DogeOS, an application layer for Dogecoin built by the team behind the MyDoge wallet, opened its public testnet on Wednesday, giving developers an EVM-compatible place to build applications for DOGE.
Public testnet goes live
According to Unchained, DogeOS is a zero-knowledge rollup that settles its state to Dogecoin, with DOGE used to pay transaction fees. Because the network is EVM-compatible, developers already building for Ethereum and other EVM chains can use the tools they already know.
Jordan Jefferson, founder and CEO of DogeOS, said the testnet gives builders a place to turn ideas for Dogecoin into working applications. He said, 「Today marks the beginning of Dogecoin’s evolution from asset to ecosystem.」
Teams building on the testnet
DogeOS named a group of teams already building on the testnet. They include Barkswap, described as a liquidity engine; Superposition Finance for lending; Derps for perpetual futures; Split Markets for options; and USDoge, a CDP stablecoin.
The company also pointed to launchpads, a prediction market aggregator, and several games. It said product availability will depend on each team’s schedule.
Support from the Dogecoin Foundation
Timothy Stebbing, director of the Dogecoin Foundation, backed the project in the announcement. He said, 「L1 ledger purity must stay intact while we introduce utility one layer above, and that is what DogeOS represents to me.」
No mainnet date yet
Dogecoin itself does not currently verify DogeOS’s zero-knowledge proofs. Jefferson told The Block that the bridge instead requires valid proofs, signatures from a majority of DogeOS validators, and a trusted execution environment, or TEE, signer. The network also runs a permissioned sequencer.
That setup could change if Dogecoin adopts OP_CHECKZKP, a proposed opcode introduced in July 2025 that would allow the network to verify zero-knowledge proofs natively. The upgrade has not been implemented.
On the mainnet timeline, Jefferson told The Block, 「We’ll share the mainnet timeline as we reach the next development milestones.」
Funding and market data
DogeOS raised $6.9 million in May 2025 in a round led by Polychain Capital.
DOGE traded near $0.096 on Thursday morning, up about 2.6% over 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.