Alonzo-testnet VS cardano-node

ghc version: The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.10.4 cloned git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/Alonzo-testnet.git

Have you tried: this one

I am looking for a step-by-step walk-through of deploying smart contracts on testnet/mainnet as well. Put the smart contract Haskell programming aside, would like to have a bird's-eye view of the whole Cardano SC life cycle. Best I can find is https://github.com/input-output-hk/Alonzo-testnet. However, no "model answer" starting from Exercise 5. Would be appreciated if somebody can find a better one.

The documentation of todays roll-out of the public Test-Net is quite "vague" with regard to this:

If you're a developer looking to explore developing something on their testnet, the link I pointed to above is where you'd go. You can also start here: https://github.com/input-output-hk/Alonzo-testnet

It's publicly readable now

Documentation

To test it you need to have an environment to run Cardano Alonzo : https://github.com/input-output-hk/Alonzo-testnet

Cardano (ADA) – The Sustainability-Focused Blockchain

Hoskinson decided to support Ethereum classic after that and also launched Cardano.

This sluggish activity is hitting smaller cryptocurrencies like Cardano and Solana, which are seeing much slower growth than bitcoin. Trading platforms popular with retail investors, such as Robinhood, are moving to end support for trading these tokens, and the risk of an SEC crackdown has made institutional investors even more leery of them.

Cardano Node 8.1.1 is out. https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases/tag/8.1.1

Documentation on that can be found in https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/blob/master/doc/reference/configuring-a-node-using-yaml.md and https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/blob/master/doc/reference/cardano-governance.md.