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**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 0
Avail Updates and Announcements --- ## [Stay connected with Avail](https://forum.availproject.org/t/stay-connected-with-avail/1789)
**Author:** [@Toufeeq\_Pasha](https://forum.availproject.org/u/Toufeeq_Pasha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/stay-connected-with-avail/1789 "2026-08-18T07:48:54Z")
A quick update for everyone here. The Avail Forum will permanently close on August 22, 2026, and will no longer be available after that date. While the forum is closing, the governance resources and conversations yo… --- ## [Update: Stake and Ideal Target](https://forum.availproject.org/t/update-stake-and-ideal-target/1643)
**Author:** [@SocialForging](https://forum.availproject.org/u/SocialForging)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/update-stake-and-ideal-target/1643 "2025-01-25T14:51:39Z")
Greetings all, As you may have seen recently, we posted AIP 12 : Increase Ideal Target Stake (AIP 12: Increase Ideal Staking Ratio to 75% - #8 by SocialForging) to enhance the economic security of the network. This Id… --- ## [Avail’s resilience tested: How we handled 100M events seamlessly](https://forum.availproject.org/t/avail-s-resilience-tested-how-we-handled-100m-events-seamlessly/1013)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/avail-s-resilience-tested-how-we-handled-100m-events-seamlessly/1013 "2024-01-25T08:33:25Z")
The Avail blockchain processed almost 100 million events over 3 days, driven by heavy load for inscriptions from blobscriptions and others. Here’s a look at how it went down… 1,591,071 transactions took place on the A… --- ## [Deprecating Kate ⚙](https://forum.availproject.org/t/deprecating-kate/970)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/deprecating-kate/970 "2024-01-16T15:59:50Z")
As part of Avail’s progress towards Mainnet, we have been running the Goldberg testnet for a couple of months now. Today, we are announcing the discontinuation of the predecessor to Goldberg, the Kate testnet. What does … --- ## [\[ANNOUNCEMENT\] Goldberg Testnet Gas Fee Price Increase](https://forum.availproject.org/t/announcement-goldberg-testnet-gas-fee-price-increase/942)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/announcement-goldberg-testnet-gas-fee-price-increase/942 "2024-01-16T11:19:04Z")
To ensure our users have a seamless experience in using the Avail network, we have analyzed the performance and determined the original pricing for extrinsic was too low which led to people abusing the network. To addres… --- ## [Avail's Progression: Kate Testnet to Incentivized Testnet](https://forum.availproject.org/t/avails-progression-kate-testnet-to-incentivized-testnet/63)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/avails-progression-kate-testnet-to-incentivized-testnet/63 "2024-01-15T16:13:01Z")
Hi Avail Community, As Avail moves steadfastly towards Mainnet, we’re excited to report the progress we’ve made since launching the Kate Testnet in June. We’re stoked to acknowledge the pivotal role of our 100 validator… --- ## [Avail Collaborates with StarkWare 🤝](https://forum.availproject.org/t/avail-collaborates-with-starkware/788)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/avail-collaborates-with-starkware/788 "2024-01-03T10:55:39Z")
TL;DR StarkWare will integrate with Avail to bring validity-powered appchains and L3s to the world. Madara Validiums can reduce data publishing costs by ~90%. Madara Sovereign Rollups can achieve ~1min finality with Ava… --- ## [Movement Labs Partners with Avail](https://forum.availproject.org/t/movement-labs-partners-with-avail/568)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/movement-labs-partners-with-avail/568 "2023-11-30T04:56:10Z")
The Avail and Movement Labs ecosystems grow stronger with a collaboration that allows developers to leverage the flexibility of the Move programming language, MoveVM, and Avail’s highly optimized data availability layer. … --- ## [Succinct x Avail: Creating a ZKP-secured bidirectional bridge from Avail to Ethereum](https://forum.availproject.org/t/succinct-x-avail-creating-a-zkp-secured-bidirectional-bridge-from-avail-to-ethereum/582)
**Author:** [@prabal](https://forum.availproject.org/u/prabal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/succinct-x-avail-creating-a-zkp-secured-bidirectional-bridge-from-avail-to-ethereum/582 "2023-11-29T18:24:23Z")
Succinct x Avail At Avail, we believe in creating the essential base layer for rollups. In order to enable that, it was fundamental to create a bridge to Ethereum, where most rollups settle today. We wanted to create the… --- ## [Clash of Nodes is coming!](https://forum.availproject.org/t/clash-of-nodes-is-coming/76)
**Author:** [@robin-rrt](https://forum.availproject.org/u/robin-rrt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.availproject.org/t/clash-of-nodes-is-coming/76 "2023-11-02T01:00:56Z")
Hey Avail community, The incentivized testnet is coming - and we’re calling it Clash of Nodes! We’ll have more details soon, but there’ll be a leaderboard, points, challenges, and more. Come help battle test Avail with…