An application-based cohort, not an open faucet. Accepted operators get test $CERE provisioned for bonding and fees, run a DDC storage node, the data layer of the network: your machine stores and serves encrypted data for apps and agents, and you earn real mainnet $CERE for validated testnet operation, tracked on the cohort leaderboard, with a direct line to the core engineering team.
// 50 spots, one cohort · testnet operations, rewards in real mainnet $CERE · every application reviewed by a human
Test $CERE for bonding and fees is provisioned to your wallet on acceptance. No faucet queues, no dust amounts.
Every era, independent validators attest cluster activity. Attested work earns rewards paid in real mainnet $CERE, and climbs you up the cohort leaderboard.
Founding 50 operators get preference for node and cluster slots when mainnet node operations open. Your testnet record is the application: validated eras now are standing later.
A shared channel with the team building the chain, the cluster, and the protocol. Your friction reports shape the tooling.
Registration, bonding, admission, and rewards are signed extrinsics on the Cere testnet. Verifiable in the explorer, end to end.
Not yield, not an airdrop. Rewards are earned for validated testnet operation through the program window and paid in mainnet $CERE; reward criteria and sizes are published at acceptance. Bonding and fees use provisioned test tokens.
You operate a DDC storage node (dedicated, VPS, or capable home setup): the data layer of the network, storing and serving encrypted data for apps and agents. Register it on-chain with your wallet, bond test $CERE, serve the flagship testnet cluster. Independent validators attest what your node actually did each era; attested work is what earns and what climbs the leaderboard.
The form below. Hardware, hosting, prior node experience, and your wallet address double as our screening: this is the sybil gate.
Every application is reviewed by a human. We optimise for operators who will actually run the node, not farm the cohort.
You get an acceptance email with the operator guide, and test $CERE is provisioned to your wallet for bonding and fees.
Through the operator console: register your node key, bond your stake, declare the cluster you serve. Each step is one signed extrinsic with a clear signer.
The cluster manager admits and validates your node on-chain. From the next era, your validated work earns real mainnet $CERE and the leaderboard tracks it.
Short and screening-grade. We read every one.
Two minutes. Your address is where test tokens are provisioned on acceptance.
You will sign node transactions with this later, so start here. Install one, create an account, copy the address.
polkadot{.js} extension → Talisman → SubWallet →Sign in with email, copy your Cere address. Fine for the application; you can move to an extension before registering your node.
wallet.cere.network →// address formats: Cere shows addresses starting with 6; generic Substrate tools show the same key starting with 5. Both are accepted here.
