The Load Test Holds; Payment Still Needs Work

Background: With Iron Pigeon's date announced, preparations had reached a practical stage. Earlier testnet minting had exposed edge cases that were fixed, and a server expansion plan had been approved. The engineering team now needed to find where the process might stall when more people arrived at once.

Today: Friday's load test showed that the system could handle concurrent requests, but the payment channel still needed improvement. A-Zhen kept those findings separate and cautioned her colleagues against treating an upright service as proof that players could complete a payment smoothly.

Impact and next steps: The team had more confidence in its capacity, while the next task shifted from servers to the payment experience. A-Zhen planned to inspect the channel in the order a player would use it. The next test would need to show whether a payment could reach a clear conclusion under heavy traffic.