SC_Token and Test ADA

What is SC_Token? #

SC_Token(temporary name) is the native token of the Cardano EVM sidechain Testnet. SC_Token can be moved between the main chain (Cardano) and the example EVM sidechain, and SC_Token is required to pay for gas. Test SC_Token carries no real-world value.

What is gas? #

Gas refers to the computational cost necessary to successfully conduct a transaction on the sidechain network. This gas is deducted from a small fraction of SC_Token when conducting a transaction, deploying a smart contract, or writing to a smart contract.

How to get SC_Token? #

IO Global maintains a faucet at https://faucet.sidechain.evmtestnet.iohkdev.io/ for testing purposes. The faucet dispenses test SC_Token that you can use to pay the gas fees on smart contracts that you run on the EVM sidechain testnet. You can claim one test SC_Token every 24 hours. You cannot swap the test SC_Token tokens you claim from the faucet for any other token, nor can you use them to make any purchases.

What is Test Ada? #

Test Ada (tAda) is the native token of the dedicated Cardano testnet (separate from the preview and pre-production testing environments). tAda is required to pay for transaction fees conducted on the Cardano testnet. tAD a carries no real world value.

How to get tAda? #

IO Global maintains a faucet at https://faucet.cardano.evmtestnet.iohkdev.io/basic-faucet for testing purposes.