# Taiko Alpha-1 Testnet Guide

By [SLEVENSY](https://paragraph.com/@slevensy) · 2023-01-03

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A Type 1 ZK-EVM
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**Fully decentralized, Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup.**

### Request from faucet

*   Request ETH from Ethereum A1: [https://l1faucet.a1.taiko.xyz/](https://l1faucet.a1.taiko.xyz/).
    
*   Request ETH from Taiko A1: [https://l2faucet.a1.taiko.xyz/](https://l2faucet.a1.taiko.xyz/).
    

### Use the bridge

Use the bridge for the following actions:

*   Bridge ETH between Ethereum A1 and Taiko A1
    
*   Bridge HORSE between Ethereum A1 and Taiko A1
    

[https://bridge.a1.taiko.xyz/](https://bridge.a1.taiko.xyz/)

### Deploy a contrack

These steps will show you how to deploy a smart contract to Taiko A1 using Foundry. You can find the latest Foundry docs at the Foundry Book: [https://book.getfoundry.sh/getting-started/first-steps](https://book.getfoundry.sh/getting-started/first-steps). This guide uses snippets / examples from there.

**_Steps:_**

[https://taiko.xyz/docs/alpha-1-testnet/deploy-a-contract](https://taiko.xyz/docs/alpha-1-testnet/deploy-a-contract)

### Run a node

This is arguably the most important part of the testnet! Taiko is fully decentralized and relies on the community to run nodes.

**_Steps :_**

[https://github.com/taikoxyz/simple-taiko-node/blob/main/README.md](https://github.com/taikoxyz/simple-taiko-node/blob/main/README.md)

### Explore the network

Taiko's Alpha-1 testnet consists of L1 / L2 nodes with all Taiko protocol contracts deployed. The mining interval of the L1 node is set to 12 seconds.

### Endpoints

**L1**

*   _Block Explorer:_ [_https://l1explorer.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://l1explorer.a1.taiko.xyz/)
    
*   _HTTP RPC Endpoint:_ [_https://l1rpc.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://l1rpc.a1.taiko.xyz/)
    
*   _Web Socket RPC Endpoint:_ [_wss://l1ws.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://etherscan.io/address/l1ws.a1.taiko.xyz)
    
*   _ETH faucet:_ [_https://l1faucet.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://l1faucet.a1.taiko.xyz/)
    
*   _Chain ID:_ `31338`
    

**L2**

*   _Block Explorer:_ [_https://l2explorer.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://l2explorer.a1.taiko.xyz/)
    
*   _HTTP RPC Endpoint:_ [_https://l2rpc.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://l2rpc.a1.taiko.xyz/)
    
*   _Web Socket RPC Endpoint:_ [_wss://l2ws.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://etherscan.io/address/l2ws.a1.taiko.xyz)
    
*   _ETH faucet:_ [_https://l2faucet.a1.taiko.xyz_](https://l2faucet.a1.taiko.xyz/)
    
*   _Chain ID:_ `167003`
    

### Contrak addresses

**L1**

*   _TaikoL1:_ `0x7B3AF414448ba906f02a1CA307C56c4ADFF27ce7`
    
*   _TokenVault:_ `0xD0dfd5baCf160B97C8eE3ecb463F18c08673160c`
    
*   _Bridge:_ `0x3612E284D763f42f5E4CB72B1602b23DAEC3cA60`
    

**L2**

*   _TaikoL2:_ `0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000001`
    
*   _TokenVault:_ `0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000002`
    
*   _EtherVault:_ `0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000003`
    
*   _Bridge:_ `0x0000777700000000000000000000000000000004`

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*Originally published on [SLEVENSY](https://paragraph.com/@slevensy/taiko-alpha-1-testnet-guide)*