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Nexus testnet attracts 1.5M nodes from 187 countries in December test

Nexus testnet attracts 1.5M nodes from 187 countries in December test

GrafaGrafa2024/12/20 09:10
By:Mahathir Bayena

Nexus (CRYPTO:NXS), a firm focused on building a decentralised supercomputer, successfully attracted over 1.5 million nodes from 187 countries during its recent testnet.

The testnet, which ran from December 9 to 13, saw significant participation, with about 800,000 web nodes and 700,000 command-line interface nodes.

At peak capacity, more than 100,000 nodes were active.

Nexus’ CEO, Daniel Marin, commented that the testnet results reflect “early excitement” for a shared supercomputer, which aims to aggregate global computing power from mobile devices and computers.

In June, Nexus raised $25 million in Series A funding to build this decentralised infrastructure, which is intended to create a “Verifiable internet.”

The goal is to tap into distributed computing power to achieve this objective.

The testnet data revealed that 37% of the network traffic came from mobile devices, with mobile participation surpassing desktops in countries such as Ethiopia and Poland.

Nexus emphasised the importance of reducing entry barriers and making it easy for anyone to connect to the network with any device.

Although the nodes are decentralised, Nexus maintains control over the programs provided on the supercomputer.

According to Marin, the firm chooses the programs featured on the network but will also accept submissions for programs after a thorough review process.

Nexus’ approach follows in the footsteps of previous projects like SETI@home, which used internet-connected computers for scientific research.

Other current initiatives in decentralised computing include Internet Computer (CRYPTO:IC), Golem (CRYPTO:GLM), and Zennet.

Marin added that there is still work to be done to scale the network globally.

At the time of reporting, the price of Nexus (NXS) was $0.05449. 

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