In preparation for mainnet, the implementation of the Namada protocol needs to be tested by as many network operators and other users as possible. To facilitate this, a series of public testnets will be launched that anyone can join. The Namada protocol is a proof-of-stake L1 for interchain asset-agnostic privacy. Namada deploys zkps to enable a unified shielded set and shielded transfers for arbitrary assets that are created on Ethereum or fast-finality chains that are IBC-compatible.

Over the last months, the Namada protocol’s release cadence has been stabilised to a biweekly release schedule and multiple releases have been continuously tested by a group of very early Namada validators*, including the current private testnet that deploys the Namada protocol v0.11.0.

*Special thanks to Namada’s early validators including Wicklow, ZK Validator, Simply Staking, Papers, P2P, Node Guardians, Nocturnal Labs / Maven11, Lemniscap, Knowable, Figment, Everstake, Cosmostation, CMCC, Chorus One, Binary Holdings, and B-Harvest!

In preparation for mainnet, the implementation of the Namada protocol needs to be tested by as many network operators and other users as possible. To facilitate this, a series of public testnets will be launched that anyone can join.