# Testnet by Ancient8

By [Atoms Research](https://paragraph.com/@atoms-research) · 2024-01-24

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[**Ancient8 Chain**](https://twitter.com/Ancient8_gg) is a gaming-focused community-driven Ethereum layer 2 built to onboard the next 100M Web3 citizens

**Raised**: $10M from Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Hashed, Dragonfly

There is no tokenomics yet, but the chance that the project will announce an airdrop is high

A few days ago, Ancient8 together with Celestia announced a testnet

[![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6e71c574edccda66fe911bdf704d1f820e7e3b987b56582346f9b6494fcfdb2c.jpg)](https://twitter.com/Ancient8_gg)

[Ancient8 (🎮,🟢)](https://twitter.com/Ancient8_gg)

[@Ancient8\_gg](https://twitter.com/Ancient8_gg)

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Onboarding the next 100M gamers into Web3 requires 100x lower DA fees.   
  
Announcing the upgrade of Ancient8 Chain with @CelestiaOrg underneath ![✨](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/2728.png), the leader in modular data availability. (![🎮](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3ae.png),![🟢](https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f7e2.png))  
  
Gaming developers can now build fully on chain experiences and onboard new waves of

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1745438054930866176/pu/img/kz0QkA0JWRG1zLhl.jpg)

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7:31 AM • Jan 11, 2024

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### What to do?

• Add the [network](https://docs.ancient8.gg/using-ancient8-chain/adding-network-to-metamask) to your wallet (if an error occurs, use a VPN)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4e302a9c063fa126d1ac67a4c51a98ae1eb7a0322ede032853758b809d1a5d29.png)

• Next, take test $ETH from the faucets: [1](https://www.infura.io/faucet/sepolia) | [2](https://sepoliafaucet.com/) | [3](https://faucet.quicknode.com/drip)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/638b1657ec7b2a652adfe17e8b83a2166cbafce3c23eba80184d4867b33fac1a.png)

• Then, visit the [website](https://bridge-testnet.ancient8.gg/native-bridge) and transfer test tokens to the Ancient8 network

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3d7b087af6500e7ae2f6c1b95ac1e32d50278564c375fc8a26c9af7c8226ebbc.png)

• Also, you can use [3rd Party Bridge](https://bridge-testnet.ancient8.gg/socket-choose)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/218cffcb0b73b966fb0d2b726b986822d4f1af444d31779bb2b3eef5c709780f.png)

• Visit the [thirdweb](https://thirdweb.com/dashboard) website and connect your wallet on the Ancient8 network

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/63cb642b0a4587ead229dafdcef5385288c67171958d5848bc9d69a6cd8a3a0f.png)

• Deploy your smart contract

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/6df46f0b9522e7335f017420d4da868745e9b8ca63a45e958dd95cc42d1a2772.png)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/56de93ba62251073350ec2463ff076087a5259f789d487756e0dc27d956f9efb.png)

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