Prater testnet
prater
is a testnet that you can use to verify that your setup is ready for mainnet, as well as safely practise node operations such as adding and removing validators, migrating between clients and performing upgrades and backups.
The prater
testnet is run by client teams, the Ethereum Foundation and community members.
Connecting to prater
and setting up a validator follows the same procedure as a normal mainnet node with the following modifications:
- Validator deposits are done on the
goerli
testnet via the Prater launchpad - To run a Prater node after making a deposit, update Nimbus and then execute
./run-prater-beacon-node.sh
or use the--network:prater
command line option.
Custom testnets
You can connect to any network provided that you have a configuration and genesis file, using the network
option:
build/nimbus_beacon_node --network:path/to/network --data-dir:path/to/data
The network directory must have the same layout as the eth2-networks repository testnets.
Other testnets
Historical testnets can be found here.
pyrmont
- deprecated in favour ofprater
due to its small validator count compared tomainnet
insecura
- a spin-off ofprater
to demonstrate the weak subjectivity attackmedalla
- one of the first multi-client testnets, deprecated in favour ofpyrmont
to capture the latest 1.0 spec changes