The launch of the mainnet is the final step in a three-phase process that started with a private testnet for some community members and developers
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The Terra lending protocol, Mars Hub, has announced plans to launch its own Cosmos application chain on January 31. They will also be issuing MARS tokens to those who hold it during two snapshots on Terra Classic.
The mainnet for Mars Hub will go live with 16 initial validators, including Chill Validation, Chorus One, Block Pane, Cosmology, CryptoCrew Validators, ECO Stake and others. After the launch, 34 additional slots will be available for permissionless validators.
The Mars Hub is planning to delegate a total of 50 million MARS tokens to the genesis validators for the launch of the mainnet and then return them to the community pool after one month.
This is to help protect the network from a potential attack by a rogue validator that could accumulate a large amount of MARS tokens shortly after the launch and manipulate transactions on the network.
The launch of the mainnet is the final step in a three-phase process that started with a private testnet for some community members and developers, followed by a public testnet. Additionally, the first Mars outpost will be launched on the Osmosis blockchain in early February.