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description: Ethereum accounts used for testing only on private network
Accounts for Testing
You can use existing accounts for testing by including them in the genesis file for a private network. Alternatively, Pantheon provides predefined accounts in development mode.
Development Mode
When you start Pantheon with the --network=dev
command line option, the dev.json
genesis file is used by default.
The dev.json
genesis file defines the accounts below that can be used for testing.
{!global/test_accounts.md!}
Genesis File
To use existing test accounts, specify the accounts and balances in a genesis file for your test network.
For an example of defining accounts in the genesis file, refer to dev.json
.
Use the --genesis-file
command line option to
start Pantheon with the genesis file defining the existing accounts.