Filecoin has
invited all miners around the world to participate in the second phase
of its contest Space Race, which aims to help prepare its mainnet. 

Filecoin explained in a post
that it decided to conduct Space Race 2 after the large participation
of miners in the first Space Race, who numbered more than 356 miners
from 32 countries worldwide, and after the results from its first
iteration. 

The second Space Race is open to everyone beginning Sept. 14 until Oct. 5.

According
to Filecoin, the experiment will consist of two tracks to ensure that
different network parts are practiced and tested by community members.
The first is for storage miners to continue testing and growing the
network’s scale and the other is for Filecoin clients and application
and tool developers.l It will encourage them to make storage and
retrieval deals so they can prepare for the mainnet. 

The firm
said there are two objectives for conducting the second phase of Space
Race; the first is to create a suitable economic simulation through
which the impact of factors, such as block rewards and gas fees, is
studied. The second is to simulate suitable markets, especially with the
imminent transition to mainnet, which means a robust, global and
decentralized storage network for human information.

Filecoin has said it is on track to launch its mainnet back in June though it hoped to release the mainnet during the summer.