Connecting to Cardano EVM Testnet

The Cardano EVM testnet is a testnet used specifically for EVM side chain activities and is not connected to existing testnet, preprod or preview networks. 

Network details 

Name	Network	Chain ID	Consensus	Token	Account Model
Cardano EVM testnet	Testnet	7	POS	tada	EUTXO

cardano-node cli

• Navigate to https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases
• Locate the latest release of cardano-node
• In the latest release scroll to Downloads >> Static binay section
• Select your OS version for example Linux or Ubuntu 
• wget https://update-cardano-mainnet.iohk.io/cardano-node-releases/cardano-node-x.x.x.x-linux.tar.gz
• Extract cardano-node-x.x.x.x-linux.tar.gz to the local directory using tar -xzf cardano-node-x.x.x.x-linux.tar.gz
• chmod +x cardano-node 
• chmod +x cardano-cli

Cardano EVM testnet config

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/mamba-world/develop/nix/automation/jobs/cardano-node/config/alonzo-genesis.json

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/mamba-world/develop/nix/automation/jobs/cardano-node/config/byron-genesis.json

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/mamba-world/develop/nix/automation/jobs/cardano-node/config/node-config.json

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/mamba-world/develop/nix/automation/jobs/cardano-node/config/shelley-genesis.json

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/mamba-world/develop/nix/automation/jobs/cardano-node/config/topology.json

Connect to Cardano EVM Testnet

Execute

./cardano-node run --config node-config.json --database-path db --socket-path node.socket --topology topology.json


Export

export CARDANO_NODE_SOCKET_PATH=node.socket


Query

./cardano-cli query tip --testnet-magic 7

{
"block": 20119,
"epoch": 111,
"era": "Babbage",
"hash": "ee25e296bdb6ca91fb28cf66e757b9ac4ab3fd45be936aeffd45b75bdbd01c55",
"slot": 804538,
"syncProgress": "8.26"
}