Known Limitations
We'd rather tell you what's incomplete than oversell. Current public-testnet limitations:
Wallet
- The transparent send/receive module is being wired end-to-end. Core signing and storage are implemented and node-accepted; some desktop flows are still preview.
- Shielded funds can be received but not yet spent from the desktop app. Receiving, scanning, reading memos and estimating a private send all work; the command that builds and broadcasts a shielded spend is implemented in the wallet core but is not wired into the application. See Shielded Transactions.
- There is no manual rescan control. Recovering shielded notes from a seed phrase relies on the ordinary sync scan, which starts from the wallet's recorded birth height — or from the start of the chain when none is recorded.
Gateway
- Transparent indexing in Morana Lightd is in progress. Light-wallet transparent history may lag or pause during indexer restarts.
- Shielded compact-block sync is functional.
Network
- Access to the testnet is by invitation while stability is validated; the relay swarm is foundation-operated.
- The testnet may be reset at any time, wiping balances and history.
- The explorer and faucet are best-effort and may be briefly unavailable.
Messenger
- The messenger is built and released — Android builds are published for testers — but it runs on the invited testnet described above and has not been independently audited.
- Under the Shadow identity, calls, channels and the wallet are unavailable by design, and routing is onion-only and fail-closed.
Not done
- There is no way to authenticate a released binary. The update root is not live, so building from source is the only real check — see Verify Your Download.
- No independent security audit yet.
- No mainnet and no mainnet date.
If something here is out of date, please tell us through the contact page.