testnet

XE is a decentralized
compute & networking platform.

LedgerComputeMessagingGovernanceIdentity (soon)

An account chain each, transactions final in seconds with zero fees, XE carrying the vote weight, signed P2P chat and multisig governance — with leasing built on top, so a VM can be rented from a stranger and settled on-chain. Built for people and machines. This is a testnet under active development, and not all of it works yet — the status below is honest about which parts. Come stress-test it.

$git clone https://github.com/xeprotocol/xe
$cd xe && make build
$./xe wallet create
[network:testnet-0004finality:~3sfees:0providers:2]
Status

XE is pre-1.0 and this is a testnet, so some of what is described on this site is built and running, and some of it is not. Here is the split, as it actually stands today.

Working today
  • Build the binary and run a node that joins testnet-0004
  • Join the P2P XE network
  • Wallets, addresses and keys
  • Get 1,000 XE per account per day from the faucet
  • Send, receive and check balances in XE
  • Burn XE
  • Explorer and wallet UI, embedded in the node
  • REST API and SSE event streams
  • Signed peer-to-peer chat
  • Run a provider node and earn XE when leases settle
  • Compute leasing end to end: escrow, timekeeper-attested acceptance and settlement, renewal, cancellation
  • SSH into a leased VM through the testnet SSH gateway
  • XUSD-priced leases, settled on-chain (XUSD is operator-minted — testers can read the market but cannot fund a lease yet)
On the roadmap, not testable yet
  • GPU compute
  • Proof of uptime for providers (design stage)
  • Identity
  • A public way for testers to obtain XUSD
Help Us Break It

We want this testnet hammered

Top bug hunters & heavy users will be recognized on mainnet. The bug bounty runs in phases — Phase 1, transactions & running a node, is open now.Bug Bounty →
~3sFinality
0Fees
3Bootstrap Nodes
2Providers Online
42MXE Supply
Quick Start

Build the binary, make two wallets, move XE between them. The terminal below is a simulation of the real CLI — type in it. Against the live network the faucet works and providers are online; the shell here is a simulation, so it shows you what each command does without touching your wallet.

xe-testnet
Tooling
Capabilities
[DAG]

Block Lattice

Every account has its own chain. Transactions are parallel, non-blocking, and final in seconds. No miners, no mempool.

[P2P]

P2P Networking

Peer discovery and data propagation over libp2p. Nodes find each other automatically and sync directly, peer to peer.

[CON]

Fast Consensus

Every block finalizes through representative voting: converge, commit-lock, then an irrevocable final vote at ≥67% of delegated weight — in parallel across account chains.

[XE]

XE Votes, XUSD Pays

XE is the native asset: it carries voting weight and is what providers earn when a lease settles. XUSD is the stablecoin that prices compute; on the testnet only the operators' minter accounts issue it — a mintable asset must never mint consensus power, so only XE ever votes. Zero transaction fees.

[MSG]

Signed Messaging

Send ed25519-signed messages between any two accounts, in real time, delivered over libp2p streams encrypted with Noise/TLS 1.3 and streamed to clients over SSE.

[PRV]

Earn by Providing

Run a provider node, offer your spare compute, earn XE emissions every time a lease settles. Bare metal or cloud — your choice. Providers are live on the testnet and settling leases, and there is room for more.

[VM]

Compute Leasing

Lease a real VM from a provider, SSH in through the testnet gateway, renew a minute at a time, settle on-chain. Escrow, timekeeper-attested timing, renewal, cancellation and force-settle are live. Leases are priced in XUSD, which only the operators can mint today — so you can read the market and run a provider, but funding a lease yourself is not open to testers yet.

[DAO]

Multisig Governance

Network parameters evolve through state-chain op blocks with M-of-N multisig signing. No hard forks.

[UP]

Provable Uptime (upcoming)

Design stage — providers will prove they were online and serving via cryptographic uptime proofs. Not yet implemented.

Start Building

The node source is public under the GPL-3 — clone it, build it, run it, break it. Findings in the active bounty phase are worth XE.