TLDR DogeOS opened the public testnet for its Dogecoin application layer on Sept. 30, 2026. The layer is EVM-compatible, so Ethereum tools and smart contracts can work on it. Testnet fees are
DogeOS opened the public testnet for its Dogecoin application layer on Sept. 30, 2026. The project shared the news in a press release from Dubai.
A testnet is a trial version of a network. Developers use it to test apps before real money is involved.
The team behind the MyDoge wallet founded DogeOS. The project runs as a separate layer and does not change the Dogecoin coin itself.
Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus created Dogecoin in 2013 as a joke. It works as a peer-to-peer digital currency and has grown into a multi-billion dollar network.
DogeOS aims to add apps, which Ethereum is known for. In simple terms, Dogecoin is the ledger and DogeOS is software built on top of it.
The project’s documentation calls it an “Application Layer rollup network on Dogecoin.” It runs on a zkVM, which creates cryptographic proofs showing that transactions are valid.
It is also EVM-compatible. This means smart contracts, wallets and tools built for Ethereum can work on DogeOS.
Fees on the testnet are paid in Dogecoin. A faucet hands out 42.069 free test coins per day.
Several teams are already building apps. Superposition Finance is a lending protocol, and Derps is a perpetual exchange for trading prices with no expiry date.
Barkswap is building a liquidity engine. Split Markets is working on options that cannot be liquidated.
USDoge is a stablecoin backed by locked collateral. Snag is bringing a prediction market aggregator, where people bet on real-world outcomes.
Anoncoin and Starbase are building launchpads. Doge Escape, PlaysOut and DogeFundMe are developing games and consumer apps, and PlaysOut had planned about 15 Doge-themed games by the end of 2025.
DogeOS founder and CEO Jordan Jefferson said the testnet gives builders a place to turn ideas into working apps. “Today marks the beginning of Dogecoin’s evolution from asset to ecosystem,” he said.
Timothy Stebbing, director of the Dogecoin Foundation, also commented. “L1 ledger purity must stay intact while we introduce utility one layer above, and that is what DogeOS represents to me,” he said.
L1 refers to Dogecoin’s base blockchain. Stebbing said he hopes DogeOS becomes “the gateway for the next 100 startups to build on Dogecoin.”
Changing Dogecoin’s base layer is slow. In July 2025, the DogeOS team submitted a proposal to bring zero-knowledge proofs to it, but Dogecoin has no formal on-chain governance.
A change like that needs contributor review, community discussion, security audits and support from miners.
Dogecoin has fallen about 75% from its all-time high. It remains in a bearish trend, even after several Dogecoin ETFs launched.
DogeOS expects to add more developer tools and integrations as the testnet grows. The release did not set a date for the mainnet launch, the live version that would run with real money.
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