La Tanda Chain is a Cosmos SDK v0.53.6 / CometBFT blockchain for decentralized financial services in Latin America. The testnet has been live since February 25, producing blocks every ~5 seconds. We’re looking for node operators and validators to join the network.
Incentivized Testnet (March-June 2026)
We’re allocating rewards from our 40M LTD staking pool (20% of 200M total supply) to early participants:
Tier
Requirement
Reward
Slots
Full Node Operator
Run synced node 30+ days, 95% uptime
500 LTD
20
Testnet Validator
Full node → validator, maintain uptime
2,000 LTD
10
Infrastructure Partner
Public RPC, snapshots, state sync
5,000 LTD
5
Bug Reporter
Valid chain/consensus bugs
100-1,000 LTD
Open
Testnet LTD for validator staking (50K self-stake requirement) is available by request — we’ll delegate from the genesis account.
Chain uptime: stable since Q1 2026, no consensus incidents
Two governance proposals have now passed on-chain (GOV-001 and
GOV-002). GOV-002 specifically bumped signed_blocks_window from
100 → 10,000 to prevent validator jails during bootstrap phase —
thanks to the community for voting on this
A few validators asked: “is this really more than a ROSCA app?”
Yes. Here’s what shipped since the original post:
MIA AI Assistant — integrated Groq Llama 3.3 70B as our
financial assistant. 16 capabilities including tokenomics
explanation, tanda coaching, predictive analytics, navigation
intent handling. Public: latanda.online/mia.html
Governance hub — full Keplr wallet integration with real
voting + delegation on-chain (not just reading). Public:
latanda.online/governance.html
Marketplace Web3 restructure with Seller Score on-chain,
sub-tabs, logo upload, 0% commission for active tanda members
Reputation system with unified credit score (300-850)
portable across layers
Tokenomics (no changes, just clarification)
The original post mentioned 200M LTD fixed supply with 0% inflation.
That’s still the case. A few people asked how validator rewards
work without inflation:
Pre-minted Staking & Validators Pool (40M LTD, 20% of supply)
distributes programmatically via a custom x/stakingrewards
module over ~8 years
Post-Staking-Pool sustainability comes from SIX redundant sources
documented in whitepaper §5.4 (fees, marketplace commission
routing to validators, burn mechanism, treasury subsidy, pool
re-allocation via governance, emergency network fee)
Marketplace commission routing (0.5% GMV → validators) is
the differentiator we’re most excited about — it’s a revenue
stream that doesn’t exist on store-of-value chains. Feedback on
that specific design would be gold.
Full 10-pool distribution + timeline in whitepaper v2.0:
latanda.online/whitepaper.html#tokenomics
Mainnet timeline confirmed
Target: Q1 2027 (no change from original)
Security audit: Q3 2026 (evaluating Informal Systems, Oak
Security, Halborn)
Validator — 2,000 LTD × 10 slots (multiple still open)
Full Node — 500 LTD × 20 slots (multiple still open)
Bug Reporter — 100-1,000 LTD per verified report
Rewards are paid in REAL mainnet LTD at genesis, not testnet tokens.
If you’re evaluating chains to add to your portfolio before mainnet
launches, this is a window that won’t stay open forever — we’re
targeting the snapshot for Q4 2026.
What I’d love feedback on
Three specific things from Cosmos community expertise:
The 6-source sustainability model — does it actually hold
up long-term, or is there a failure mode I’m missing? Critical
feedback welcomed.
Custom module design — specifically x/stakingrewards (for
programmatic distribution from pre-minted pool) and x/marketplacerewards (for commission routing). Any teams
building similar modules we should coordinate with?
Testnet-to-mainnet migration best practices — we’re planning
a clean genesis for mainnet (not a state migration from
latanda-testnet-1). Validators with experience running dry-runs
on other chains: what should we watch out for?
Resources
Chain landing: latanda.online/chain/
Whitepaper v2.0: latanda.online/whitepaper.html
Governance hub: latanda.online/governance.html
MIA AI: latanda.online/mia.html
Explorer: exp.utsa.tech/latanda/staking
Discord: discord.gg/Ve9M2ZSYC2
I’m in the comments if you have questions. Thanks to everyone
already running nodes — your uptime is the product at this stage.