Announcing Game of Chains — Open for Registration! ✨
Dearest Cosmos Validators
The 3rd Public Incentivized Testnet in the history of Cosmos, following Game of Stakes & Game of Zones, is open for registration! 🎉🎉🎉
Announcing — “Game of Chains”!
Game of Chains is an incentivized testnet program that will help validators develop confidence around Interchain Security (ICS) and provide a public platform where this new technology can be thoroughly tested.
What is Interchain Security?
Interchain Security is a feature which will allow the Cosmos Hub to share security with other blockchains. On a technical level, this means that the Cosmos Hub validator set will gain the ability to validate other blockchains alongside the Cosmos Hub. These blockchains are called “consumer chains”, and will be secured by the Cosmos Hub’s billions of dollars of staked ATOMs.
In August, Informal Systems published v0.1 pre-release of Interchain Security, which, at a high-level, is an implementation of the Interchain Security protocol that is set to go live in January 2023. This protocol implements: validator set change packets and confirmations; slashing packets; distribution packets; Cosmos-SDK modifications. You can check out the full specification here.
For this testnet, we will work together to test out features of the protocol that validators will be running! Further, validators will have an opportunity to test “real world” consumer chain software that will be adopting Interchain Security in 2023! These projects include: Neutron, Duality and Stride!
20 000 ATOMs will go to Game of Chains winners!
Cosmos Hub validators will compete for rewards throughout this public testnet which is funded by the community pool via Prop 77! Thank you to the entire Cosmos community for supporting this initiative. ✨
Rewards will be distributed to winning validators based on a points system (more details to come!). These rewards will be allocated to validators that complete certain tasks, and submit an entry for Testnet awards.
👉Please note that only active Cosmos Hub validators are eligible for rewards! Further, if you win, your validator will be required to provide KYC information in order to receive ATOM rewards.
What are the next steps?
First, any interested validator needs tosign up to participate in Game of Chains! https://interchainsecurity.dev/game-of-chains-2022
To start coordinating your participation in Game of Chains, you will be added to the Cosmos Network discord channel with the information provided in the registration form. Make sure you are in the discord here. Channel: #game-of-chains
Game of Chains is scheduled to launch on November 7, 2022. The testnet will run for 2–4 weeks!
