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🧪 Testnet Phase #1 Starts Now The first of four structured Testnet phases is now live. We're entering a 1-week grace period: node stats and session data have been reset on Testnet-0 (#Arbitrum Sepolia) and Testnet-1 ($COR #Rollup #L3), and this week serves as onboarding +…

🗓️ Weekly Recap – Migration Complete & Testnet Phase #1 Ready All major tasks from last week are complete and validated - Testnet-0 and Testnet-1 migrations are finalized, nodes and apps are stable, and the network is ready to move into Testnet Phase #1 within the next 12 hours.…

💡 Hackathon #2 Recap – Cortensor Watcher Bot One of the notable builds from Hackathon #2, the Cortensor Watcher Bot is a smart automation tool that bridges developer insights from Discord to Telegram – making real-time updates easy to follow. 🔹 Tracks new posts from the…

📢 Reminder – Testnet Phase #1 Starts Within 24 Hours Testnet Phase #1 is about to kick off. As part of prep, node stats and node levels have been reset on: - Testnet-0 (#Arbitrum Sepolia) - Testnet-1 ($COR #Rollup L3) The first week will be the onboarding + warm-up period…

🛠️ DevLog – First x402-Paid Call to Router Node (Experimental) We ran the first end-to-end #x402 payment flow against a Router Node test endpoint, using #Base Sepolia and a small ping API to validate the path from payment → Router → response. 🔹 What we tested - New test…

🛠️ DevLog – x402 + Router Node Integration Research (Exploratory) Quick follow-up on the #x402 experiments: we've been reviewing x402 docs, example flows, and facilitator options to better understand how it fits on the Router Node surface. This is still in the…

🛠️ DevLog – Early #x402 Payment Prototyping on Router Node (Agentic Experiments) Following the #MCP prototype, we're starting another small agentic experiment directly on the Router Node. While waiting for Testnet Phase #1 to begin, we're exploring how #x402-style payment flows…

📢 Reminder – Testnet Phase #1 Begins This Weekend A quick reminder that Testnet Phase #1 is kicking off within the next 48-72 hours. Node stats, session data, and validator state will be reset as planned, and the first week will serve as the onboarding + warm-up period before…

💡 Hackathon #2 Recap – Cortensor Research Summarizer A standout build from Hackathon #2, the Cortensor Research Summarizer is a clean, modern web app that turns long-form articles into concise, insight-driven summaries using Cortensor’s decentralized inference network. 🔹…

🛠️ DevLog – Router Node MCP Prototype (Inference E2E, v1.5) Following yesterday's progress, we now have end-to-end completions flowing through #MCP → Router REST → miners → Dashboard on Testnet-0. This marks the first working step toward Cortensor's agentic-ready, verifiable…

💡 Community Spotlight – Monthly Rewards: AI Apps We're recognizing community members who built and continue to maintain AI applications running live on Cortensor’s decentralized AI infrastructure. Builds that are receiving this month’s support: 🔹 Daily motivation Bot –…

🛠️ DevLog – Router Node MCP Prototype (v1.5) - Proxy over REST First step toward agentic-ready AI infrastructure - enabling task delegation & verifiable AI task validation through #MCP. Quick update on the MCP work: we now have an experimental MCP server running alongside the…

🧩 Testnet Phase #1 – Final Readiness Update Following the IAM/ACL and session resets, systems across both Testnet-0 and Testnet-1 are now operating normally. We resolved a few oracle permission issues during the reset - a useful dry-run for future module refreshes - and…

🧪 Testnet Phase #1 Kickoff - This Weekend (Within 72 Hours) We're officially entering Testnet Phase #1 - the first of four phases in the structured Testnet cycle. As usual, there will be a one-week grace period at the start - all node stats and session data will be reset, and…

🛠️ DevLog – MCP Server Prototyping (Router Node Integration, Early Experiment) We've started prototyping an #MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the existing Router Node, marking the first step toward Cortensor's agent-ready AI infrastructure. 🔹 Purpose & Direction -…

💡 Hackathon #2 Recap – Cortensor Showcase Apps One of the most polished builds from Hackathon #2 was the Cortensor Showcase Dashboard – a sleek web app designed to highlight community-made apps and bots powered by Cortensor’s decentralized inference network. 🔹 Discover…

🧩 Testnet Phase #1 – Readiness & Migration Update Migration progress is nearly complete except just few nodes - nodes, apps, and validators are now fully running on Testnet-0 and Testnet-1. 🔹 Status - IAM & ACL modules fully reset - Session stats and task state refreshed -…

💡 Community Spotlight - Monthly Reward: Tools & Infrastructure Each month, we reward community members who maintain and improve the critical tools and infrastructure that keep Cortensor's decentralized network running. This month's recipients: 🔹@01_choose – Community RPC Node…

📦 New Binary Available As part of the ongoing Testnet preparation, the latest binary build has been pushed to the dev-stable branch. Please pull and update to the latest version before continuing node operations or test runs. 🔹 Version: 0.0.1-04d853e 🔹 Branch: dev-stable 🔹…