Quite good to see you have great deal of understanding of what blockchain entails. To answer your question, one of the projects i said is Ethplode and few others i don't have in my head. Also, don't you think mainnet is fundamental just as important you said it is?
Well Ethplode is just a deflationary project and its use case is deflationary itself, I won't consider this as a "real project" because it does not have any reason to exist other than being speculative and it does not need mainnet at all.
About mainnet, it is important if the project aims to be an independent project and solve an existing problem that happened with other blockchains. What I mean is the project wants to solve what other blockchains are not able to solve, for example ETH. It has a problem with their scalability, and a mainnet is very important because if you want to solve what ETH is not able to solve you need to have an independent blockchain and fix the scalability issue. That is why mainnet is important.
on the other hand, if the project aims to solve other stuff(buying/selling real estate, and else [not related to the blockchain itself]). Mainnet is not necessary because they can use other platforms/daps to execute the order.
Thank you for the eye opener. I really appreciate your contribution. But if a project isn't blockchain oriented, it can as well have a testnet, beta and mainnet. Am I correct?
Why not? Every token that is based on other coins blockchain is a piece of technology as well, in other words smart contract is a representation of blockchain technology on the same level as a coin that operates on its own.
Dxchain isn't dependent on other blockchain to operate as it think because it runs a self VM on which smart contract operates and it is interoperable with EVM as stated in article released on Godx on
http://Https://blog.dxchain.com
So youre saying if they are in eth network side they are not blockchain? Unless the project launches their own? What do you called the erc20 of eth network. I'm pretty sure the definition of blckchain accomodates their platform 100%. Mainnet is done, if they can release their oan blockchain, but it doesnt really mean if they are using major platform such as ethc neo and others the cryptocurrency isn't blockchain anymore. They just depending on it for sometime but it is blockchain related.
I think networks such as Ethereum, NEO, EOS, TRON and the likes are blockchain-as-a-service which mean that other projects can run on them since they deal with a particular service. ERC 20 is a token standard on ETH network and such others like ERC 721, etc Dxchain Network is a blockchain offering services but with one token standard and not dependent on ETH network to operate. So this is a clear difference.You're right with the last statement.
Are you trying to differentiate between testnet and mainnet? well before every new project gets fully ready for the public they are always in the testnet mode, to be sure their is no bugs in the system and all is up and running, few projects runs in testnet for many months for gradual development, this is so normal and once its ready for launch they go mainnet
It's better to call OP is trying to differentiate coin and asset rather than try to use testnet and mainnet context because that refers to the protocol. It's not always a testnet mode but you must use the main role of the coin itself. Some may need to be assets and another will be a coin with its own blockchain. In this context to call asset is not real blockchain technology is really wrong because it's still used blockchain as the pegged platform.
I'm trying to get it clear here. I'll appreciate if you shed more light to it. And if we can call platforms like Dxchain, Morpheuslabs, BLOC Platform and the likes an independent blockchain platform/technology.
Mainnet is most times the core tech or developmental stage of most projects.. If a product has not reached its mainnet, it might be believed that it is still a demo, therefore, there is nothing yet to show how legit or real it is. Also, to find the real use of a product, then use its mainnet. So, in respect of whether it is real or not, it might be true.
It mean a mainnet at least shows how genuine a project is to a large extent?