{"id":51462,"date":"2021-10-19T20:57:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T17:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=51462"},"modified":"2025-09-02T23:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:50:24","slug":"cosmos-to-launch-experimental-blockchain-sagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cosmos-to-launch-experimental-blockchain-sagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmos to launch experimental blockchain Sagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cosmos team is developing the Sagan blockchain, designed to test new protocols before their deployment on the mainnet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">< Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaganNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaganNetwork<\/a>,<br \/>Now in Development for Cosmos<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zdxnoq39Yy\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zdxnoq39Yy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CosmosSignal?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CosmosSignal<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udce1<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aAza3yWJzJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/aAza3yWJzJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cA95t43ZyW\">pic.twitter.com\/cA95t43ZyW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cosmos \u2014 The Interchain \u269b\ufe0f (@cosmos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cosmos\/status\/1450500104385875972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At the end of the video presentation, Cosmos includes a quote from the renowned American cosmologist Carl Sagan, as well as an image of a canary. The latter symbolises the Canary Network \u2014 an experimental network akin to Kusama from <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-polkadot-dot\">Polkadot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cosmos Signal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6uKR5SoN8nE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One of the key differences between testnets and Canary networks is that, in the former, tokens have no value, whereas in the latter they do, trading on exchanges. Value-bearing coins incentivise users to engage with the ecosystems, and to identify bugs and potential exploits more actively.<\/p>\n<p>During the presentation, Cosmos also announced a partnership with gaming company Forte. The latter, according to a person familiar with the matter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/post\/121257\/cosmos-is-building-a-new-blockchain-called-sagan-for-experimentation\">will invest an undisclosed amount in the project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Cosmos will launch <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cosmos-developer-sets-release-date-for-emeris-cross-chain-token-transfer-app\">the cross-chain platform Emeris<\/a> for decentralized applications with farming and staking capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog\u2019s news on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cosmos team is developing the Sagan blockchain, designed to test new protocols before their deployment on the mainnet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1173],"class_list":["post-51462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cosmos-atom"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51464,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51462\/revisions\/51464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}