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Follow this guide to learn how to spin up a Virtual Environment and start interacting with it. Watch on Loom →
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Configure your Virtual Environment
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From the Dashboard, go to Virtual Environments and click Create Virtual Environment. Fill in the settings below:
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Parent network and name: Choose which network you want to fork from the 102 supported networks and give it a unique name (e.g., Virtual Mainnet).
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Chain ID: Specify a custom value such as 73571 or use the parent network’s original chain ID. It’s recommended to set a unique chain ID to prevent transaction replay attacks, and avoid issues when adding the Virtual Environment to wallets.
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Public Explorer: Leave disabled or enable to allow public transaction viewing. If enabled, set the contract verification visibility option to control whether or not smart contracts’ code is visible publicly.
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State sync: Activate to keep your Virtual Environment updated in real-time with the parent network. Learn more about how state sync works.
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Click Create.
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Add your Virtual Environment to Metamask
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Access your Virtual Environment and click Add to Wallet to add the Virtual Environment as a chain in Metamask. Follow Metamask’s instructions to change the network. Once confirmed, you can send and receive transactions on your Virtual Environment through Metamask.
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Follow this tutorial for more guidance.
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Fund accounts
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Every Virtual Environment has an unlimited faucet that allows you to top up or set a new balance for any account on the Virtual Environment instantly.
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From the Dashboard
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  • Navigate to Faucet
  • Input your address (0xBd8DaA414Fda8a8A129F7035e7496759C5aF8570) and the amount you wish to add (e.g., 1000) in ETH (not wei).
  • Click Fund
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    Using RPC
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    Copy the Virtual Environment RPC link and call the tenderly_setBalance method to set a new balance specified in wei in hexadecimal form.
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    curl $TENDERLY_VIRTUAL_TESTNET_RPC \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "tenderly_setBalance",
    "params": [["0xE58b9ee93700A616b50509C8292977FA7a0f8ce1"], "0xDE0B6B3A7640000"],
    "id": "1234"
}'

    ​
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