Phase I of the Theta testnet is complete, and was a huge success! 500k+ users from over 150 countries around the world have contributed their bandwidth, with dozens of users logging in all 48 days during the testnet period. The Theta blockchain itself is working as designed, and our focus from now to mainnet launch is increasing transaction throughput, improvements to the consensus engine, and finalizing the token economics of the protocol (more on this to come in upcoming blogs!).
Phase II of the testnet channel is now underway with an updated user interface and enhancements to streaming optimization. But first, we wanted to say thank you to all the users who logged in to try out the testnet channel on SLIVER.tv, and have supported the Theta project in many other ways. In addition to the prizes and Theta tokens we’ve given out on the testnet channel (which will continue in Phase II), we wanted to give a special thanks to the dedicated users who spent the most time on the testnet channel with these prizes:
Top 50 contributors — Theta t-shirt
Top 25 contributors — The above prize + 100 Theta tokens
Top 10 contributors — The above prizes + Theta zip-up hoodie
Top 5 contributors — The above prizes + 1,000 Theta tokens
(The winners are listed at the end of this post by SLIVER.tv user ID, and we’ll reach out separately via email in the coming days).
We know there are a ton of other people who contributed, and we appreciate you all as well! Unfortunately, with so many people on the testnet it limits what we can reward to each individual, but we look forward to mainnet launch on the native Theta blockchain where every user will be rewarded according to how much they contribute to the Theta network and community. Stay tuned in the next few months for our continued progress toward mainnet launch, the release of the complete token economics of the Theta protocol, and coming soon, the first public releases of new video platforms adopting the Theta Network!
Cheers,
The Theta Team
List of Winners (in order, listed by SLIVER.tv user ID):
1. ABakedPotato 2. aabbbaa 3. cashvegas 4. fernandonj 5. bdewijs 6. vicos 7. AT10gbits 8. lgl8839 9. danaug23 10. JVDA 11. KongHong77 12. HonestAbeX1 13. Nellnyc 14. neo888 15. jvjaskowiak 16. alanaoldham 17. monkygobanana 18. ganjavagen 19. ClamGaming 20. Loosh 21. Symphony13 22. OnlyNubReportMe 23. schoof 24. Myrik 25. Kingerqb 26. Warizer 27. Soulglory 28. JKLOPENSKINSCOMCSGOEmpirecom 29. pr0bot 30. 89pintail 31. REDARMY 32. Jcarr676 33. fabiofox28 34. GraVT98 35. IRONMAN989 36. mgarzia 37. ultimatehub 38. RtwoDtwo 39. jbatangan 40. OddyAte 41. minnionboy 42. Sixtyone 43. BaRt13Neo 44. thetababy 45. SpacePh 46. R4zZvy1 47. odaday 48. Noobiesly 49. illquid 50. lattatude
