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Today, MegaETH hosted a small hangout on Discord to answer your questions about the public testnet. More than 320 people joined to ask questions to MegaETH co-founder Bro Bing (@hotpot_dao) about the upcoming testnet, ETHDenver and more. Here’s everything you might have missed: Summary: A. General Updates B. Testnet Discussion A. General Updates: ▪︎ On ETHDenver: MegaETH was in ETHDenver last week, and it was horrible. It was poorly organized, with totally misguided incentives. It didn’t feel like an Ethereum event at all. The main sponsors were Polkadot and Aptos, and there were no meaningful talks or engaged audiences. Honestly, it was kind of depressing. There were the usual infrastructure talks, but not many developers, and even the Milady party was really lame. MegaETH sponsored the Milady party, but not the logistics. The Milady team knows how to throw a rave, but it still ended up being pretty underwhelming. So, yeah, overall, Denver was just a huge letdown. Bro Bing thinks the biggest takeaway from this is that MegaETH needs to focus on what MegaETH is doing and prioritize its own projects. Bro Bing is even thinking about organizing another MegaZu event this year, possibly somewhere in the US, since the whole team is back there now. ▪︎ On Fluffles: Bro Bing has 3 Fluffle updates today: 1) A fix is being rolled out. 2) A Typeform will be sent out to address any issues. 3) Roles will be assigned to Fluffle holders. Those who own Fluffles can expect more activities and updates in the near future. B. Testnet Discussion: 1/ What is the testnet schedule? The MegaETH Public Testnet will be deployed on March 6th for builders and March 10th for users. ▪︎ For builders: Expect 20k TPS and 15ms block times, with additional scalability improvements coming soon. ▪︎ For users: Testnet ETH will be distributed directly to wallets. 2/ Will the public testnet be incentivized? The goal of the testnet is simple: to test the chain. It is not intended for farming. There will be no airdrop from MegaETH, so if you’re here for airdrop farming, there are other chains that cater to that, and they do it well. That’s why MegaETH introduced Fluffle and did an Echo round before: the team believes this is the right way to engage the community, rather than running an incentivized testnet. MegaETH public testnet is primarily for builders, especially those testing their products on the chain. 3/ What’s the main goal of the testnet? How long will it last? The duration of the testnet is hard to predict, but Bro Bing gave a rough estimate of 2 to 5 months, depending on various factors that are difficult to predict. In addition to bug fixes and optimizations, the team is also looking to attract more builders to join MegaETH ecosystem. 4/ What specific sectors are you targeting? Robotics is one of the sectors MegaETH is targeting. It's not just about AI, it’s about: data collection, incentivizing people to collect data and building a decentralized data marketplace. ︎This is exactly what blockchain excels at. MegaETH is also interested in decentralized infrastructure use cases. So, if anyone is looking to build in these areas, feel free to reach out. 5/ Will the dApps available on testnet day one be exclusively from the MegaMafia, or will there be other builders as well? There will be some level of curation and oversight. While MegaETH will remain permissionless, and people can build their own projects, it's reassuring to know that vetted apps will be available on day one. There is also a misconception that MegaETH only focuses on MegaMafia projects. This is not true. While Bro Bing does spend a lot of time with MegaMafia projects, she also works with MegaForge projects. Currently, she is reviewing all the forms, there are 2000 to sort through. 6/ What are the best security practices for interacting with the MegaETH public testnet? For security, the usual best practices should apply. If you're using a burner wallet or any other security measures, such as a hardware wallet, that should be fine. For Fluffle holders, you will automatically receive testnet tokens in your Fluffle minting wallet. To be safe, you can simply send those tokens to a burner wallet.