Morana Network

Morana has four main stages: closed testnet, stress testing, open testnet and mainnet. Economics testing is part of the closed testnet. The working target for mainnet is Q1–Q2 2027, not a promised date. Testnet coins have no value.

1 · Closed testnet — now

Participation is by invitation. Nodes, the gateway (it links the apps to the blockchain), the pool and the relays (small servers that deliver encrypted messages) run on servers operated by the project. GPU mining, transparent and private transfers in the wallet, name registration and transfer, messaging and attachments in the messenger all work. The apps are available for Linux, Windows, macOS, Android and iPhone.

Private transfers and names are enabled from block 1; the relay registry, rewards and economic formula from block 2; MRST and MNST commitments from block 10,080. The target block interval is 60 seconds. There is no launch reserve.

Economics testing

The economics check runs for four weeks with project relays, fake relays set up specifically for testing and name-buying bots. Measurements show how effectively relay stakes and name prices limit abuse.

2 · Stress test

The network is tested with malformed transactions, extended fuzzing runs on private structures, Zcash reference vectors and tests of the emergency switch. Testers’ findings are part of this work. Reported bugs are investigated and fixes are checked again. Before the open testnet, a week of attack and service-failure exercises checks network resilience.

3 · Open testnet

Anyone can run a relay, sign-up is open, and a faucet for test coins appears. Relay and name economics are tested with more users taking part. Fixes ship as new versions of the node and apps, and the network's data is kept. By this stage the messenger routes each message through several relays (onion routing) and adds dummy traffic that hides when you are really writing. The open testnet lasts from 30 to 90 days. The duration depends on the test results.

Test branches

Separate tests of relay-based VPN and the MorPow algorithm are planned for the open testnet. The results will determine whether they are used on mainnet.

VPN on relays. In the test branch, relay operators will be able to choose to run a VPN on their server with a separate IP address. By default, connections will pass through two endpoints run by different operators: the entry sees the user’s IP address but not the destination; the exit sees the destination but not the user’s IP address. The VPN is planned as a messenger module. Users will pay operators directly through private transfers, with no accounts. The testnet will offer a free quota and payment in test coins. The test results will determine whether the VPN is used on mainnet.

MorPow is the working name for a KawPow variant with its own constants and a small table in the GPU cache. It is intended to support older GPUs as well. The goals are to make attacks using rented standard-KawPow hashpower harder and to reduce power consumption on individual cards. Compatibility and power use will be checked on a separate test network with its own miner. The current network runs on KawPow. The mainnet algorithm will be chosen based on the test results.

4 · Mainnet — target: Q1–Q2 2027

Mainnet launch requires 30 to 90 days of open testnet with no consensus bugs found. Before launch, the project finalizes the network parameters, registers the coin type for wallets and prepares signed builds of all apps. Seven days ahead, the project announces the launch date and time, the genesis hash, build links and the schedule for enabling the private layer.

The first block is ordinary: no reserve, no premine, no coin sale. At the announced hour the project's nodes start mining on equal terms with everyone else. Testnet coins and blockchain state do not carry over to mainnet.