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ganache-cli — Command-line version of Ganache, your personal blockchain for Ethereum development. More information

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Problem

How to use the ganache-cli command: Command-line version of Ganache, your personal blockchain for Ethereum development. More information: <https://archive.trufflesuite.com/ganache/>.

Solution

ganache-cli — Command-line version of Ganache, your personal blockchain for Ethereum development. More information: <https://archive.trufflesuite.com/ganache/>.

Run Ganache:

ganache-cli

Run Ganache with a specific number of accounts:

ganache-cli --accounts={{number_of_accounts}}

Run Ganache and lock available accounts by default:

ganache-cli --secure

Run Ganache server and unlock specific accounts:

ganache-cli --secure --unlock "{{account_private_key1}}" --unlock "{{account_private_key2}}"

Run Ganache with a specific account and balance:

ganache-cli --account="{{account_private_key}},{{account_balance}}"

Run Ganache with accounts with a default balance:

ganache-cli --defaultBalanceEther={{default_balance}}

Run Ganache and log all requests to stdout:

ganache-cli --verbose

Code Snippets

Run Ganache

ganache-cli

Run Ganache with a specific number of accounts

ganache-cli --accounts={{number_of_accounts}}

Run Ganache and lock available accounts by default

ganache-cli --secure

Run Ganache server and unlock specific accounts

ganache-cli --secure --unlock "{{account_private_key1}}" --unlock "{{account_private_key2}}"

Run Ganache with a specific account and balance

ganache-cli --account="{{account_private_key}},{{account_balance}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/ganache-cli

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