<p>Well, we can assume that it will be maintained indefinetely because Cardano will also will be under development.</p>
<p>In the same way as in system administration you have Dev, Staging and Production environments in Cardano we also need to have testnet before pushing that in mainnet.</p>

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2021-05-01T05:29:03.837Z
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Petar Enchev
<p>No, there are plans to reset the testnet in the future, probably sometime after Goguen.</p>
<p>But it is immutable forever, if you keep the blockchain data.</p>

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2021-05-01T19:40:52.917Z
Since it could be reset that means it's being maintained by a central entity or does it run on top of volunteer nodes?
Aron Neewart
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It is run by the IOG DevOps' team, but most of the nodes are run by the community.
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
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Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>As the Cardano mainnet, will the Cardano testnet be maintained indefinitely and immutably or it will perish at some point in time?</p>

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Is the Cardano testnet indefinite and immutable?
# Is the Cardano testnet indefinite and immutable?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-01)

As the Cardano mainnet, will the Cardano testnet be maintained indefinitely and immutably or it will perish at some point in time?

**Tags:** mainnet, testnet

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-05-01. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

No, there are plans to reset the testnet in the future, probably sometime after Goguen.

But it is immutable forever, if you keep the blockchain data.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Since it could be reset that means it's being maintained by a central entity or does it run on top of volunteer nodes?  
> **username_2**: It is run by the IOG DevOps' team, but most of the nodes are run by the community.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-01. Score: 0

Well, we can assume that it will be maintained indefinetely because Cardano will also will be under development.

In the same way as in system administration you have Dev, Staging and Production environments in Cardano we also need to have testnet before pushing that in mainnet.


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