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dApp Development

When developing decentralized applications, it often helps to test against private local testnets that can be created and destroyed as needed.

Launch Private Testnet​

  1. docker run --rm -p 2024:2024 giraffechain/node:dev
  2. Take note of a line near the top of the logs that looks like this: INFO Testnet - Testnet Staker 0: A498AybCn9K9Btmar1tKnyR8... Copy the long string of text after the : .
  3. Open the wallet in your browser
  4. Select the "Public" wallet (this is a shared wallet meant for testing purposes)
  5. Select the "Stake" Button. Click the little "warning" triangle to enter advanced mode. Paste the string from the previous text into the Import input. Click Import.
  6. Click "Start".

Blocks should be produced automatically in the background. You can now use normal Wallet and/or SDK functionality.

Development​

To create a decentralized application, you can use the TypeScript SDK. Using a funded wallet, you can add new data to the ledger-wide graph. If you can model your application or idea using objects and relations, you can probably store it on the Giraffe Chain!