3. Run Localnet

Using Feather CLI, you can easily spin up a localnet in one single command to verify that your chain works. Run the following command in the working directory of the scaffolded chain:

feather dev sandbox serve

Under the hood, this command does the following:

1. Build and install the chain binary (skip by running with the --skip-install flag)
2. Initialise all genesis accounts and balances as defined in config/config.json
3. Initialise a local validator node (keys are added to the test keyring backend)
4. Start the chain using the binary in step 1 (ie. feather-cored start)

After starting the chain, you can execute transactions as per usual on a different terminal (ie. feather-cored tx bank send ...).

Initialise chain state only

Alternatively, if you only wish to do steps 1-3 without starting the chain, run the following command instead:

feather dev sandbox init

To verify the initialisation of keys, run the following:

# Command name may differ depending on your chain name

feather-cored keys list --keyring-backend=test