【Avalanche Launches Avalanche9000 Upgrade on Testnet and Introduces $40 Million Grant Program】According to Golden Finance, the team behind the layer 1 blockchain network Avalanche launched its significant upgrade on the testnet on Monday, called "Avalanche9000," which includes multiple technical improvements aimed at reducing the cost of blockchain deployment by 99.9%. These improvements include community proposals ACP-77 (making Avalanche layer 1 validators more flexible) and ACP-125 (aimed at reducing Avalanche's base fees by 96%). The press release stated that alongside this upgrade, Retro9000 was also launched, a $40 million grant program to reward builders developing layer 1 blockchain and other tools on the Avalanche9000 testnet.