igneum/docs/testnet/README.md

Igneum public testnet: identity, parameters and reset policy (ADOPTED 5 October 2026)

Every value in this file was proposed on the night of 4 October 2026 and ADOPTED by the owner on 5 October 2026, as proposed (sign-off recorded in docs/plans/release-0.3.6.md). The genesis below is the one the proposal computed; its values did not change at the sign-off, so the hash stands. The code was written on the node fork's branch testnet-params (worktree vendor/igneum-node-testnet, forked from finality-fixes at 6aa69a45) and merged on 5 October 2026 into the fork's release-0.3.6 (worktree vendor/igneum-node-036), with one change the sign-off added: the devnet and the simnet keep the prototype fee set until a height switch (fees_v1_activation_daa) or a fees object in the override file moves them; the testnet and the mainnet carry calibrated v1 from genesis (section 3). The devnet's switch is DAA score 210,000 (5 October 2026, docs/plans/fee-switch-devnet.md). The three seed nodes went up on 5 October 2026 from the final genesis below (docs/plans/testnet-go.md); nothing mines until the owner's go.

1. Identity

Field	Devnet (live today)	Testnet (adopted)	Where
Network id (handshake string, data directory)	igneum-devnet	igneum-testnet-1	consensus/core/src/network.rs, NetworkId::to_prefixed
Network type and suffix	Devnet, none	Testnet, suffix 1	config/params.rs, From<NetworkId>: only suffix 1 resolves; any other suffix is refused
EVM chain id	4463	4462	consensus/core/src/evm.rs, evm_chain_id (mainnet 4461)
Address prefix	igneumdev	igneumtest	crypto/addresses
gRPC port	26610	26810	network.rs, default_rpc_port
P2P port	26611	26811	network.rs, default_p2p_port (a later suffix takes the next port)
wRPC Borsh, JSON	27610, 28610	27810, 28810	network.rs
EVM JSON-RPC port	26790	26890	igneum/exec/src/config.rs, default_evm_rpc_port
DNS seeders	none	seed1.testnet.igneum.network, seed2.testnet.igneum.network, seed3.testnet.igneum.network (A records on deSEC, infra/seed-nodes/dns.sh; Nuremberg, Ashburn, Singapore)	TESTNET_PARAMS.dns_seeders
Override file (--override-params-file)	allowed	refused, as on mainnet	kaspad/src/daemon.rs
IGNEUM_POW_* environment	ignored by the node from this branch (G12: the params' schedule is installed on every start)	ignored	kaspad/src/daemon.rs

Start a node on it: igneumd --testnet (the flag --testnet is "Use the Igneum test network"; --netsuffix defaults to 1 in kaspad/src/args.rs since 5 October 2026, so --netsuffix=1 is implied). The public JSON-RPC is https://rpc.testnet.igneum.network (seed1, nginx with TLS and a rate limit, an allowlist of eth_* and igneum_* read methods plus eth_sendRawTransaction; infra/seed-nodes/rpc/).

2. Genesis

Field	Value	Note
Timestamp	1,791,158,400,000 ms = 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z (0x1a1095c3400)	frozen; adopted 5 October 2026
Bits	0x1d100000 (2^28 expected hashes per block)	the devnet's launch difficulty, sized for a few hundred MH/s; the DAA takes over after 150 samples (600 blocks); re-size to the announced launch fleet
Nonce, DAA score	0, 0
UTXO commitment	empty
Coinbase payload message	igneum-testnet-1 | 2026-10-05 | coins here have no value | resets are announced	after the OP-FALSE script, as the devnet's igneum-devnet. FINAL 5 October 2026 (fork branch testnet-infra, 1c19441d): the proposal's "proposed, not final" was dropped before the first public node started, as docs/plans/release-0.3.6.md section 6 required. The message never changes again on igneum-testnet-1
Hash	87617621714af1bf33bd17f291f90a7e0bff760a669bba53083ea8c0f7cbd840	computed 5 October 2026 by print_genesis_hashes (two runs: the merkle root first, then the header hash over it), pinned by test_genesis_hashes and igneum_testnet_identity; the three seeds started from it at height 0 the same day. The proposal's hash 52a3e6a9... is void
Merkle root	44acfc40b1c6647011510f3c39ddb7606f979df92ad26a2914de56e44610efad	same

