Live on our platform Unstablenet: Testing of smart contracts starts now
Get ready for a new era in blockchain technology as Shardeum prepares to launch its testnet, Unstablenet, on July 24, 2025. This innovative platform is designed to be a sandbox for developers, testers, and early adopters to experiment with EVM-compatible smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) before they go live on the mainnet.
A Testing Ground for Innovation
Unstablenet is a crucial stepping stone in the development process, allowing for the stress-testing of smart contracts and network components under real-world conditions. This phase of active development ensures ongoing improvement, troubleshooting, and feature refinement without impacting the mainnet's stability.
Key Features of Unstablenet
- Testing and Breaking Smart Contracts: Unstablenet provides an environment for developers to identify bugs and vulnerabilities in their smart contracts and dApps.
- Experimenting with Network Features: Users can test and provide feedback on evolving network features, helping to shape the final product.
- Risk-Free Testing: Merchants and early users can test payment flows and other functionalities risk-free before the mainnet release.
- Gathering Engineering Insights: Unstablenet offers vital engineering insights to prepare for a stable mainnet deployment.
The Differences Between Unstablenet and Mainnet
While Unstablenet is deliberately unstable, featuring frequent changes, possible downtimes, and data resets, the mainnet will be stable and reliable for end-users and real transactions. The main differences between the two are:
| Aspect | Unstablenet | Mainnet | |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | Purpose | Testing, development, and experimentation | Production-grade deployment and use | | Stability | Intentionally unstable; frequent resets and downtimes | Stable and reliable for end-users and real transactions | | Data Persistence | Resets common; temporary data | Permanent state and transaction history | | Users | Developers, testers, merchants in trial phase | General users and applications in live operation | | Risk Level | Risk-free testing environment | Actual financial value and real operations |
Getting Involved with Unstablenet
To interact with Unstablenet, users need a wallet such as MetaMask configured with specific RPC details. The network name for Unstablenet is "our website Unstablenet", and the RPC endpoint is "https://api-unstable.our website.org". Users can also claim test SHM using the faucet channel on Discord.
The website encourages developers and users to test, build, and innovate alongside them on Unstablenet, shaping the evolution of the platform as the world's first dynamically state sharded smart contract platform. Users can report vulnerabilities and bugs on Unstablenet for potential rewards.
Community Engagement
The website plans to introduce incentives to recognise and support community contributions to Unstablenet soon. Users can submit bug reports and feedback through the bug reporting channel on Discord. Users are also encouraged to create educational content and social media posts to help promote the platform.
To stay updated on real-time updates and announcements about Unstablenet, follow the website's official social channels. Participate in upcoming quests, interactive dApp contests, and bounties on Unstablenet.
Unstablenet is a long-term testnet for early previews of features and ongoing testing. Support for community-run nodes on Unstablenet is on the roadmap. Fixes and feature updates will be rolled out progressively by the tech team. The current gas estimation mechanism defaults to a fixed value of 3 million for smart contract calls. Users can evaluate smart contract interactions, transaction handling, and dApp behavior under different conditions on Unstablenet.
The explorer URL for Unstablenet is "https://explorer-unstable.our website.org/". When adding Unstablenet endpoints to MetaMask, the suggested network name may be "our website Liberty 1.x". You can rename it locally as "our website Unstablenet" in your wallet settings.
Join the Unstablenet community today and be a part of shaping the future of smart contract platforms!
- Technology plays a significant role in the testing and development of Unstablenet, an innovation platform for experimenting with EVM-compatible smart contracts and dApps.
- Users can leverage technology to interact with Unstablenet, configuring wallets like MetaMask with specific RPC details and using the explorer URL to observe smart contract interactions, transaction handling, and dApp behavior.
