bbn-test-5

Babylon testnet-5 Network

Welcome to the network page for the Babylon Phase-2 testnet (bbn-test-5). This is your central hub for network participation information, whether you're running a node, operating as a validator, providing finality services, or participating in the covenant committee.

Network Parameters

Chain ID

bbn-test-5

Genesis

The genesis file can be retrieved from here.

State snapshot

A snapshot including state up to height 200 can be retrieved from here.

To boot a node with this snapshot, Babylon version v1.0.0-rc.3 should be used (reference).

Some additional network snapshot sources are also listed:

• https://polkachu.com/testnets/babylon/snapshots
• https://www.imperator.co/services/chain-services/testnets/babylon
• https://services.contributiondao.com/testnet/babylon/snapshots

Seed nodes

Seed nodes can be retrieved from here.

Peers

Peers can be retrieved from here.

Endpoints

1. RPC

Pruned:

• https://babylon-testnet-rpc.nodes.guru
• https://babylon-testnet-rpc.polkachu.com
• https://rpc-babylon-testnet.imperator.co
• https://babylon-testnet-rpc.contributiondao.com

Archive:

• https://babylon-testnet-rpc-archive-1.nodes.guru

2. LCD (node API)

Pruned:

• https://babylon-testnet-api.nodes.guru
• https://babylon-testnet-api.polkachu.com
• https://lcd-babylon-testnet.imperator.co
• https://babylon-testnet-api.contributiondao.com

Archive:

• https://babylon-testnet-api-archive-1.nodes.guru

3. gRPC

• https://babylon-testnet-grpc.nodes.guru
• http://babylon-testnet-grpc.polkachu.com:20690
• grpc-babylon-testnet.imperator.co:443

Covenant Committee

The covenant committee consists of 9 signing keys with a quorum being achieved with 6 signatures. Below are the members of the covenant committee and the BTC public keys associated with them.

• Babylon Labs:
  • fa9d882d45f4060bdb8042183828cd87544f1ea997380e586cab77d5fd698737
  • 0aee0509b16db71c999238a4827db945526859b13c95487ab46725357c9a9f25
  • 17921cf156ccb4e73d428f996ed11b245313e37e27c978ac4d2cc21eca4672e4
• Cubist
  • 113c3a32a9d320b72190a04a020a0db3976ef36972673258e9a38a364f3dc3b0
• Informal Systems
  • 79a71ffd71c503ef2e2f91bccfc8fcda7946f4653cef0d9f3dde20795ef3b9f0
• Zellic
  • 3bb93dfc8b61887d771f3630e9a63e97cbafcfcc78556a474df83a31a0ef899c
• RockX
  • d21faf78c6751a0d38e6bd8028b907ff07e9a869a43fc837d6b3f8dff6119a36
• AltLayer
  • f5199efae3f28bb82476163a7e458c7ad445d9bffb0682d10d3bdb2cb41f8e8e
• CoinSummer Labs
  • 40afaf47c4ffa56de86410d8e47baa2bb6f04b604f4ea24323737ddc3fe092df

Alternatively, the list can be retrieved from here.

Network Participants

There are four types of participants in the Babylon network. Please see the setup and configuration guides below:

• Babylon Node Operators
• Validators
• Finality Providers
• Covenant Committee