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+      "slug": "stage1-live",
+      "title": "LORO Testnet Stage 1 is Live",
+      "date": "2024-08-20",
+      "category": [
+        {
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+          "slug": "developers",
+          "title": "Developers"
+        }
+      ],
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+        "name": "Zach Ramsay"
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+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "Yesterday the LORO Testnet stage 1 launched successfully with a diverse set of qualified Validators. The rolling genesis ceremony included Validators who demonstrated proficiency in setting up Service Provider infrastructure during stage 0."
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              
+	      {
+                "type": "paragraph",
+                "children": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "As of this writing, the chain has 57 Validators and 21 Service Providers. For every valid request published to the Laconic Registry, a copy of the specified webapp will be deployed by each online Service Provider. Service Providers will soon have the option to require payment to deploy a webapp."
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+
+              {
+                "type": "paragraph",
+                "children": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "View the Laconic Registry records here: "
+                  },
+                {
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+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "For App Publishers"
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+                ]
+              },
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+              {
+                "type": "paragraph",
+                "children": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "Anyone who completed stage 0 registration using the onboarding process and Laconic Wallet has a funded account on stage 1, and can begin completing tasks for App Publishers. The role selected during the onboarding app no longer applies; any account can participate as an App Publisher, Service Provider, or both."
+                  }
+		]
+	      },
+              
+	      {
+                "type": "paragraph",
+                "children": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "We look forward to a variety of “non-reference webapps” published for Task 12. Some examples include: a personal website, simple game, or a DeFi front end like "
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "url": "https://github.com/DarkFlorist/Horswap",
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+                    ],
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+                        "value": "this fork of Uniswap"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": ". This will help pave the way for an ecosystem of robust offshore web3 hosting."
+                  }
+		]
+	      },
+              {
+                "type": "paragraph",
+                "children": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "span",
+                    "value": "See you on the LORO testnet!"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+	      {
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+                  "type": "span",
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