🎉Good news! The Celo Foundation announced the launch of the Celo L2 testnet Dango, a key step for core contributor cLabs to bring an EVM-compatible independent blockchain to Ethereum. 🚀

📢The plan, first proposed during EthCC 2023, is to fork the Alfajores testnet to Dango, allowing ecosystem developers to begin transitioning their projects to the latest iteration of blockchain built for the real world, designed for fast, low-cost payments around the world.

🎈With the launch of Dango today, all historical data of Alfajores, including smart contracts, accounts, and balances, will be retained and carried forward. 🔐

🔧The testnet is built on Optimism's OP Stack. With the strategic funding of the Eigen Foundation to the Celo community and the community's support for cLabs' subsequent governance proposals, the Celo L2 testnet uses EigenDA as an alternative data availability layer to maintain low transaction fees.

👏 Let us look forward to the Celo L2 testnet Dango bringing new possibilities for fast and low-cost global payments!