According to TechFlow, Shardeum announced that the third phase of its Atomium incentive testnet will be officially launched on October 1, 2024.

The previous two phases have been successfully completed, attracting more than 540,000 users, including more than 11,000 validators, and facilitating more than 5 million transactions. The third phase is expected to last 3-4 weeks, longer than the previous two phases. The new phase will introduce five levels of tasks, including referral programs, social tasks, unlock referral reward challenges, voting and quiz games, as well as tower challenges, Wordle games and unlimited SHM transfers.

It is worth noting that the scope of the validator's tasks will be expanded, and a penalty mechanism will be introduced to simulate the mechanism on the main network. If the node violates or fails to meet certain standards, the user's XP points will be penalized.