Announcement for public TestNet!
Thank you everyone for your continued interest in the BOS Platform and desire to participate in the Public TestNet.
As previously mentioned in the Revised Milestones article, Public TestNet was to commence at the end of August, opening testing elements (of the TokenNet, which will eventually roll into Genesis) to the public. As our Private TestNet commenced on July 25th, we have conducted a variety of tests of the Federated Byzantine Agreement consensus algorithm from the Stellar Consensus Protocol.
We believe the fundamental aspects of the BOS Platform are stability and liveliness of the network. During Private TestNet, we have identified possible risks that can undermine network stability and liveliness if certain modifications are made to node configurations. This could potentially expose the network to various risks we wish not to have. We originally would have liked the community to participate in testing as nodes but due to such test results, we have concluded that since BOScoin TokenNet will run basically on a very similar protocol as SCP, testing stability and security of the network to be more of a priority than node and quorum configurations for TestNet because in the end, MainNet will run on a different consensus protocol, mFBA. As such we have decided to release TokenNet with a static quorum structure, where the optimum configuration will be determined from automated testing during Public TestNet. We apologize for the last minute announcement as we were trying to figure out a way around it. Nonetheless, public testing based on transactions only will commence as soon as web test-wallets are ready which will be at around the 18th next month. Once preparations are finalized, we will publish information on how to participate. Please stay tuned.
Meanwhile, a large amount of work has also currently been to automate testing in relation to both quorum/node configurations and transactions and we would like to share the progress so far:
[COMPLETE] Initial quorum configuration and testing (4 Quorums)
[COMPLETE] Account (node & user) generation testing
[COMPLETE] Remittance testing
[COMPLETE] Code optimization - removal of redundant codes in SCP and adding functions to operate BOScoin TokenNet
[COMPLETE] Development and testing of automated distribution tool based on docker source
[COMPLETE] Development of automated algorithm for optimal quorum composition based on Private TestNet results
[IN PROGRESS] Development of an automated log reporting and network monitoring tool
[IN PROGRESS] Automated test environment - this will be a tool allowing tests to run automatically on the network, and also enable the network configuration to automatically optimization based on ongoing results.
Once again, much appreciated for your continued interest in the BOS Platform and apologies for the last minute delay. We will be in contact soon.
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