Operator - smart contract operators
SessionManager - PoA validator management