# Gaia-9003 planning thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Validation\ **Created:** [December 6, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423 "2018-12-06T19:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![certus\_zl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/certus_zl/32/360_2.png) [@certus\_zl](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/certus_zl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/1 "2018-12-06T19:04:02Z")
gaia-9002 died due to a consensus failure: > Now, it would be rather useful to have a functional testnet in the lead-up to GoS, and Zaki wants the community to launch a new testnet without his participation, so, let’s do it! ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/cosmos1/original/1X/057005b221cace7e6ae693c64e3f39c39523bf59.png) Key points/questions: - It should be a decentralized start, with gentx submissions. - Will it be an official community-driven testnet called gaia-9003? - When to launch the new testnet? In our opinion, Monday is the earliest option - it takes a while to collect the gentx files, and it’s unfair to force people to work on weekends. - Will GoS start on Tuesday in spite of the untimely demise of 9002? (unlikely, and it’s our opinion that we should get gaia-9003 started first and not rush things) - A few people _do_ want to spend their weekend launching a new testnet, and there’s nothing wrong with that as long as it’s clear that it’s just for fun and won’t last. Do we want to do this? Who is going to coordinate it? Our gentx collector is up and running: [https://genesis.certus.one](https://genesis.certus.one) ---
**Author:** ![melea-trust](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/melea-trust/32/90_2.png) [@melea-trust](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/melea-trust)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/2 "2018-12-06T19:25:40Z")
> [@certus\_zl](#): > > Key points/questions: > > - It should be a decentralized start, with gentx submissions. > - Will it be called gaia-9003? > - When to launch the new testnet? In our opinion, Monday is the earliest option - it takes a while to collect the gentx files, and it’s unfair to force people to work on weekends. > - Will GoS start on Tuesday in spite of the untimely demise of 9002? > - A few people _do_ want to spend their weekend launching a new testnet during the weekend, and IMO, there’s nothing wrong with that as long as it’s clear that it’s just for fun and won’t last. Do we want to do this? when you said A few people _do_ want to spend their weekend launching a new testnet during the weekend, and IMO, there’s nothing wrong with that as long as it’s clear that it’s just for fun and won’t last. Do we want to do this? you are wrong because is not for fun , is for test the GoS Software and launch. and and i dont belived Zaki was talking about he don’t want to participate in the launch of 9003. imo he was talking about the testnet-gos launch. ---
**Author:** ![certus\_zl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/certus_zl/32/360_2.png) [@certus\_zl](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/certus_zl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/3 "2018-12-06T22:49:48Z")
> [@melea-trust](#): > > you are wrong because is not for fun , is for test the GoS Software and launch. It’s more valuable if this kind of testing involves the whole community, not just a subset. ---
**Author:** ![certus\_zl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/certus_zl/32/360_2.png) [@certus\_zl](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/certus_zl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/4 "2018-12-06T23:30:09Z")
Our genesis collector tool is ready to accept your submissions for the community testnet: [https://genesis.certus.one/](https://genesis.certus.one/) All submitted transactions are validated to ensure a smoother decentralized launch. The tool generates a genesis.json file from the submissions. Let’s see how the gentx process goes and then establish community consensus on the launch date! ---
**Author:** ![certus\_zl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/certus_zl/32/360_2.png) [@certus\_zl](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/certus_zl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/5 "2018-12-07T13:40:44Z")
Current state: - GoS schedule did not change, since the Cosmos team assumes that the gaia-9002 bug has already been fixed in the current develop branch. - The [genki-1000](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/genki-1000-a-testnet-from-the-community/1426/5) community testnet is currently collecting gentx transactions (deadline is 15:00 UTC), and will launch later today. More information in Forbole’s repo: [https://github.com/forbole/cosmos-genki](https://github.com/forbole/cosmos-genki) - gaia-9003 will be community-driven as well. No schedule as of now (probably post-GoS). ---
**Author:** ![melea-trust](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/melea-trust/32/90_2.png) [@melea-trust](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/melea-trust)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/6 "2018-12-07T13:43:21Z")
great tool, i used very easy. in summary genki-1000 now loading… gaia-9003 is coming too in `decentralised fashion launch` 😉 ---
**Author:** ![certus\_zl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/certus_zl/32/360_2.png) [@certus\_zl](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/certus_zl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/7 "2018-12-08T23:29:39Z")
Further outlook: > **[A story of four Cosmos testnets – Certus One – Medium](https://medium.com/certus-one/a-story-of-four-cosmos-testnets-c8c7a4367078)** > > Following the untimely demise of gaia-9002, the Cosmos validator community was left with no public testnet right before the Game of Stakes… ---
**Author:** ![suyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@suyu](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/suyu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/8 "2018-12-09T05:05:10Z")
do you think GoS could still be running during Xmas& new year? I dont see a way that we could stop the GoS chain and restart later after holidays. The export function is no tested yet. ---
**Author:** ![certus\_zl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/certus_zl/32/360_2.png) [@certus\_zl](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/certus_zl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/9 "2018-12-09T21:10:17Z")
> [@suyu](#): > > do you think GoS could still be running during Xmas& new year? Yes, with the current schedule, it will. Not ideal. ---
**Author:** ![kreiosx3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/kreiosx3/32/450_2.png) [@kreiosx3](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/kreiosx3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/10 "2018-12-11T17:30:08Z")
Hi there, any news about Gaia-9003 ---
**Author:** ![cwgoes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/cwgoes/32/323_2.png) [@cwgoes](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/cwgoes)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/gaia-9003-planning-thread/1423/11 "2018-12-11T20:49:31Z")
> [@suyu](#): > > I dont see a way that we could stop the GoS chain and restart later after holidays. The export function is no tested yet. The export-import functionality is pretty well-tested, I think - it’s now part of several CI tests. That said, there certainly could be bugs! If you do discover any please don’t hesistate to file issues. I think intentionally stopping the GoS chain for the holidays and restarting afterwards is very plausible and would be respectful of validators’ time. Possibly a candidate governance proposal!