To help launch testnets more quickly, I think we should create new genesis files by taking the Top 25 Validators by total precommits in the previous testnet.
The idea is that the Validators who successfully stayed up and recorded the most precommits are most likely to quickly and smoothly launch new networks.
Voting power would be reset to 100 for every validator, and once 17 of the 25 genesis Validators come online, the testnet can launch and everyone else can join and start testing.
This would allow successful testing of async network launches, while also increasing iteration speed of the testnets. Validators could continue troubleshooting their configuration/setups in parallel with network testing, as opposed to currently stopping network testing.
To ensure anyone who wants to validate can join the testnet, there could also be multiple community run faucets so there isn’t a single point of failure for getting steaks.
Thoughts?