ethereum-testnet

Dockerized one-touch Ethereum testnet

Run

To run the testnet, simply run the following command:

docker-compose up

or

yarn start

or

yarn start:detach

If you shut it down and restart it, it will continue from the last block mined.

Restart from genesis block

To wipe state and re-initialize geth from the genesis block, run the following command:

yarn regenesis

Fund Accounts

You can re-initialize the genesis.json file with your own accounts by setting the following environment variables:

• CHAIN_ID - The chain ID of the testnet
• MINER_ADDRESS - The address of the miner account
  • (private key hard-coded in empty-password protected keystore file in execution/keystore directory)
• DEPLOYER_ADDRESS - The address of the deployer account
  • (default is "m/44'/60'/0'/0" path for "test test test test test test test test test test test junk" mnemonic)
• ADDRESS_USER1 - The address of the user1 account
• ADDRESS_USER2 - The address of the user2 account
• ADDRESS_USER3 - The address of the user3 account

If you change the MINER_ADDRESS, you will need to also update the docker-compose.yml and generate a Then run the following command to re-initialize the genesis.json file:

yarn mkgenesis

If you wish to add more, you can search for those strings in the codebase and extend the pattern.

Once you're done, you can run yarn regenesis to re-initialize the testnet.

Connect to the testnet JSON-RPC

To test if the testnet is running, you can use the scripts in the scripts directory.

To test an RPC call, run:

yarn rpc

To test an authenticated RPC call using the JWT secret, run:

yarn rpc:auth