Accounts for testing

You can use existing accounts for testing by including them in the genesis file for a private network. Hyperledger Besu also provides predefined accounts for use in development mode.

Development mode

When you start Besu with the --network=dev command line option, Besu uses the dev.json genesis file by default.

The dev.json genesis file defines the following accounts used for testing.

Do not use the test accounts on Ethereum Mainnet or any production network.

The following accounts are test accounts and their private keys are publicly visible in this documentation and in publicly available source code.

They are not secure and everyone can use them.

Using test accounts on Ethereum Mainnet and production networks can lead to loss of funds and identity fraud.

In this documentation, we only provide test accounts for ease of testing and learning purposes; never use them for other purposes.

Always secure your Ethereum Mainnet and any production account properly.

See for instance MyCrypto "Protecting Yourself and Your Funds" guide.

"Test Account 1 (address 0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73)"

Private key to copy :

0x8f2a55949038a9610f50fb23b5883af3b4ecb3c3bb792cbcefbd1542c692be63

Initial balance : 200 Eth (200000000000000000000 Wei)

"Test Account 2 (address 0x627306090abaB3A6e1400e9345bC60c78a8BEf57)"

Private key to copy :

0xc87509a1c067bbde78beb793e6fa76530b6382a4c0241e5e4a9ec0a0f44dc0d3

Initial balance : 90000 Eth (90000000000000000000000 Wei)

"Test Account 3 (address 0xf17f52151EbEF6C7334FAD080c5704D77216b732)"

Private key to copy :

0xae6ae8e5ccbfb04590405997ee2d52d2b330726137b875053c36d94e974d162f

Initial balance : 90000 Eth (90000000000000000000000 Wei)

Genesis file

To use existing test accounts, specify the accounts and balances in a genesis file for your test network. For an example of how to define accounts in the genesis file, see dev.json.

To start Besu with the genesis file defining the existing accounts, use the --genesis-file command line option .