Testnet

The testnet is an alternative Ergo blockchain you can use for testing and experimentation without having to use real ERG or worrying about breaking the main chain. The testnet runs on different ports than the mainnet and can be accessed by changing your .conf and running with the --testnet flag.

Synchronising a full node

To join the testnet, download latest Ergo protocol reference client and launch using

java -jar -Xmx4G ergo-*.jar --testnet -c testnet.conf

A minimal testnet.conf would be:

ergo {
  networkType = "testnet"
}
scorex {
 restApi {
    # Hex-encoded Blake2b256 hash of an API key. Should be 64-chars long Base16 string.
    # Below is hash corresponding to API_KEY = "hello" (with no quotes)
    apiKeyHash = "324dcf027dd4a30a932c441f365a25e86b173defa4b8e58948253471b81b72cf"
  }

network {
   knownPeers = [
      "213.239.193.208:9020",
      "37.156.20.158:9020"
    ]
   peerDiscovery = false
  }

}

The node will be available at localhost:9052/panel

Once the node is syncronised, a user interface for Swagger is available at localhost:9052/swagger.

You can get some testERG from testnet.ergofaucet.org

Resources

• Testnet Explorer
• ergo-synced-node
• Nautilus Testnet build

Please note that the Headless dApp framework does not work with testnet addresses

Ports

	mainnet	testnet
API Port	9053	9052
P2P Port	9030	9020
address prefix	(0) 0x00	(16) 0x10

To find public testnet nodes, you can use api.tokenjay.app/peers/list and swap the port till you find one that's running testnet.

GetBlok testnet

Alternatively, GetBlok runs a public testnet that should help devs who need to work on the testnet but don't know how to run a solo mining node. It should also give an alternative way to start a testnet in case the usual miner is down.

ergo-testnet.getblok.io:3056