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Tezos Testnet Cycle

Fleeting

There is one test network for the current protocol, and one test network for the protocol which is being proposed for voting.

— https://tezos.gitlab.io/introduction/test_networks.html

every time a new protocol is proposed on Mainnet, a new test network is spawned.

— https://tezos.gitlab.io/introduction/test_networks.html

This also makes synchronization much faster than with a long-lived network.

— https://tezos.gitlab.io/introduction/test_networks.html

  • At some point, there will be a proposal for a successor to the current protocol

(let’s call this new protocol P).

  • After P is injected, a new test network (let’s call it P-net) will be spawned.
    • It will run alongside the latest test network until either P is rejected or activated.
  • If P is rejected, P-net will end, unless P is immediately re-submitted for injection.
  • If, however, P is activated, the previous test network will end and P-net will continue on its own.

— https://tezos.gitlab.io/introduction/test_networks.html