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Program Overview

Community-named 'Let's Forkin' Dance' (LFD) is a dynamic mix of on-chain and off-chain challenges created to celebrate and incentivize the active involvement of the Tanssi community and ecosystem. With opportunities tailored for builders, casual users, and key network supporters, there's something for everyone to enjoy.


The campaign is divided into three tracks:

  • Tanssians (Open to All): A significant part of the incentives is allocated for the Tanssi community, known as the Tanssians. Engage in community growth challenges and interact with appchains through Dancebox in on-chain quests to claim incentives. With activities spanning games, NFTs, and DeFi, there's ample opportunity for engagement. If you're not a Tanssian yet, now is your chance.

  • Builders (For Ecosystem Projects): The Builders Track boosts development and team growth by offering substantial incentives. It incentivizes excellent appchain performance and allows hosting on-chain quests to attract new users. Top performers receive additional incentives.

  • Block Producers (A.K.A. Collators): Block producers play a crucial role in Tanssi and its appchains for chain liveness and security. The campaign introduces performance-based challenges, with incentives for those who excel in block production. 

  • Tanssi Incentivized Testnet Details
    Program Tanssi Incentivized Testnet
    Eligibility Certain jurisdictional limitations apply (i.e. users must be non-U.S./Canada and OFAC compliant), as outlined here.
    Participation Limit Tanssians Track: Unlimited.

    Builders Track: Based on acceptance into the track. Applicants must fill out the builders form and successfully deploy on Dancebox, Tanssi’s Testnet. 

    Block Producers Track: To qualify, block producers must be part of the active set on Dancebox, Tanssi’s TestNet. Interested parties can apply using this form.
    Timeline* The Tanssi Incentivized Testnet will last approximately 3 months in duration. 

    The timeline is subject to change at the sole discretion of Tanssi.
    Allocated Incentives Approximately 10,000,000 TANS tokens (1.0% of the token supply) is designed for incentives.
    • Tanssians: 4,000,000 TANS tokens (40.0% of the token incentives)
    • Builders: 4,000,000 TANS tokens (40.0% of the token incentives)
    • Block Producers: 2,000,000 TANS tokens (20.0% of the token incentives)
    Testnet FAQ Tanssi Incentivized Testnet FAQ

Testnet Goals

  • Expand the Tanssi Community: Significantly increase the size and engagement of the Tanssi community to foster a robust and active user base.
  • Boost Activity on Dancebox: Enhance the utilization and interaction with Dancebox, Tanssi’s TestNet, by encouraging more frequent and varied use cases.
  • Educate and Prepare Token Holders: Equip Tanssi community token holders with comprehensive knowledge of the Tanssi ecosystem and important network activities, such as staking. This preparation is crucial for the upcoming launch of the Tanssi main network later this year.

Rewards

For the Let’s Forkin’ Dance campaign, a total incentive pool of up to 10,000,000 Tanssi Network tokens, representing 1.0% of the total token supply, is allocated to incentivize participants in three distinct tracks:

  • Tanssians: 40.0% of the Incentives pool is dedicated to the top 4,000 participants in this track.
  • Builders: A total of 40.0% of the pool is allocated to builders, with 10% for the highest performers and the remaining % for actively participating builders.
  • Block Producers: 20.0% of the campaign’s incentives are reserved for the top-performing block producers.


Tanssians Track Incentives

The total allocation for this track is 40.0% of the total incentives pool (4,000,000 tokens).

Participation in the Tanssians Track is unlimited; however, only the top 4,000 participants on the leaderboard will qualify for the incentives pool. These participants will be allocated incentives based on their position within the leaderboard as detailed in the table below.

Position Tier Name % of Tier Tokens per Tier # of participants Approx. Tokens per Participant
1 - 100 Forkin' Star 20% 800,000 100 8,000
101 - 500 Dancer 20% 800,000 400 2,000
501 - 1000 Rising Rhythm20% 800,000 500 1,600
1001 - 2000 Groove Mover 20% 800,000 1000 800
2001 - 4000 Aficionado 20% 800,000 2,000 400

Builders Track Incentives

Total Allocation: 40.0% of the total incentive pool (4,000,000 tokens) is allocated to builders.

