Testnets with Ethan from Tendermint
In this episode, we sit down with Ethan (Bucky) Buchman, co-founder and CTO of Tendermint, to talk about testnets. We look into what they are, what purpose they serve and cover examples from Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cosmos and Polkadot. Links https://karl.tech/intro-guide-to-ethereum-testnets/ (Testnets on Karl.tech) https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04938 (The latest gossip on BFT consensus) https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Testnet (Bitcoin Testnet) https://github.com/ethereum/ropsten (Ropsten Testnet) https://medium.com/@Digix/announcing-kovan-a-stable-ethereum-public-testnet-10ac7cb6c85f (Kovan Testnet) https://www.rinkeby.io/#stats (Rinkeby Testnet) https://cosmos.network/docs/getting-started/full-node.html (Join the Cosmos testnet) https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/blob/master/README.md (Join the Polkadot testnet)