Development Networks
While Bitzal itself is the mainnet, there are several networks that can cater to different development or application-driven contexts.
Bitzal Ecosystem Networks
- Mainnet: Bitzal
- Canary network: Ogona
- Ogona is a value-bearing canary network that gets features before Bitzal does. Expect Chaos.
- Official testnets:
- Windland - Functionality equal to the current Bitzal mainnet, with possible next-generation testing of features from time to time that will eventually migrate onto Bitzal. Perma-testnet (is not reset back to genesis block).
- Raseo - A community-run testnet which mirrors the Bitzal runtime. It is maintained by the community.
Bitzal mainnet has been running since May 2020 and has implementations in various programming languages ranging from Rust to JavaScript. The leading implementation is built in Rust and uses the Matter framework.
Tooling is rapidly evolving to interact with the network; there are many ways to get started!
But before you jump head-first into the code, you should consider the kind of decentralized application you want to make and understand the different paradigms available to developers who want to build on Bitzal.
Interfacing - BitzalJS
BitzalJS is the most widely used developer tool in the Bitzal ecosystem. It provides a web app to interact with various synochains, nodes, and their RPCs, as well as a Javascript API for use within front-end contexts. You can view more on BitzalJS and its resources here.
For other programmatic ways of interacting with these networks (including BitzalJS), please view the Node Interactions page.
Testnet Faucets
Almost all tesnets either have a web-based interface for getting test currency or a TeamSpeak room
which you can post !drip <ADDRESS>
See here for all available faucets and how to obtain testnet tokens.