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BNB Beacon Chain Testnet

What is a Testnet?​

The testnet is a test environment for BNB Chain network, run by the BNB Chain development community, which is open to developers.

The validators on the testnet are from development team.

You can connect a node to the testnet by downloading the node binary and testnet configuration from https://github.com/bnb-chain/node/releases.

What is the Testnet good for?​

  • Create your test address and get your testnet funds.
  • Develop applications and try tutorials on BNB Chain without the potential to lose your own assets.
  • Test your applications against new versions of BNB Chain.
  • Analyze blockchain data on a smaller, non-trivial data set compared to the public network.

How to get Testnet Fund?​

Note: The previous BNB Chain Testnet Faucet is retired at 2020/08/11 at 1:00 PM (UTC). The testnet faucet has migrated to this page: https://www.bnbchain.org/en/testnet-faucet

Steps to claim testnet BNB:

  1. Create a new Wallet of BNB Smart Chain testnet with Trust Wallet or Binance Extension Wallet

  2. Get Testnet Fund: https://www.bnbchain.org/en/testnet-faucet

  3. Transfer From BNB Smart Chain to BNB Beacon Chain

You can use Binance Extension Wallet for cross-chain transfer.

Explorers for Testnet​