Platform Overview
Each Stagenet includes a set of integrated development tools for inspecting, testing, and iterating on smart contracts as they evolve.
- Workspaces — contract-specific dashboards for inspecting state, activity, balances, storage, TVL, and DeFi interactions over time
- Contract CI/CD — connect GitHub repositories to version and track contracts automatically as code changes are pushed and contracts are deployed
- DeFi Integrations — simulate and analyse interactions with DeFi protocols under realistic market and protocol conditions
- Dev Utilities — contract-aware explorer, faucets, account impersonation and debugging tools built into the platform
Combined with true-to-life chain state, Stagenets enable teams to develop and validate smart contracts with confidence before deployment.
Why not forks or public testnets?
Traditional development workflows typically rely on static forks or shared public testnets. While useful, both have limitations when building production smart contracts.
Forks provide an accurate snapshot of mainnet state, but they are stationary and short-lived. They freeze the chain at a single block, making it difficult to observe contract behaviour over time or validate long-running interactions.
Public testnets allow contracts to run over time, but they do not reflect real mainnet state. Assets, liquidity, protocol behaviour, and historical data often diverge significantly from production conditions.
Stagenets combine the strengths of both approaches
Stagenets advance continuously like a live network, while preserving historically accurate mainnet state. With built-in development tools, they provide a production-like environment for testing contract behaviour and integrations pre-deployment.