August 2018
Intermediate to advanced
404 pages
11h 19m
English
Content preview from Ethereum Cookbook
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How to do it...
Follow these steps to install and create a test Ethereum network using npm:
- Install ganache-cli using npm:
npm install -g ganache-cli
- Starting a basic blockchain network is as simple as running this command:
ganache-cli
You will know that your blockchain is ready when you see this screen:
Ganache creates a virtual Ethereum blockchain, and it generates some sample accounts for you to use during development. Each account is filled in 100 Ether so that you only have to focus on development. You can access the network from http://localhost:8545.
- You can use a few parameters to customize the blockchain. Here's one such example: ...