# Help with Testnet

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002>\
**Category:** Mining Support\
**Created:** [January 29, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002 "2017-01-29T18:07:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![mo\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@mo\_11](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mo_11)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/1 "2017-01-29T18:07:07Z")

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Hello!

is there any helpful link(s) or steps that could help me run tests on Zcash in testnet mode (i’am using ubuntu) ?  
thank you!

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**Author:** ![mo\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@mo\_11](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mo_11)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/2 "2017-01-31T13:59:23Z")

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any help please ! !?

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**Author:** ![anon47418038](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@anon47418038](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/anon47418038)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/3 "2017-01-31T14:00:26Z")

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I can ping Zcash staff over in chat…also, what’s your zcash.conf look like right now?

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**Author:** ![mo\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@mo\_11](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/mo_11)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/4 "2017-02-01T16:57:38Z")

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here is the content of my zcash.conf:  
testnet=1  
addnode=betatestnet.z.cash  
rpcuser=username  
rpcpassword=password

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**Author:** ![anon47418038](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@anon47418038](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/anon47418038)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/5 "2017-02-01T16:59:06Z")

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ah, I wonder if betatestnet.z.cash is the right server name, or if they changed it after launch, as it would have a new genesis block? @str4d ???

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**Author:** ![paige](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/paige/32/31152_2.png) [@paige](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/paige)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/6 "2017-02-06T16:55:06Z")

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@mo_11 use `testnet.z.cash` for `addnode` value.

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**Author:** ![anon47418038](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@anon47418038](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/anon47418038)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/7 "2017-02-06T17:22:07Z")

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Is that clearly documented anywhere? I don’t recall seeing it

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**Author:** ![paige](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/paige/32/31152_2.png) [@paige](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/paige)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/help-with-testnet/14002/8 "2017-02-06T17:44:01Z")

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Not clearly. We should add more documentation for testnet, though. I found the answer in the history of the Beta Guide wiki. [Beta Guide · zcash/zcash Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/zcash/zcash/wiki/Beta-Guide/499c420dcbe832525adda35c28c50527507ebcae)