To establish an understanding of the different roles that companies and individuals can perform in the ODN, we first need to recap the different network roles. OriginTrail is a purpose-built protocol, which utilizes global standards and is based on the blockchain, for trusted supply chain data sharing. The testnet unlocks the full set of protocol features to its users in the first beta iteration:
Support for handling GS1 EPCIS and Web of Things standardized data on the network;
Implementation of a consensus check with a zero-knowledge quantity balance validation algorithm;
Bidding mechanism with escrow functionalities and litigation procedures;
Compensation mechanism for nodes based on the agreements formed with the bidding mechanism;
Ability to validate data integrity via blockchain fingerprinting.
See more https://medium.com/origintrail/origintrails-public-testnet-has-been-launched-participate-in-the-origintrail-test-network-beta-66a1480937c0
Yup the test net is up. This happen in half years time after ICO. What is quite amazing. We will see how things will start moving now. Looking at Roadmap that is in OP of this post and was probably there from ICO half year ago plan is to have mainet launched in next quarter. Since so far was no delays we could expect that could actually happen.