Network

The network refers to the various Hash Ahead environments in which development, testing, or production use cases can be deployed. Hash Ahead is a protocol, so there can be multiple independent "networks" that conform to the protocol and do not affect each other. Hash Ahead accounts can be used on different networks, but account balances and transaction history are not carried over outside the Hash Ahead mainnet. When testing, it is useful to know which networks are available and how to obtain testnet HAH that you can try out.

Hash Ahead Mainnet

The main network refers to the main Hash Ahead ecological blockchain, and all transactions with real value occur in the decentralized ledger of the chain.

The HAH price involved in the public and transactions is the HAH of the main network.

Hash Ahead Testnet

In addition to the main network, there is also a public test network. This is a simulated ecosystem network that protocol developers or smart contract developers can use to test protocol upgrades and smart contracts that have not yet been deployed on the mainnet. You can think of it as a simulation of production and assembly servers.

You should test any contract code you write on the testnet before deploying to the mainnet. Among decentralized applications that integrate with existing smart contracts, most projects deploy copies to testnets.

Most testnets initially use the Proof-of-Authority consensus mechanism. This means that a small number of nodes are selected to validate transactions and create new blocks—staking their identities in the process.

Currently, the Hash Ahead testnet operates under the proof-of-stake mechanism, which is the same as the Hash Ahead mainnet.

HAH on the testnet has no real value; therefore there is no market for HAH on the testnet. Since HAH is required to actually interact with Hash Ahead, most people get testnet HAH from the faucet. Most faucets are web apps that you feed into an address that requests to send HAH.

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