On September 5, SOON (Solana Optimistic Network) announced that it will soon launch a testnet and conduct public testing. Developers and users can now use the SOON Bridge UI to deposit and withdraw funds to SOON Devnet. Its block browser is now online, and the functions that can be performed on SOON Devnet include: cross-chain assets to SOON Devnet; explore the Devnet block browser; and deploy smart contracts.
BlockBeats previously reported that Solana Optimistic Network (SOON) completed the "cobuilder" round of financing, with participation from Solana Foundation Chairman Lily Liu, Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, Coinbase Ventures Director Jonathan King, Celestia Labs co-founder Mustafa Al-Bassam, Avail co-founder Robinson Burkey, Wormhole Foundation co-founder Robinson Burkey, etc. The specific amount of financing has not been disclosed. This round of financing is specifically for builders - hence the name - and no venture capital firms participated.
It is reported that the funds raised by Solana Optimistic Network will be used to build it into "the highest throughput rollup stack, providing scalability and efficiency for decentralized applications and any Layer 1 blockchain" by building the flagship products SOON Stack and SOON Mainnet.
