Is there any zero-value iota test network?

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I would like to play around with iota transactions without putting real value tokens at risk.

Use your own private IOTA testnet. Reference: https://github.com/schierlm/private-iota-testnet — shikhar mahajan, Mar 15 '18 at 21:43

Laurence · Answer 1 · 2017-11-29T23:29:28.757

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You can use the IOTA testnet, simply by connecting your application to a public testnet node. It is designed to be lighter and quicker than the IOTA mainnet (transactions are confirmed more quickly), but parallel to the mainnet in almost all other respects. IOTA developers and community members will be happy to give you free test iotas to use; see the linked resource for instructions on how to get started.

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answered Nov 29 '17 at 19:15

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – q9f Nov 30 '17 at 09:51
How do I contact IOTA developers and community members to get test iotas? – darrickc May 01 '18 at 19:49

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '17 at 08:13

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You can do 0 value transactions on the main net without using tokens.

answered Nov 29 '17 at 08:13

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This is somewhat a comment, not an answer. I am not aware that this is possible. Can you expand on how this works? – q9f Nov 29 '17 at 08:21
@5chdn it is possible in theory (if you "manually" send out a zero-value transaction), but I think the official wallet interface doesn't currently let the user send zero-value transactions, unfortunately. – Phil-ZXX Nov 29 '17 at 10:35
It works. I am playing with the Java API and using fresh seeds with 0 tokens, and my transactions are fine – Sune Nov 30 '17 at 01:32

Is there any zero-value iota test network?

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