Velas Clusters

Velas maintains several different clusters with different purposes.

Before you begin make sure you have first installed the Velas command line tools

Explorers:

http://native.velas.com/ Native explorer.
http://evmexplorer.velas.com/ EVM mainnet explorer.
http://evmexplorer.testnet.velas.com/ EVM testnet explorer.

Testnet


Space	Native
RPC	`https://api.testnet.velas.com`
Websocket	`wss://api.testnet.velas.com`
Block Explorer	`https://native.velas.com/?cluster=testnet`
Faucet CLI	`velas airdrop 1 -u https://api.testnet.velas.com --faucet-host airdrop.testnet.velas.com`


Space	EVM
chainId	`111`
ETH RPC	`https://evmexplorer.testnet.velas.com/rpc`
ETH Websocket	`wss://api.testnet.velas.com/`
Block Explorer	`https://evmexplorer.testnet.velas.com`
Block Explorer	`https://explorer.testnet.velas.com` (V-encoded Legacy addresses)
Faucet bot	`https://t.me/velas_faucet_bot`

Testnet serves as a playground for anyone who wants to take Velas for a test drive, as a user, token holder, app developer, or validator.
Application developers should target Testnet.
Potential validators should first target Testnet.
Key differences between Testnet and Mainnet:
- Testnet tokens are not real
- Testnet includes a token faucet for airdrops for application testing
- Testnet may be subject to ledger resets
- Testnet typically runs a newer software version than Mainnet Beta
Gossip entrypoint for Testnet: bootstrap.testnet.velas.com:8001

Mainnet


Space	Native
RPC	`https://api.velas.com`
Websocket	`wss://api.velas.com`
Block Explorer	`https://native.velas.com`
Shred version	17211
Genesis hash	`EsZtukC1MYxB2tohUTdigaUdy1k6kCU8HKS8LEK99iJY`


Space	EVM
chainId	`106`
ETH RPC	`https://evmexplorer.velas.com/rpc`
ETH Websocket	`wss://api.velas.com/`
Block Explorer	`https://evmexplorer.velas.com`
Block Explorer	`https://explorer.velas.com` (V-encoded Legacy addresses)

Gossip entrypoint for Mainnet: bootstrap.velas.com:8001
Shred version: 17211
Some of the popular nodes: 78rvyxYJAUXGaZHJWyz7Yx81ribpAYvwupVuF9CugGws, FSZbHLPerYngGGwgWbXHtqTLRvLmgKVeUZCKwbFttWng, Eydu1kJNyPQNKtYrH4dqJJRxrxHuHtbXJCjgo6pSGSjf, QnQHuNAYMd7jaUJ61Pchi9bD7NbaZ4jxZ4cbdEaYMWF, Fxb6TgvScYJxjHjSpTr6a4xgLULLQSh8uhAexG5tzFJ6

Example `velas` command-line configuration

velas config set --url https://api.velas.com

Example `velas-validator` command-line

$ velas-validator \
    --identity ~/validator-keypair.json \
    --vote-account ~/vote-account-keypair.json \
    --no-untrusted-rpc \
    --ledger ~/validator-ledger \
    --rpc-port 8899 \
    --enable-rpc-transaction-history \
    --trusted-validator 78rvyxYJAUXGaZHJWyz7Yx81ribpAYvwupVuF9CugGws \
    --trusted-validator FSZbHLPerYngGGwgWbXHtqTLRvLmgKVeUZCKwbFttWng \
    --dynamic-port-range 8000-8010 \
    --entrypoint bootstrap.velas.com:8001 \
    --limit-ledger-size

The --trusted-validators is operated by Velas

Testnet​

Mainnet​

Example velas command-line configuration​

Example velas-validator command-line​

Testnet

Mainnet

Example `velas` command-line configuration

Example `velas-validator` command-line