Concordium releases Testnet 2

[VeryWellDone]

This release is an invite for community members, node runners and users in general to preview the technology behind the curtain and to help us in this testing phase.

What’s in the box?


[Node] — Passive node: A node that participates in the Concordium network. It relays messages, provides an API for submitting transactions and inspecting the chain, and processes blocks, but does not produce any blocks on its own.
[Node] — Baker node: Does everything a passive node does, but in addition participates in consensus, producing blocks.
[Node] — Finalizer node: Does everything a baker node does, but in addition, participates in the finalization part of our consensus.

[Client] — Tools for interacting with the container

[Mobile app] — Android-based Concordium ID with an Identity service — Download here
[Mobile app] — Creating identities
[Mobile app] — Creating accounts
[Mobile appt] — Making transfers
[Mobile appt] — Depositing Testnet-GTU tokens
[Mobile app] — Exporting identities and accounts

[Identity] — Integration with Notabene
[Identity] — Notabene developer identity flow for easy generation of test-identities
[Identity] — Notabene identity flow

[Visualization] — An improved network dashboard including a simple block explorer
[Visualization] — A node dashboard with support for becoming a baker


Notable changes

[Enhancement] — Catch-up time improvements:
The time needed for new nodes to catch-up has been significantly reduced
Restarting nodes can now choose to start from their local database removing the need to do a complete catch-up.
[Enhancement] — Storage requirements improvements
Storage of the chain on nodes has been optimized
[Client] — Extended in the following areas:
Managing bakers
Account delegation
Module query
Account management

https://medium.com/concordium/concordium-releases-testnet-2-35a707702698