Blockchain improvement agency Peersyst Expertise has introduced {that a} testnet model of an Ethereum-compatible sidechain for the XRP Ledger is now formally dwell.
The corporate says that the milestone has been accomplished in collaboration with RippleX, the event arm of Ripple, Web3 interoperability platform Alexar Community, and blockchain science agency Frequent Prefix.
The primary-of-its-kind sidechain goals to unlock the potential of decentralized finance on XRPL. It makes use of the Ripple-linked XRP cryptocurrency as its native token.
The devnet model of the sidechain was initially launched again in October 2022. A new model was then rolled out in June 2023.
Following the testnet launch, Peersyst is now on observe to announce new companions and validators within the coming days. “There’s nonetheless much more to announce, however we’re taking it step-by-step,” the agency mentioned.
Final September, Schwartz mentioned that he needed the XRPL EVM sidechain to succeed. “I hope the XRPL EVM sidechain is extraordinarily profitable and aggressive as a sensible contract platform and might be one other XRP ecosystem,” Schwartz mentioned.
