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Local Nodes

Developers often find it helpful to be able to run a 1-node Ethereum network with modified parameters to test interaction with the blockchain:

  • Anvil is a local Ethereum node packaged in the Foundry toolkit
  • Hardhat Network is a local Ethereum node packaged in the Hardhat toolkit

Installation is most easily done as part of installing the respective toolkit, described in the next section.