With its largest consensus upgrade now available, the Operator app open to the public, and the framework of its incentivized Testnet revealed, Asentum is positioning itself for a new wave of participants ahead of mainnet.
Asentuma post-quantum Layer 1 blockchain built on simple JavaScript smart contracts, today confirmed that its Euler consensus upgrade has gone live across the entire network – a milestone the team describes as the foundation for Asentum’s next phase of growth. The upgrade comes with two other developments: the current version of the Asentum Operator app is now available for everyone to download, and the framework for the project’s incentivized testnet, season 1, has been revealed ahead of its launch.
Taken together, the three developments mark a shift from an actively developing network to one built to attract a much larger audience to the channel ahead of the main network.
Euler: The Most Significant Network Upgrade Yet
Euler introduces Hybrid Byzantine Consensus alongside Polka v2, a faster validator alignment protocol and a set of heartbeat-based synchronization rules designed to keep the network in sync as participation increases. It is now up and running on over 80 validators operating around the world, many on consumer hardware, with a supported Raspberry Pi 4 as the minimum specification.
“If we’re serious about attracting a lot more people to this network, it needs to remain stable when they show up,” said a member of Asentum’s core team. “This is what Euler was designed for, and it’s live.”
The Operator application is open to everyone today
The current version of the Asentum Operator app is live and available now at asentum.com/downloads. The app allows anyone – regardless of their technical background – to bind a validator and become part of the network in minutes, on hardware they likely already own. Every operator joining us today runs on Asentum’s most stable consensus engine to date.
Incentivized testnet: the on-ramp to mass participation
Asentum also revealed the framework for its Incentivized Testnet – Season 1, a points-based program designed to reward participation in six activity categories: transactions, validator operation, bug reporting, referrals, dApp usage, and social engagement. XP accumulates through streak bonuses of up to 3x, referrals pay 5% of a referred participant’s XP on an ongoing basis, and accumulated XP is fed directly into the mainnet token allocation. The full description of how the system works is now available at airdrop.asentum.com.
For holders of $ASE – currently trading on Ethereum ahead of its 1:1 bridge to native Asentum on mainnet – staking will unlock a multiplier of up to 10x on each XP source upon opening, stacking with every other multiplier in the system at once.
The quickest way to find out when Season 1 is scheduled to launch and opens is the Asentum Launch List at asentum.com/launch-list.
The foundation behind it all
Asentum’s architecture remains built on the same foundations: post-quantum signatures (ML-DSA-65, the NIST FIPS 204 standard) on every transaction and consensus vote from Genesis, smart contracts written in simple JavaScript for a developer population of over 22 million, and validator participation designed around hardware already common in homes and small offices. $ASE has a fixed supply of 1 billion tokens and a fully deflationary fee market – base fees on each transaction are burned permanently at the protocol level.
About Asentum
Asentum is a layer 1 blockchain built end-to-end in JavaScript, combining post-quantum cryptography from the genesis with a rotating validation board designed for consumer hardware. Full project technical specifications, architectural decisions and development history are published on asentum.com.
The Operator app is available at asentum.com/downloads, the Incentivized Testnet framework is featured at airdrop.asentum.com, the Season 1 Early Access launch list is at asentum.com/launch-list, and ongoing updates are shared at t.me/asentum and x.com/asentum.
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