The Hybrid Network is a global developer community dedicated to the growth of decentralized, distributed and open source projects. There are no formal requirements to join. All you need to do is contribute. For more details check out our Hello, World_ Mission Statement.

Please stay tuned for official announcements regarding Mainnet!

What does Testnet mean?

A Testnet is a functioning model of a Mainnet. Developers use this to introduce a protocol whilst testing for bugs, and as a trial period before new implementations. Unlike a Mainnet, Testnets utilize a “faucet”, which provides free tokens. The availability made possible by the faucet allows for users to stress the system to simulate a high-volume environment.

Why is it important?

By mimicking this type of scenario, developers can determine benchmarks that point to the max capacity of the proposed Mainnet prior to launch. If not optimal, developers can make adjustments prior to the ecosystem going live to prevent disruption and provide additional security. ​

How to participate in the Testnet:

Please follow the instructions below to build from source.

Video Guide (Windows)

Hx Testnet Build from Source Windows Part 1

Hx Testnet Build from Source Windows Part 2

Hx Testnet Build from Source Windows Part 3

Written Instructions to Build from Source (Windows)

Download the most recent version of Go at https://golang.org/dl.

Select the appropriate operating system to build from source with.

Intermediate Level — Step 1 (Windows)

Run the .msi file you just downloaded to install Go. Install Go to your C:\ drive.

Go to https://github.com/Masterminds/glide/releases and download the latest windows zip file. On most modern computers, you will want to download the windows-amd64 version. Extract the files and copy glide.exe to C:\Go\bin (this is the default go install directory. If you did not install Go to C:\Go please adjust to the appropriate directory).

Visit https://git-scm.com/download/win and download the latest version of Git for Windows.

Install Git with all default options.

Open up a Command Prompt Window. There are multiple ways to do this, but one way is to hold the Windows key and R (Win+R). This should bring a Run window up. Type in cmd in the empty box. Press enter or click OK.

A Command Prompt window will come up. Type the following commands:

cd %userprofile% md go cd go md bin setx PATH "%PATH%,%userprofile%\go\bin md pkg md src cd src md github.com cd github.com md hybridnetwork cd hybridnetwork md hxd git clone https://github.com/hybridnetwork/hxd git clone https://github.com/hybridnetwork/hxwallet cd hxd glide install cd.. cd hxwallet glide install

Now open Windows PowerShell. Bring up the Run window again by pressing the Windows key and R (Win + R) at the same time. Type PowerShell and press enter or click OK.

In the Windows PowerShell, input the following commands:

cd $home cd go\src\github.com\hybridnetwork\hxd go install $(glide nv) cd.. cd hxwallet go install $(glide nv)

Running your Wallet

Create a new Command Prompt like in the last step. Enter these commands:

cd %userprofile% cd go\bin hxd -u user -P pass --testnet

The node has been created, leave this window running.

Creating a Wallet

In another Command Prompt window. Use the following commands:

cd %userprofile% cd go\bin hxwallet -u user -P pass --testnet --create

Type a priv passphrase for your new wallet and press Enter.

Type the same priv passphrase again and press Enter to confirm.

** For the purposes of testing, press Enter on the next two lines to choose default options**

***IMPORTANT*** WRITE your wallet information down. It contains your wallet generation seed and Hex, which will be needed if you want to recover your wallet.

Type “OK” and press enter to continue. Your wallet has been created.

Running your Wallet

With the active Command Prompt window for your wallet, continue with these commands:

hxwallet -u user -P pass --testnet

Keep this window open and running.

Testing your Wallet

Open up a new command prompt window. Enter the following commands:

cd %userprofile% cd go\bin hxctl -u user -P pass --testnet --wallet getnewaddress default

OR

hxctl -u user -P pass --testnet --wallet getnewaddress postquantum

This will generate a Default or Post Quantum address. Copy this address to your clipboard.

Using the Faucet and Block Explorer

Open up your web browser. Navigate to http://faucet1.testnet.hybrid.network/requestfaucet or http://faucet2.testnet.hybrid.network/requestfaucet. Paste your wallet address into the space provided and press send. You will receive a transaction id (txid).

Open up a new tab in your web browser. Navigate to http://explorer1.testnet.hybrid.network.

Paste your wallet address into the search bar at the top and press enter. Refresh if you do not see that your wallet has received Testnet tokens. It may take up to 5 minutes for your transaction to show and up to another 5 minutes to complete. Feel free to relax and stretch during this time and refresh your browser until it looks like this.

**Depending on the difficulty and hashrate on the Tesnet, this may take longer depending on the size mempool**

You can click on the blue down arrow to get more information on the transaction.

Congratulations! You should now have 5 Hx. Now you can verify the transaction in the Terminal.

Open up the last Command Prompt window you had open that is not already running hxd or hxwallet. Type:

hxctl -u user -P pass --testnet --wallet getreceivedbyaddress walletaddresshere

You can also get a detailed view of your wallet and balance by entering:

hxctl -u user -P pass --testnet --wallet getbalance

You now have a running node and a Command-line wallet for Hx! If you’re interested in going to the next level, please see our instructional guide on staking and mining through Command-line.

Bug Reporting

Report bugs using integrated tracking in GitHub. Please follow the corresponding links. When reporting bugs please include as much information as possible, but not limited to the date, summary of the issue encountered, and suggested workaround.

hxd

hxwallet

hxify

testnetfaucet

hxstakepool

Block Explorer

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