Aptos Networks

Network Overview

1. Localnet — our standalone tool for local development against a known version of the codebase with no external network.

2. Devnet — a shared resource for the community, data resets weekly, weekly update from aptos-core main branch.

3. Testnet — a shared resource for the community, data will be preserved, network configuration will mimic Mainnet.

4. Mainnet — a production network with real assets.

Network properties

Network Name	Chain ID	Genesis & Waypoint	Epoch Duration	Network Provider	Release Cadence	Wipe Cadence
Mainnet	1	Files Here	2 hours	Fully Decentralized	Monthly, varies	Never
Testnet	2	Files Here	2 hours	Managed by Aptos Labs on behalf of Aptos Foundation	Monthly, varies	Never
Devnet	On Aptos Explorer select Devnet from top right.	Files Here	2 hours	Managed by Aptos Labs on behalf of Aptos Foundation	Weekly	On update

Network URLs

The below URLs are provided by Aptos Labs.

Network Name	REST API	REST API Spec	Indexer GraphQL API	Indexer GraphQL API Spec	Indexer GRPC	Faucet
Mainnet	REST API	REST API Spec	Indexer API	Indexer API Spec	GRPC	N/A
Testnet	REST API	REST API Spec	Indexer API	Indexer API Spec	GRPC	Faucet
Devnet	REST API	REST API Spec	Indexer API	Indexer API Spec	GRPC	Faucet