TN-10 is a test network that accurately replicates the mainnet. 1 block per second, Rust nodes as the foundation, CPU mining.
Certain wallets are able to operate with the testnet(s). Examples are: CLI wallet as a part of the Go version of the node, a CLI wallet that's a part of the Rust version of the node, a Kaspa-NG one (if you need a desktop version of KNG, click any network on the site and look at the “redistributables” section there), a Kasware one.
https://faucet-tn10.kaspanet.io/
https://explorer-tn10.kaspa.org/
Docs: https://api.kaspa.org/docs
Endpoint: https://api-tn10.kaspa.org/
Download the precompiled version of the node or compile it from sources. Launch it the same way as the regular mainnet node, but with an additional command line parameter: a --testnet flag.
Mining is conducted on CPU through Elichai's miner with the following command line parameters:
kaspa-miner --mining-address kaspatest:<your_address> --testnet -t 1
where -t 1 defines the number of CPU threads used to mine.
Please don't use GPU, FPGA or ASIC miners on testnet, so not to capture a significant part of the network's mining power and to maintain the proper mining decentralization. If you urgently need test Kaspa for experiments, use the faucet or ask for some test Kas on Kaspa Discord's #testnet channel.
TN-11 is a test network where 10 BPS tech and improvements are tested. 10 block per second since the very beginning, Rust nodes as the foundation, CPU mining.
Every wallet that's capable of working with TN-10 is able to operate on TN-11 as well, namely: a CLI wallet as a part of the Go version of the node, a CLI wallet that's a part of the Rust version of the node, a Kaspa-NG one (if you need a desktop version of KNG, click any network on the site and look at the “redistributables” section there), a Kasware one.
https://faucet-tn11.kaspanet.io/
https://explorer-tn11.kaspa.org/
Docs: https://api.kaspa.org/docs
Endpoint: https://api-tn11.kaspa.org/
As of 2024 December, there's a separate version of the Rust Kaspa node that works on TN-11 (due to a hard fork in its code that introduces KIP-9 and KIP-10, and TX payload field activation). See this instruction to know how to join.
Mining is conducted on CPU through Elichai's miner with the following command line parameters:
kaspa-miner --mining-address kaspatest:<your_address> --testnet -t 1 -p 16310
where -t 1 defines the number of CPU threads used to mine, and -p 16310 defines the gRPC port number where the node listens to miner requests.
Please don't use GPU, FPGA or ASIC miners on testnet, so not to capture a significant part of the network's mining power and to maintain the proper mining decentralization. If you urgently need test Kaspa for experiments, use the faucet or ask for some test Kas on Kaspa Discord's #testnet channel.
There's a separate TN-11 DAG visualization tool here: http://rustforce1.kaspa.org:8080/. There's also a visualizer built-in into Kaspa-NG that works with all Kaspa networks: mainnet as well as both testnets (click “Settings” tab, choose the network, click “Apply” button that appears in the section to confirm selection, and then click “Block DAG” tab to see the graph).