Barter Chain · Public Testnet
Report of 2026-09-16
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Testnet report 1

Public testnet soak for DAO and investors: stability, load, and whether rewards match the approved rules.

1. Verdict

The public testnet with three validators is stable. It held the load. We packed 1,000 transactions into one block. With equal stakes, rewards split evenly — as in the tokenomics. Incentive pool smoke is live (1,600 BRTR / 16 days; equal stakes → equal pending).

Date: 16 September 2026 · Network: public testnet · height ~14,900 · not lagging

2. What we checked

  1. Uptime — blocks keep coming; nodes did not fall over after stress.
  2. Transaction batches — several runs of 1,000 transfers.
  3. Block density — how many transactions fit in one block.
  4. Fair rewards — who earned what with equal stakes.

3. Network now

Validators3 (ceo, kir, vla)
Stake each100,000 BRTR
Operator commission10% (allowed range 10–50%)
New blockabout every 3.5 seconds
Today (UTC)~7,150 transactions; 78 non-empty blocks

After stress the chain kept producing blocks without a halt.

4. Load

ScenarioResult
Calm submit from outside1,000 ok; up to ~40 per block
Fast submit next to the nodeup to ~750–920 in one block
Full queue before the next blockblock #14490: exactly 1,000, all successful

After tuning (mempool.recheck=false on ceo, parallel senders): peak intake about 650–670 transactions per second on the 1‑vCPU AMS node (was ~270–330). A steady 700–1,000 per second is still not there — remaining ceiling is CPU on CheckTx / JSON‑RPC, not block packing. Packing 1,000 into one block is already proven.

For investors: consensus and packing are fine; intake roughly doubled with a safe mempool knob. Next step to 1,000/s is more CPU / dedicated hardware, not a consensus redesign.

5. Money flows (vs tokenomics)

Four streams — do not mix:

  1. Marketplace fees (mint / list / trade) → DAO treasury
  2. 2% of per-block transaction fees → network community reserve (spend only by vote)
  3. ~98% of those fees → block author → operator % and stakers
  4. 21M BRTR / 16 years pool → validators by stake (smoke 1,600 BRTR / 16d live on this testnet)

Accrued to validators (not withdrawn yet)

ValidatorAccruedOf which 10% operator fee
ceo197.8 BRTR19.8 BRTR
kir197.8 BRTR19.8 BRTR
vla197.8 BRTR19.8 BRTR

Network reserve (2%): ~12 BRTR.

Rules check: equal stakes → shares ⅓ / ⅓ / ⅓ — correct. Extra mint for staking is off — as voted. Protocol fees and a share of gas to the treasury Safe work separately. Incentive weights sync every 15m; pending accrues ∝ equal stake (⅓ each). Full 21M pool remains a mainnet funding step.

6. Risks and next steps

TopicStatus
Consensus 3 of 3ok
1,000 txs in one blockproven
Steady 700–1,000 txs/secnot yet (~650–670/s peak on 1 vCPU)
Equal income at equal stakeyes
Incentive pool on public testnetlive + claim proven (~1.07 BRTR × 3)
Bottom line: the public test confirms the chain holds load, blocks stay steady, and stake/fee economics behave as designed. The bottleneck is intake hardware headroom (1 vCPU), not “does the chain break.” Before mainnet: more CPU / sentry for ≥1,000/s and fund the full 21M pool (claim path already works on the 1,600 smoke).