A Guide To Requesting Test Coins On Ellcrys Network

Emmanuel Ogbonna
Ellcrys
Published in
2 min readJun 17, 2019

Here’s a comprehensive step by step process of requesting for Ellcrys test coins. The Ellcrys test coins are demo native coins that are used to send and receive transactions on the Ellcrys Alphanet — Inception.

To request for test coins, you will need to have an Ellcrys network account where the coin will be sent to. You can create an account using Ellcrys’ ELLD client software or via SafeHold whether you’re on Windows, macOS or Linux.

  1. Using the ELLD (CLI)
  2. The SafeHold Desktop App

Steps To Request For Test Coins

You can request for test coins as soon as you have your new Ellcrys network account and you’ve signed up on the Ellcrys suite. Here’s a link to signup on the Ellcrys suite.

Next,

  1. Make sure you activate your account on the Ellcrys Suite by clicking the verification link sent to your email.
  2. Go back to the Ellcrys Suite and log in.
  3. After login, find the “Request Test Coin” button located at the top navigation menu and click on it.
  4. A pop-up form will be displayed on your screen where you can enter your Ellcrys account address and easily request.
  5. When your test coin request is fulfilled, you will receive an email notification confirming the disbursement of your test coin. Also, you can track the status of your request on “Test Coin Request” log on the “Overview page” on Ellcrys Suite. You may receive this notification before the transaction that pays to your address gets mined; You can track the balance of your request address on Ellscan.
Pop-up Form When Requesting For Test Coins
Success Page After Requesting For Test Coins

Note: An address becomes an Ellcrys account if there is at least one transaction associated with it and can be found on the Ellcrys Block Explorer- Ellscan.

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Emmanuel Ogbonna
Ellcrys
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Content Developer and Frontend Developer in Ellcrys