Named after signal flare pioneer Martha Jane Coston. Developers acquire free test tokens from faucets to test smart contracts before deploying to canary or mainnet.
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Coston / Coston2
Developer testnets mirroring Songbird (Coston) and Flare Mainnet (Coston2).
Related terms
- Observation ModeInitial restricted launch mode verifying node stability before decentralized rollout.
- Canary NetworkAn incentivized, operational blockchain with real value tokens used to test features before mainnet.
- SongbirdThe operational canary network of Flare Network (Chain ID: 19).
- StakingDepositing FLR to P-Chain validators to secure network consensus and earn yield.