Testnets run on play money and the faucet is where it comes from. This guide funds the account you created in the previous walkthrough so you can actually transact.
Steps
- Open pre.wire.network and connect with MetaMask as before.
- Find the faucet section in the dapp suite.
- Request testnet tokens for your account. The faucet credits your account directly; there is no gas to pay because Wire covers user resources through contract policies.
- Your dashboard balance updates once the transaction finalizes, which on the testnet is fast.
Verify the credit on-chain
curl -X POST https://testnet-api-use1.dev.wire-dev.com/v1/chain/get_currency_balance \
-d '{"code":"sysio.token","account":"youraccount"}'The response lists your balances as the token contract sees them. This habit - UI first, chain API second - is worth keeping. The API is the truth; the UI is a view of it.
Faucet etiquette
- Take what a session needs, not what the button allows. Faucets are shared infrastructure and draining them makes the testnet worse for everyone learning on it.
- Testnet tokens have no value and no path to value. Anyone who claims otherwise is lying to you; report them through Wire's official channels.
If the faucet is empty or rate-limited, that is a testnet reality rather than a bug on your
end. Wait for it to refill or ask in Wire's community channels.
Funded? Good. The InstaSwap guide puts those tokens to work.