Ghostnet

Ghostnet is the long-running testnet for Tezos, but is deprecated - use Shadownet.

Public RPC endpoints	https://rpc.ghostnet.teztnets.com
Full network name	TEZOS_ITHACANET_2022-01-25T15:00:00Z
Tezos docker build	tezos/tezos:octez-v24.4
Activated on	2022-01-25T15:00:00Z
Rolling Snapshot	Ghostnet snapshot

Install the software

⚠️ If you already have an existing Tezos installation, do not forget to backup and delete your ~/.tezos-node and ~/.tezos-client.

Alternative: Use docker

To join Ghostnet with docker, open a shell in the container:

docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/sh tezos/tezos:octez-v24.4

Alternative: Build the software

⚠️ If this is your first time installing Tezos, you may need to install a few dependencies.

cd
git clone git@gitlab.com:tezos/tezos.git
cd tezos
git checkout octez-v24.4
opam init # if this is your first time using OPAM
make build-deps
eval $(opam env)
make
export PATH=$HOME/tezos:$PATH

Join the Ghostnet network

Run the following commands:

octez-node config init --network ghostnet

Recover from a snapshot

wget -O snapshot_file https://snapshots.tzinit.org/ghostnet/rolling
octez-node snapshot import snapshot_file

Run the node

Use the following command:

octez-node run --rpc-addr 127.0.0.1:8732