Network Environments

There are 4 defined “networks”:

• mainnet – the main public network.

• STN (S_caling Test Network_) – a public test network targeted at testing scaling.

• testnet – a public test network, typically used for testing of software before release.

• regnet – a private “regression” test network, meant for local testing.

Nodes from different networks can co-exist on the same physical network; each public network uses a different set of seed nodes (if any) and ports for communications.

The BSV server software defaults to mainnet.