According to PANews, the Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of a $40 million funding program called Retro9000, which aims to incentivize developers to build new protocols before the upcoming Avalanche9000 upgrade.

This plan extends the testnet cycle and attracts developers through the "incentive testnet". Users can obtain voting points through the Retro9000 platform to vote for high-quality projects.

Ultimately, qualified developers will need to deploy their projects to the mainnet to receive funding. Avalanche9000 is expected to simplify the deployment of Layer 1, and the testnet will be launched in October.