  • High Performers: 25.0% of the Builders pool (1,000,000 tokens) is reserved for the top-performing builders.
  • Active Participation: The remaining 75.0% (3,000,000 tokens) is distributed among all actively participating builders, recognizing their contribution to the ecosystem's development.

Block Producers Track Incentives

Total Allocation: 20.0% of the total incentive pool (2,000,000 tokens) is reserved for the top-performing block producers. This incentive is designed to incentive reliability and outstanding block production performance during the testnet phase.

Token Utility

The Tanssi Network token serves several crucial roles within the Tanssi network:

  • Incentivizing Block Producers: The Tanssi token incentives block producers to ensure network reliability.
  • On-chain Governance: Central to network governance, the token is used for proposing referenda, electing council members, and voting on various issues.
  • Transaction Fees: The Tanssi token is essential for covering transaction fees within the network.
  • Appchains Services Payment: Once appchains are integrated into Tanssi, the token can be used to pay for services and tools provided by the network.
  • Data Retrievability: The token also incentivizes nodes that facilitate data retrievability.

Eligiblity

  • Tanssians Track: Open to an unlimited number of participants
  • Builders Track: Participation is based on acceptance into the track. Applicants must fill out the builders form and successfully deploy on Dancebox, Tanssi's TestNet.
  • Block Producers Track: To qualify, block producers must be part of the active set on Dancebox, Tanssi’s TestNet. Interested parties can apply using this form.

For Builders and Block Producers, the organizing team will contact you via email with details about the next steps.

Please note that:

  • Legal Restrictions: Participation in the Let's Forkin' Dance Incentivized Testnet Campaign is open only to individuals and entities in jurisdictions where such participation is legally permitted. The campaign specifically excludes residents and citizens of the United States, its territories, and any jurisdiction where participation would contravene local laws or regulations.
  • Compliance Requirements: Please keep in mind that the Tanssi Foundation reserves the right to potentially KYC participants in order to qualify for incentives.
  • Terms and Conditions: Detailed terms and conditions governing participation will be provided by the Tanssi Foundation at the start of the campaign. It is essential to review these terms to ensure compliance and understanding of the campaign rules.

Timeline

The Let’s Forkin' Dance campaign is expected to run for approximately three months starting on April 30, 2024 and ending on approximately July 31, 2024. 

Please note that the timeline may be adjusted at the discretion of Tanssi.

About Tanssi

Tanssi is an appchain infrastructure protocol designed to simplify and accelerate the deployment of application-specific blockchains (appchains). By integrating with Tanssi, any blockchain can be transformed into a modular appchain, equipped with a full suite of essential infrastructural components needed to operate immediately and efficiently.

Key features include a shared and decentralized network of block producers, ensuring robust security and data retrievability, alongside seamless integrations with vital tools like bridges, wallets, block explorers, RPC endpoints, indexers, oracles, and more. As a result, appchains can be deployed in just minutes—a significant improvement over the typical months-long process.

Rapid Deployment & Fast Finality: Tanssi uniquely reduces the time required to launch appchains. Typically, setting up a blockchain infrastructure can take months, but with Tanssi, appchains can be deployed in just minutes. This speed is unparalleled in the industry and crucial for projects needing to scale quickly and efficiently. Appchains deployed through tanssi also benefit from fast finality (seconds) as opposed to optimistic rollups that can take up to 30+ minutes.

Shared Security and Accessibility: Tanssi offers a shared and decentralized network of block producers. This not only enhances the security of the appchains but also ensures high availability and data retrievability without compromising on performance—key for maintaining trust and functionality in decentralized applications. Tanssi appchains also benefit from shared security so they’re not responsible for bootstrapping their own validator sets.

Comprehensive Ecosystem Integration: Unlike many platforms that require developers to manually integrate additional services, Tanssi appchains come "fully stocked." This includes seamless integrations with essential tools like bridges, wallets, block explorers, RPC endpoints, indexers, oracles, and more, creating a developer-friendly and permissionless environment that is ready to use out of the box.

Learn more at tanssi.network.