Quickstart: Run a local devnet ​

1. Install docker and docker compose.

2. Clone @celestiaorg/nitro:

   git clone -b release --recurse-submodules https://github.com/celestiaorg/nitro.git
   git checkout v3.2.5 && cd /nitro/nitro-testnode

   git clone -b release --recurse-submodules https://github.com/celestiaorg/nitro.git
   git checkout v3.2.5 && cd /nitro/nitro-testnode

3. ./celestia-start.sh

4. Some useful optional commands to use with the start script:

   • --validate (heavy computation, validates all blocks in WASM)
   • --anytrsut (launches anytrust DAC locally, useful to test anytrust fallbacks)

Helper scripts ​

The repository includes a set of helper scripts for basic actions like funding accounts or bridging funds. You can see a list of the available scripts by running:

./test-node.bash script --help

./test-node.bash script --help

If you want to see information of a particular script, you can add the name of the script to the help command.

./test-node.bash script send-l1 --help

./test-node.bash script send-l1 --help

Here's an example of how to run the script that funds an address on L2. Replace0x11223344556677889900 with the address you want to fund.

./test-node.bash script send-l2 --to address_0x11223344556677889900 --ethamount 5

Default endpoints and addresses ​

Node RPC endpoints are available at: