# Livepeer Community Call - 1/18/2018

**URL:** <https://forum.livepeer.org/t/livepeer-community-call-1-18-2018/132>\
**Category:** Updates\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/livepeer-community-call-1-18-2018/132 "2018-01-18T23:36:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/livepeer-community-call-1-18-2018/132/1 "2018-01-18T23:36:47Z")

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**Update on Livepeer testnet**

- Goal: launch the protocol on the main net, so we can get the tokens into people’s hands.
- Challenge: protocol needs to be secure. In Ethereum, it’s hard to upgrade.
- What we are doing: we are on v3 of the test network.
- Test network demo
  - Using the CLI, you can now view the protocol status and interact with the Livepeer protocol

- In testnet v1, it took about a week worth of rounds until the protocol got stuck due to a bug
- In testnet v2, it ran a week and got stuck because the inflation rate was too high (due to a bad initial parameter)
- In testnet v3, things look pretty good so far.
- We’ll continue to do this and battle test the network. When we are confident, we’ll launch the network in the public Ethereum network.

**Protocol update**

- Finished Ethereum payment
- On going - tooling to observe test network behavior
- Next step - internal audit

**Protocol explorer**

- We have a explorer!
- Shows testnet contract information
- Integrates with Metamask (so you can switch between accounts and networks)
- Shows “profile view” for any ethereum address (token balance, job history, etc)
- Do transactions (transfer tokens, request from faucet, etc)
- Built with Livepeer javascript sdk

**Livepeer tv**

- We have a studio in Berlin!
- We are inviting artists and musicians to come perform at the studio, all of the content is streamed into the Livepeer testnet (accessible at [livepeer.tv](http://livepeer.tv))
- They are already getting tips in Eth for their live streams!
- We need to make Livepeer more resilient

**General**

- We are hosting a Livepeer Meetup in Berlin on 1/31!