Shardeum Incentivized Testnet

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Shardeum incentivized testnet

In late January 2024, Shardeum unveiled its incentivized testnet, and participating as a node operator could significantly increase your chances of benefiting from the testnet airdrop. Although the team has not yet released full details, it is advisable to set up your node early to maximize potential rewards.

Minimum Hardware Requirements​

• 250 GB SSD storage
• Quad core CPU less than 10 years old if self hosting
• Dual core CPU works if hosted with newer Xeons / EPYC
• 16 GB of ram, 4+ GB of virtual memory recommended
• Hosting: 8 GB RAM + 8 GB Virtual Memory

Shardeum is an EVM-based, linearly scalable smart contract platform that provides low gas fees forever while maintaining true decentralization and solid security through dynamic state sharding.

What does Shardeum aim for?​

Shardeum aims to be a chain capable of onboarding over a billion people to the blockchain and crypto revolution. Shardeum, like the Internet, will be open, collaborative, and community-driven and would democratize accessibility to decentralization.

Shardeum will be the infrastructure on which the next iteration of the Internet, Web3, will be built.

Will Shardeum have a native token?

Yes. SHARD (SHM) will be the name of the token. It is still in the development stage

How can I find and read the Shardeum Whitepaper?

Here is the link to Shardeum whitepaper.

What are the Use cases of Shardeum?

• P2P transactions
• DeFi
• Open source AI
• NFT
• Metaverse
• Node mining
• Staking 
• DEX
• Decentralized Identity
• Games
• Swap services
• Decentralized social media
• Others

What are the features of Shardeum?

• Dynamic State Sharding
• Linear scalability
• Low transaction fees 
• EVM-based Smart Contract platform
• Solves scalability trilemma
• Auto Scaling
• Security
• Immediate finality
• Low Latency
• Low Bandwidth
• High Fairness
• High Capacity

Links

• Website
• Discord
• Twitter
• Telegram