Pharos Network Announced the Live of AtlanticOcean Testnet: Expands Global Access to Real-World Asset Open Finance
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, October 21st, 2025, Chainwire
Programmable open financial Layer-1 Pharos Network has launched the AtlanticOcean Testnet, marking a milestone in scale, memory, and speed for its blockchain infrastructure, and expanding its ecosystem from regional pilots to a globally connected network.
As the Atlantic Ocean once connected continents through trade and exploration, the Pharos AtlanticOcean Testnet serves as a bridge for global liquidity on-chain. It enables institutions, builders, and partners to test real-world asset flows across borders, laying the foundation for worldwide ecosystem expansion ahead of the mainnet launch.
Since its launch in May, Pharos first Testnet has recorded nearly 3 billion transactions across 23 million blocks with a 0.5-second block time, deployed a global validator network, achieved full Ethereum Dencun SPEC compatibility with reliable block replay, and implemented optimizations including parallel execution, enhanced caching, and low-memory node releases. Partnerships with Morpho Labs, Bitverse, Euclid, and others, along with integrations with OKX Wallet, Bitget Wallet, Hemera Explorer, and Goldsky, have further validated the network’s readiness for scaled, real-world testing.
Building on these achievements, AtlanticOcean introduces major upgrades: the official PoS tokenomics model with 1 billion total supply aligned with mainnet, user-friendly staking and validator voting, a modular architecture decoupling consensus, execution, node, and storage layers, pipeline-based consensus enhancements, hybrid parallel execution using DAG-based and Block-STM V1 models, cache-friendly storage via PharosDB, and an expanded developer toolset for more composable and complex testing scenarios.
“Based on what we have built now, we validated the foundation of Pharos, excellent performance, fair access, and scalable execution,” said Wish Wu, Co-founder & CEO of Pharos Network. “AtlanticOcean builds on that success. From here, Pharos goes global. We push the limits of scale, memory, and speed before real assets flow on-chain. We focus on the digital rails for liquidity to move freely between institutions, protocols, and people worldwide.”
Pharos aims to roll out Testnet activations in several stages. To ensure continuity and a smooth transition, the first Testnet will continue to co-exist with AtlanticOcean for several months, allowing ecosystem partners to migrate gradually. During this period, top-performing community validators will be invited to join AtlanticOcean and future mainnet sets. Subsequent stages will continue to scale the network, and advance mainnet preparations, building momentum toward the mainnet launch planned for Q1 2026, a key milestone in Pharos’ journey toward global, on-chain real-world asset finance.
RWA partners, institutions, and builders are invited to explore, test, and contribute via https://testnet.pharosnetwork.xyz/atlantic
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About Pharos Network
Pharos Network is a next-generation financial Layer 1 connecting real-world assets, TradFi, and cross-chain liquidity into a single programmable network. Pharos delivers ultra-fast execution and neutrality for real-world applications, from asset tokenization and high-throughput DeFi to enterprise-grade finance. The project is backed by Hack VC, Faction VC, and other leading global investors.
Learn more at www.pharosnetwork.xyz