Development Network (Ubuntu)

When developing a Hash Ahead application using smart contracts, you may want to see how it works locally before deploying it.

This is similar to running a local web server locally. In order to test your decentralized application, you can use the development network to create a local blockchain. These Hash Ahead development networks provide features that can iterate faster than public testnets (e.g. you don't need to get tHAH from testnets).

What is a Development Network?

In essence, the development network refers to those Hash Ahead clients specially designed for local development (which will deploy and apply Hash Ahead).

Why not run a standard Hash Ahead node locally?

You can run nodes, but since devnets are built for development purposes, they tend to pack quick and easy features like:

• Provides data to the local blockchain, this functionality is important (e.g. accounts using HAH balances)

• Blocks are mined in sequence and without delay immediately upon receipt of each transaction.

• Enhanced debugging and logging capabilities

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