Get test tokens
Test funds are available to developer so that they can test their smart contracts and applications within the confines of a test network. The process for getting test funds differs across test networks. This page covers how to get test funds from a local testnet.
Before we begin, you must have a local testnet running. Follow the Run a local network guide if you haven’t got a local testnet set up yet.
Change directory to where you created the
lotus
andlotus-miner
binaries. If you followed the Run a local network guide these binaries will be in~/lotus-devnet
:cd ~/lotus-devnet
View the wallets available on this node with
lotus wallet list
:./lotus wallet list
Address Balance Nonce Default t1snly7vh4mjtjznwze56ihrdhzfwvbajywwmrenq 0 FIL 0 t3q4o7gkwe7p7xokhgws4rwntj7yqfhpj5pm6cqc7dycl7cwk4uvgh2odwdvge5re7ne5gcc6xluifss5uu5cq 49999999.999763880085417692 FIL 2 X
Create the send request with
lotus send
, supplying the pre-minedt3q4o...
address as the--from
address, the newt1snl...
address as the receiving address, and the amount of FIL we want to send:./lotus send --from <PRE-MINED ADDRESS> <TO ADDRESS> <VALUE>
For example:
./lotus send --from t3q4o7gkwe7p7xokhgws4rwntj7yqfhpj5pm6cqc7dycl7cwk4uvgh2odwdvge5re7ne5gcc6xluifss5uu5cq t1snly7vh4mjtjznwze56ihrdhzfwvbajywwmrenq 2000
bafy2bzaceaqzbgiazwvtpago6wpkxl42puxfkvwv5cwjpime2irqatamji2bq
Check the balance of your new
t1snl...
address withlotus wallet balance
:./lotus wallet balance <ADDRESS>
For example:
./lotus wallet balance t1snly7vh4mjtjznwze56ihrdhzfwvbajywwmrenq
2000 FIL
If you want to manage your local testnet tokens in MetaMask you will need to create a t4
address. You can create a t4
address using lotus wallet new deleated
. Once you have a t4
address you can connect MetaMask to your local testnet to see the new balance within the MetaMask extension.