[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  OxTøchi 🦇🔈 [@OxTochi](/creator/twitter/OxTochi) on x 68.2K followers Created: 2025-07-15 14:27:52 UTC okay seriously not all testnets will be successful using the gated pattern like succinct did it worked for them cos they're building a b2b product, their main/direct users are devs, protos and infra builders can tell that the goal was to stress test, verify performance and validate their tech like the approach or not, from magic newton to katana etc, your favorite protocols use them to generate and verify onchain proofs would be different if it were a retail-heavy or liquidity-based product, cos here, you'd want as many people as possible testing why? cos in there lies your future users, your mainnet liquidity, gating it will be counter-productive however, there's a big challenge here, how do you reward these many testers properly? cos when done poorly you'd be left with a disgruntled community who would swe@r never to use your product again so what can retail-heavy products do then? go hybrid gate it at first, give early users and contributors an edge, and go fully public later think mitosis GoM testnet, while this isn't a clear example, it is something close... expedition users who met a certain minimum threshold were given early access and had the opportunity to get waitlist codes as well didn't stop at that, they earned some boosts/multipliers based off previous contributions that helped them climb up the ranks really fast well, as a founder, it all boils down to X things X. who you're building for X. what you need most (tech validation or community bootstrapping?) your honest answer should inform what strat is best for you to ship goodly thanks for playin yours sincerely, co-founder of nothing XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [katana](/topic/katana) [newton](/topic/newton) [verify](/topic/verify) [infra](/topic/infra) [devs](/topic/devs) [cos](/topic/cos) [Post Link](https://x.com/OxTochi/status/1945128183071752263)
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OxTøchi 🦇🔈 @OxTochi on x 68.2K followers
Created: 2025-07-15 14:27:52 UTC
okay seriously
not all testnets will be successful using the gated pattern like succinct did
it worked for them cos they're building a b2b product, their main/direct users are devs, protos and infra builders
can tell that the goal was to stress test, verify performance and validate their tech
like the approach or not, from magic newton to katana etc, your favorite protocols use them to generate and verify onchain proofs
would be different if it were a retail-heavy or liquidity-based product, cos here, you'd want as many people as possible testing
why? cos in there lies your future users, your mainnet liquidity, gating it will be counter-productive
however, there's a big challenge here, how do you reward these many testers properly?
cos when done poorly you'd be left with a disgruntled community who would swe@r never to use your product again
so what can retail-heavy products do then?
go hybrid
gate it at first, give early users and contributors an edge, and go fully public later
think mitosis GoM testnet, while this isn't a clear example, it is something close...
expedition users who met a certain minimum threshold were given early access and had the opportunity to get waitlist codes as well
didn't stop at that, they earned some boosts/multipliers based off previous contributions that helped them climb up the ranks really fast
well, as a founder, it all boils down to X things X. who you're building for X. what you need most (tech validation or community bootstrapping?)
your honest answer should inform what strat is best for you to ship goodly
thanks for playin yours sincerely, co-founder of nothing
XXXXXX engagements
