Test and emulate

Initialize emulator

The emulator serves as a unique provider in Lucid, and it can be instantiated in the same way as any other provider. This provides a seamless experience, allowing for easy substitution of the emulator with a real network provider.

const emulator = new Emulator([{
  address: "addr_test...",
  assets: { lovelace: 3000000000n },
}]);

const lucid = new Lucid({ provider: emulator });

Working with time ranges

Unfortunately Date.now() doesn't work with the emulator because the network is not live and steps are only taken when requested. Instead you have to use emulator.now();

const tx = await lucid.newTx()
  .validTo(emulator.now())
  .commit();

Distribute staking rewards

The emulator allows you to conveniently distribute rewards to all delegated stake addresses.

emulator.distributeRewards(100000000n);