# Testnet: gaia-rs-2 (and how to put the chain halt to bed)

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**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/testnet-gaia-rs-2-and-how-to-put-the-chain-halt-to-bed/12045 "2023-11-08T07:31:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jacobgadikian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/jacobgadikian/32/6994_2.png) [@jacobgadikian](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/jacobgadikian)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/testnet-gaia-rs-2-and-how-to-put-the-chain-halt-to-bed/12045/1 "2023-11-08T07:31:03Z")

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It would be tremendously helpful if every validator in the ecosystem could join the new replicated security testnet. The old one was not viable for producing actionable information for mitigating certain classes of attack on mainnets.

> <https://github.com/cosmos/gaia/pull/2800>
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> On gaia-rs-1:
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> \* consensus errors were frequently seen beginning from the ti…me it was attacked
> \* the top validators were peered
> \* 2/3rds of vote power was concentrated in 3 nodes
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> gaia-rs-2 is built for aggressive testing. In order for it to be as effective as possible, gaia-rs-2 needs as manyvalidators as we can get on it. 
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> ac73e419763bc1378c8f84999731dde8e7c6af58@65.108.35.20:26656
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> joining:
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> check out this PR
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> \`\`\`bash
> go install ./...
> gaiad init moniker
> cp networks/gaia-rs-2/genesis.json ~/.gaia/config/genesis.json
> gaiad start
> \`\`\`
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> Chat:
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> https://t.me/+cDuEIPMPBXVkNDU1

You can find information on that network at the above link. If you need any help joining, please just contact me. It would be incredibly dangerous to base any assumptions off of the existing test network.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/cosmos1/original/2X/2/2a3beb3e0f97ddad3b51a8d0d4a22abaa95604d8.png) [@system](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/testnet-gaia-rs-2-and-how-to-put-the-chain-halt-to-bed/12045/2 "2023-11-22T07:31:39Z")

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