Cherry Announcements

2022-01-10 17:30:41 The Testnet is close!

The Cherry engineers are in the final stages of building the Cherry Node, readying for launch shortly

Some last minute GitHub cleanup is also being performed so users can get started with the testnet easily

Get ready folks! Open / Comment

2022-01-10 17:26:19 We are so close! The development team is performing the last few updates. You'll soon be able to experience the Cherry Node in all its glory, for the first time ever. Open / Comment

2022-01-10 16:09:59 Today is the big day: the Cherry testnet goes live this afternoon UTC

Here's what you can expect in terms of what we'll be publishing:

Release notes with release candidate tags on GitHub will come first

Stats and other info through our blog tonight, about 6-8 hrs after the launch of the testnet

The documentation will be expanded and improved this week also

Stay tuned! Open / Comment

2022-01-10 14:53:27 Get ready for the Cherry AMA Quiz

When? in 75 minutes (1 PM UTC)


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The quiz will begin when at least 2 people are ready to play. Send /stop to stop it.

Recap of the AMA: https://blog.cherry.network/ama-with-seraphim-january-5th-2022-4110b7a73b3e Open / Comment

2022-01-09 17:14:15 (contd. from part 1, part 2)
Part 3 of 3
Users are free to do with their node as they please. Play with it, and try to break it. It will be our pleasure to review your experiments. We suggest running the node on at least 4GB RAM, 2 CPUs, and 40GB SSD, preferably with a recent Debian-based Linux distribution. Exact specifications will be released as we optimize and remove debugging and telemetry elements.

We do not expect any incentives for network participants for the next 2 weeks. We will, however, be establishing a bug bounty system rewarding bug disclosures, and an improvement suggestion option accessible even to more layman users.

A Medium post will follow tomorrow with more details Open / Comment

2022-01-09 16:57:57 (contd. from part 1)
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Upon installation, users will have the option to deploy an IPFS server of their own to start servicing the infrastructure's trustless data storage needs.

All users will also receive 5 testnet-Cherry Tokens (tCHER) upon creating their blockchain account. These will be used to pay transaction fees, and, more specifically, to upload files to the data store. If you run out of tCHER you can request topups from admins. A faucet will also be released shortly.

For the first week we expect the network to be very unstable. During this period we will grow the number of peers and store providers, and apply some fixes to issues that would naturally emerge in our code's first release to the wild. Once the network has reached a significant structure we will proceed with the subsequent release steps. We plan on making the development iteration as transparent as possible. (contd. below) Open / Comment

2022-01-09 16:55:28 Part 1 of 3
Tomorrow at around 2pm UTC we plan to release our code and network to the public. Documentation on what exactly to do with it will follow shortly thereafter as we assemble tutorials, knowledge bases, and factor in inputs from the earlier, more technical adopters. A testnet discussion chat shall be opened on Discord to facilitate dialogue, support, and bug notices.

In the upcoming release, users can expect to have a fairly complete overview of Cherry's most fundamental components, and to be able to access them with ease through a purpose-built user interface (that is functional but which will be improved a lot over the next few weeks). Other, less salient elements will be released later on as the network stabilizes.

Anyone will be able to deploy the code on their Linux machine (initially, other OSs soon) with an easy-to-use bash script that will take care of all the required dependencies. The node will automatically connect with Cherry's network.

(contd. below) Open / Comment

2022-01-09 06:29:29 Warning guys, this is a fake account run by a scammer. The Cherry team will never message you out of the blue. If you are ever in doubt, just check that the person you're speaking to has "Admin" in their name in the main Cherry group chat. Stay safe and peace guys Open / Comment

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2022-01-08 18:23:03 It has been a busy first week of 2022 for the Cherry team!

In the next 24 hours expect announcements about:
- our testnet launch
- a DeFi company building with Cherry's technology

Momentum is building! Open / Comment