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Version: 0.5.0

Intro

Difference disclaimer
  • Devnet should not be used as a replacement for the official testnet. After testing on Devnet, be sure to test on testnet (alpha-sepolia)!
  • Devnet does not organize state data into Merkle-Patricia tries or similar tree-like structures, so:
    • calling the starknet_getStorageProof RPC method shall always result in STORAGE_PROOF_NOT_SUPPORTED
    • block roots are set to 0
  • The pre-confirmed block is equivalent to the old pending block, except that its transactions are not ACCEPTED_ON_L2 but PRE_CONFIRMED.
  • By default, a new block is mined for each new transactions.
    • This can be modified by directing all new transactions into a pre-confirmed block, and at some point triggering block creation.
    • Transactions in a pre-confirmed block cannot be replaced by sending a transaction with a higher free from the same account.
    • Read more about transitioning a transaction from PRE_CONFIRMED to ACCEPTED_ON_L2.
  • RECEIVED and CANDIDATE are not used in Devnet.
  • Transactions are never automatically ACCEPTED_ON_L1, unless the user performs an action.

You may now proceed with running Devnet and checking out the multitude of features listed in the sidebar on the left.

Limits

As mentioned here, "Starknet currently has a number of limits in place in order to keep the network stable and optimized for the best performance." Devnet uses the limits defined on that page and, for block-level limits, values defined here (provided by the Blockifier team). The block-level limits are considered only when executing transactions, not when constructing the blocks themselves. I.e. if a transaction's usage of a resource exceeds its defined block-level limit, it will be reverted; but if the cumulative usage of all transactions in a block of one resource exceeds the block limit, the block will still be generated.