# Live Networks
This document provides an overview of the live networks currently running the regen-ledger
blockchain application and how to interact with a live network using the regen
binary.
By default, the regen
binary will connect to a local node. In order to connect to a live network, you'll need to know the address of a public node.
# Available Networks
# Regen Mainnet
regen-1
is the chain ID for Regen Mainnet.
Regen Mainnet launched with the v1.0.0
release tag of regen-ledger
.
When starting a full node or a validator node from genesis, you will need to start the node with the v1.0.0
version (the "genesis binary"). For more information about preparing your node to migrate to the latest version, see Upgrade Overview.
The following URL is the node address for a full node operated by RND and VitWit:
- http://mainnet.regen.network:26657/ (opens new window)
- http://regen.rpc.vitwit.com:26657/ (opens new window)
For more information, see regen-network/mainnet (opens new window).
# Redwood Testnet
regen-redwood-1
is the chain ID for Redwood Testnet.
Redwood Testnet launched with the v1.0.0
release tag of regen-ledger
.
When starting a full node or a validator node from genesis, you will need to start the node with the v1.0.0
version (the "genesis binary"). For more information about preparing your node to migrate to the latest version, see Upgrade Overview.
The following URLs are node addresses for full nodes operated by RND and VitWit:
- http://redwood.regen.network:26657/ (opens new window)
- http://redwood-sentry.vitwit.com:26657/ (opens new window)
For more information, see regen-network/testnets (opens new window).
# Interacting With A Node
First, you'll need to install the regen
binary. For installation instructions, see Install Regen.
In order to interact with a node from a live network, you'll need to provide a --node
flag with a valid node address to your commands. Before submitting any queries or transactions, you should first check the status of the node using the status
command.
To check the status of the Regen Mainnet node, run the following command:
regen status --node http://mainnet.regen.network:26657
To check the status of the Redwood Testnet node, run the following command:
regen status --node http://redwood.regen.network:26657
You can also set the node address once using the config
command rather than adding the --node
flag to each command:
regen config node http://mainnet.regen.network:26657
You can check the configuration by running the following command:
regen config
For more information about using the CLI, see Command-Line Interface.
# Testnet Tokens
In order to interact with the test networks, you'll need some tokens. You can redeem tokens for each test network by executing the following curl
commands.
For Redwood Testnet:
curl http://redwood-sentry.vitwit.com:8000/faucet/<account_address>