SkyPools Testnet Launch: Our Community Testing Giveaway
50,000 $SWINGBY to be won by 10 winners every week!
Hi Swingby community,
You’ve been waiting for SkyPools and we’ve been working hard to make SkyPools happen for months. Today we’re excited to announce that SkyPools testnet is finally here!
After months of development, we’ve successfully tested and deployed SkyPools on Ropsten testnet. You’ll be able to try it out yourself here at
https://skypools-testnet.swingby.network
Recap: What is SkyPools? 💡
For those of you who are new to the SkyPools, here is a recap.
SkyPools is an upgrade to SkyBridge, giving SkyBridge superpowers to interact with smart contracts after you’ve bridged Bitcoin. To start, the first type of smart contract interaction we are launching is AMM swaps.
This means that you are able to swap from native Bitcoin into any ERC-20 asset (or vice versa) with SkyPools. Say goodbye to complicated transfers, centralised exchanges and jumping across different platforms!
With SkyPools, you can efficiently swap, bridge and move your assets across chains easily and efficiently. For those of you with heavy Bitcoin stacks, now is the time for you to give your stacks the superpowers of DeFi!
For more information on how SkyPools work, please check out our articles here and here or ask us questions in our Discord.
Testnet Deployment & What it means 🧪
So what does a testnet deployment mean for you?
A deployment on testnet helps us simulate all SkyPools functionality in a controlled test environment (e.g. Ropsten). On the testnet, we can test the end-to-end flows to spot and fix edge cases before our Mainnet deployment. Rigorously testing SkyPools will be essential for us to create a seamless & reliable product for our users.
Once we have done thorough and rigorous testing on Ropsten testnet, we are one step closer to having SkyPools on Mainnet for you to swap trustlessly and seamlessly between native Bitcoin & ERC-20 assets
We need your help to test SkyPools 🤝
As the core development team, we’ve managed to bring SkyPools from an idea to a working product. From here on, we need your help. We need your help to test SkyPools thoroughly on Ropsten and ensure that we’ve got all flows and edge cases covered.
In exchange for your help, we’ve allocated a pool of 100,000 $SWINGBY tokens to reward Swingby community testers from 20 December 2021 till 3 January 2022. Over the next 2 weeks, 10 lucky community testers can share a pot of 50,000 $SWINGBY every week.
Here’s what we need from you:
Request test BTC and Ropsten ETH from public faucets
Complete 1 swap from test BTC into any ERC-20 Token on
Complete 1 swap from any ERC-20 token into test BTC on
Post a tweet and tag us at @swingbyprotocol.
Your tweet should follow the format of:
“@SwingbyProtocol #SkyPools is coming soon! Check out my swaps <Ropsten Etherscan link for BTC → ERC-20 swap>
and <Ropsten Etherscan link for ERC-20 → BTC0 swap>”
Here’s a sample:
If you face any issues or bugs, please reach out to us on Telegram or Discord.
At the end of every week, we will collate the user submissions with valid transactions and draw 10 lucky community testers to win. To reward active community testers, you are able to qualify and win in both the first and second week.
In early January, we will be airdropping the $SWINGBY to all lucky winners.
Giveaway FAQs 👇
How can I participate in the giveaway?
Please follow the steps stated above. We’ll be looking out from Tweets from you that have the following format: “@SwingbyProtocol #SkyPools is coming soon! Check out my swaps <Ropsten Etherscan link for BTC → ERC-20 swap>
and <Ropsten Etherscan link for ERC-20 → BTC0 swap>”
How do I set up a Bitcoin testnet wallet?
To create a Bitcoin testnet wallet, you can refer to the following tutorials: https://support.bitpay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015463612-How-to-Create-a-Testnet-Wallet OR https://help.coinify.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409767765266-Sandbox-testing-setting-up-a-BTC-testnet-wallet-and-getting-free-BTCtHow do I set up a Ethereum testnet wallet?
If you are using Metamask, you can just switch to the Ropsten network.
How do I get test tokens on the test networks (i.e. Ropsten ETH and Bitcoin testnet)?
You can request test Bitcoin and Ropsten ETH from the following public faucets:Is there a minimum or maximum amount I should swap?
This is not a volume-based giveaway, so there are no requirements on volume.Can I submit more than 1 entry?
Yes, submitting more Tweet with unique swaps will give you higher chances of winning. However, you can only be selected once per week.What is the timeframe of the giveaway? How are winners selected?
The giveaway will start from 20 December to 3 January for 2 weeks. From 20 December to 26 December, we will collate all the Tweets and do a lucky draw for 10 lucky winners. From 27 December to 3 January, we will repeat the process to pick 10 lucky winners.How do I know if I’ve won?
At the end of each week, we will draw the lucky winners and reach out to you on Twitter!If I’ve won in the 1st week, can I win in the 2nd week again?
Yes, you can. You’ll need to do another swap in the 2nd week and post a Tweet to be eligible.
SkyPools Testnet Launch: Our Community Testing Giveaway
I participated in the testnet and i must confess that it is really a worthy venture.
How do you connect the bitpay wallet to skypool?