We're putting up two public testnets named mercury
and hermes
,
both of which will run Basecoin on Tendermint with the Interblockchain Communication protocol,
so you can send tokens back and forth between them.
Here we describe how to run nodes, how to get coins, and how to use them from the command line.
These are just testnets. Coins on these testnets have no monetary value. They do not in any way represent Atoms or any other digital currency. They are solely for testing.
Install Basecoin.
Fetch the repository of testnet data:
TESTNETS="$HOME/testnets"
git clone https://github.com/tendermint/testnets "$TESTNETS"
cd "$TESTNETS"
The testnets
repository contains all the necessary genesis.json
and config.toml
files to sync with any of the testnets.
To run a node on mercury
, start Basecoin as follows:
BCHOME="$TESTNETS/mercury" basecoin start
DNS names of validator nodes:
mercury-node0.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-node1.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-node2.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-node3.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-node4.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-node5.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-node6.testnets.interblock.io
If you want the server closest to you, you can choose from these aliases too:
mercury-ams2.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-fra1.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-lon1.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-nyc3.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-sfo2.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-sgp1.testnets.interblock.io
mercury-tor1.testnets.interblock.io
To run a node on hermes
, start Basecoin as follows:
BCHOME="$TESTNETS/hermes" basecoin start
DNS names of validator nodes:
hermes-node0.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-node1.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-node2.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-node3.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-node4.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-node5.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-node6.testnets.interblock.io
If you want the server closest to you, you can choose from these aliases too:
hermes-ams2.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-fra1.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-lon1.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-nyc3.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-sfo2.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-sgp1.testnets.interblock.io
hermes-tor1.testnets.interblock.io
Generate a key for your account:
basecli keys new mykey
You'll need to enter and re-enter a passphrase. The command will then output an address.
Post your Cosmos address in the #testnet channel on the Tendermint slack, and wait for someone to send you some coins.
Once you have coins, you can send them around using the basecli
. You'll need to know which chain you got the coins on.
For instance, if your coins are on mercury
, you can send them to another account on mercury
as follow:
Check the new balance: