Sui Network, a Layer 1 public chain developed by Mysten Labs, announced the launch of Sui Testnet Wave 1, which focuses on independent verifiers. According to officials, the Sui Testnet Wave 1 network will run for about two to three weeks. An example, and an important step towards a decentralized Sui mainnet. Under Sui Devnet, Mysten Labs runs four validators to verify transactions on the network, Testnet Wave 1 includes third-party validators and full nodes selected from the open application process, a total of 20 validators and 500 or so nodes, but Data may also be wiped as part of a software update. A subsequent Wave 2 will focus on Epoch governance, token economics, and staking delegation. Sui Network stated that there are currently no plans to conduct an airdrop of SUI tokens, and there will be no rewards for interacting with the testnet.