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Bittensor Networks

The below table presents Bittensor networks and a few details:

DESCRIPTIONMAINNETTESTNETLOCALNET
Chain URLwss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443wss://test.finney.opentensor.ai:443ws://127.0.0.1:9944
Example Usagebtcli wallet swap_hotkey --network finneybtcli wallet swap_hotkey --network testbtcli wallet swap_hotkey --network local
Block processingOne block every 12 secondsOne block every 12 secondsOne block every 0.25s seconds in fast blocks mode and one block every 12s in non-fast blocks mode.
Mainnet Archivewss://archive.chain.opentensor.ai:443NoneNone
Mainnet Litewss://lite.chain.opentensor.ai:443NoneNone
Experimental Mainnet Litewss://lite.finney.test.opentensor.ai:443NoneNone
Network PurposeTransactions with financial valueTest transactions with no value, constrained by tokenomicsDevelopment and testing in fully user-controlled environment
Test TAONoneAvailable on request (not compatible with devnet test TAO)Available in Alice wallet. See Access the Alice account.