3. Consensus parameters

Parameter	Testnet (adopted)	Devnet today	Why
Block rate	1 per second	1 per second	spec 02
Difficulty rule	Igneum dual-lane, v2 from genesis	dual-lane, v2 from DAA 33,000	a fresh chain has no pre-switch history
Finality parameters	FinalityParams::MAINNET: 30-day weight window (2,592,000 DAA), dust 100, presence 240, 8 aggregators, 30-day equivocation ban, min DAA 2,592,000, certificate fold 6	DEVNET: 2-hour window, dust 5, presence 20, fold 3	the testnet runs the rule the mainnet will run; the first lock needs 30 days of weight, which is the point of a testnet
Finality rule v3	from genesis	from the override file	fresh chain
Proving v0 payouts	from genesis	from the override file	fresh chain
PoW schedule	epoch 3,600 DAA, lead 600, day 86,400,000 ms (the defaults)	same
Coinbase payload limit	16,384 (the finality section)	same
Fees	FeeParams::CALIBRATED_V1 from genesis (fees_v1_activation_daa 0; docs/analysis/base-fee-floor.md): B_p 120,000 pgas, S_p 30,000, intrinsic 300, modexp 10 + 1 per 10 bytes, floors 100 gwei per gas and 10,000 gwei per pgas	FeeParams::PROTOTYPE (B_p 30 M, 1 gwei), kept on the 0.3.6 node so the live chain does not change rules between builds; moves to v1 by the fees_v1_activation_daa height switch in the override file (docs/plans/release-0.3.6.md, section 5)	spec 05 section 5.10
Emission	the mainnet schedule: 31.69 IGN per block in year one, halving every two years, cap 4 billion	same	the testnet coins have no value whatever the schedule says

Everything else (mass limits, GHOSTDAG k, merge depth, pruning) is the devnet's set, unchanged.

4. Reset policy

Rule	Adopted 5 October 2026
Coins	Testnet IGN has no value, cannot be bought, sold or redeemed, and is not a claim on anything at mainnet. Mainnet starts from an empty genesis. No airdrop, no points, no promise tied to a testnet balance
When the chain resets	When a consensus rule changes (the lottery hash, the difficulty rule, finality, the fee table, the execution rules) and a height switch is not the right tool; or when the chain is broken beyond a height switch
Notice	At least N = 7 days ahead, on igneum.network (the download page and the live page), in the app through the update manifest's note, and in the engineering log. A reset without notice is a bug report, not a policy
What carries over	Nothing. Balances, contracts, nonces and history start again. Addresses stay valid (an address is a key)
Identity after a reset	A consensus-changing reset takes the next suffix (igneum-testnet-2, chain id unchanged at 4462, P2P port 26812), so a node on the old rules never completes a handshake with the new chain
The devnet	Keeps resetting without notice; it is a developer network. Its chain id 4463 stays separate
Who decides	The project, by the sign-off that this file records; the parameters the genesis rules leave to miners (B_p, the floors) move by 60% signalling once the testnet has miners (spec 5.5)

5. What stands between this file and a public testnet

Item	State
Sign-off of every value above	done: adopted by the owner on 5 October 2026, as proposed
--netsuffix default 1 under --testnet	done 5 October 2026 (fork testnet-infra 1c19441d)
Seed nodes and the DNS seeder list	done 5 October 2026: three Hetzner seeds (infra/seed-nodes/seeds-testnet.tsv), the three names in TESTNET_PARAMS.dns_seeders; docs/plans/testnet-go.md
The public RPC and explorer	the RPC is https://rpc.testnet.igneum.network (5 October 2026); the explorer is not built
The prover's table mirror and fixtures	docs/analysis/base-fee-floor.md section 4
The app's testnet build	branch testnet-app (5 October 2026): the packaged file's network, peers, public_rpc; the testnet's ports, seeds and node directory in app/igneum-app/src/config.rs; the release engineer cuts 0.4.0 from it at go
The params digest in the handshake (X18)	separate work, before the testnet
Terms on the download page	site/index.html#testnet-terms, on branch testnet-prep with this file