Rangers Protocol has opened its testnet to users, aiming to provide an Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible solution that supports cross-chain contract interoperability. In a Friday announcement, Rangers Protocol said it had successfully migrated its first DApp to the testnet, which went live on July 19. The project migrated an Ethereum-based lending protocol, BlueStone, to the testnet, a move that Rangers described as “smooth and developer-friendly” given its Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM, compatibility. Though there are seemingly alternative solutions utilizing Solidity-friendly blockchain technology, Rangers Protocol is branding its testnet as useful to “new developers without blockchain background knowledge.” Individuals interested in …

The Crypto.com chain testnet allowing projects built on Ethereum to transfer over to its ecosystem from chains compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine is now live. In a Tuesday announcement, Crypto.com said it had launched the testnet for its Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM, chain called Cronos, running in parallel to the Crypto.org chain. The chain is aimed at providing developers the ability to move projects from Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains to the Crypto.org ecosystem, giving users greater access to DeFi features like smart contracts. “We are going to provide full support for developers building on Cronos: technical, funding, marketing — …

Despite being, perhaps, the biggest tech buzzword of the last decade, blockchain technology has largely remained just that: a buzzword. While its best-known implementation, Bitcoin (BTC), has become a household name, the technology that underpins it remains little more than a mystery for most. By and large, this can be attributed to slow progress in the adoption of the technology for consumers and businesses, caused by divided attention. Rather than a collective push to build advancements only on the Bitcoin blockchain, we’ve instead seen a clamor to build too many alternate blockchain platforms. Resources that could have been used to …