Horizen Early Adopter Program (HEAP)

An opportunity for developers to gain exclusive and early access to Horizen's newest releases and product features before they are publicly available.

Why Join?

Early insight into new technology and products
Play a pivotal role in shaping feature designs and how the products will finally turn out
Developer tutorials and other free learning materials
Invite only webinars and pre-release product demo

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LIVE

ZENDOO
PUBLIC TESTNET

The most powerful blockchain scalability
protocol is live for testing.

Learn about Zendoo

Choose your consensus, choose your speed, customize your crypto-economy!

With Zendoo, developers can have design freedom and massive throughput without compromising decentralization.

Zendoo provides all necessary components required for building blockchains and their custom business logic. The Zendoo framework allows developers to focus only on the specific features of their blockchain instead of low-level tasks, making the deployment of a complete blockchain system much more efficient and effective.

LAUNCH A BLOCKCHAIN

Install

Required software

JAVA 8 OR NEWER SCALA 2.12 x

Download

Zendoo Beta SDK

DOWNLOAD SDK

Follow

Readme instructions to compile sidechain zend, sync to testnet, and get a test ZEN address (zt)

DOCUMENTATION

Claim

Free test ZEN. Make sure you obtained a zt address from step 3

FAQ

What’s expected of me if I participate in the program?

Your feedback. We want to hear from you, so we can improve our solutions based on your feedback. If you find a bug or have a suggestion, please open an issue on https://github.com/HorizenOfficial/Sidechains-SDK/issues

Who is eligible?

Java or Scala developers who are familiar with blockchain technology.

I want to use the Zendoo SDK, how do I get started?

Install Java 8 or newer, Scala 2.12.x, SBT 0.13.x
Download Zendoo Preview SDK
Follow instructions in the README file in the SimpleApp folder: Compile SC zend, sync to testnet, and get a test zen address (zt)
Get test ZEN. Make sure you obtained a zt address from step 3

What is Test ZEN (tZEN)?

Testnet coins are separate and distinct from actual ZEN, and are never supposed to have any value. tZEN allows application developers or Horizen testers to experiment and test Horizen applications. tZEN cannot be used as an exchange of value.