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Developer Resources
General information and links
POA Core
POA Sokol (Testnet)
Block Size | Block Speed | Gas price | Patchset | Native token | Network ID |
~17,000,000 Gas | 5 sec | 1 -10 GWei | Berlin | POA | 99 |
To mitigate an ongoing denial-of-service attack, validators decided to increase the gas price to a range between 1-10 Gwei. Each validator can determine their own value within this range.
Block Size | Block Speed | Gas price | Patchset | Native token | Network ID |
~17,000,000 Gas | 5 sec | 1 GWei | Berlin | SPOA | 77 |
- Sokol Testnet Faucet: https://faucet.poa.network Get free 100 SPOA tokens for testing on the Sokol testnet
POA Core
Sokol Testnet
BlockScout is the official blockchain explorer for the POA Network. With this full-featured, open-source explorer you can view transactions, accounts & balances, access data via the API and read and verify smart contracts.
2) AnyBlock Analytics Explorer is convenient for exploring recent transactions and blocks and locating basic information extremely quickly.
BlockScout is the official blockchain explorer for the POA Network. With this full-featured, open-source explorer you can view transactions, accounts & balances, access data via the API and read and verify smart contracts.
2) AnyBlock Analytics Explorer is convenient for exploring recent transactions and blocks and locating basic information extremely quickly.
There are endpoints provided by POA. They are used to connect to the network. Use these endpoints to connect with DApps or when connecting to the POA Network with MetaMask or other web3 wallets.
POA Core
Sokol Testnet
Kovan Testnet
POA Core Network | |
Main RPC (HTTP2) | |
WebSockets | wss://core.poa.network/wss |
Archive node (last 100k blocks) | |
Network ID | 99 |
POA Sokol Testnet | |
Main RPC (HTTPS) | |
WebSockets (Secure) | |
Archive node (last 100k blocks) | |
Network ID | 77 |
Kovan Testnet | |
Main RPC (HTTPS) | |
WebSockets | wss://kovan.poa.network/wss |
Network ID | 42 |
POA Core
POA Sokol (Testnet)
Block | Date | Contract |
14350721 | 03/31/2020 | 0x67e90a54AeEA85f21949c645082FE95d77BC1E70 |
Block | Date | Contract |
13391641 | 02/20/2020 | 0x8f2b78169B0970F11a762e56659Db52B59CBCf1B |
The current implementation requires a chain running OpenEthereum or Nethermind AuRa consensus. The Random Number generation contract was introduced in this PR.
- Pocket provides a decentralized API layer for DApp developers (IOS, Android & Web SDKs available) and blockchain users.
- Tenderly dashboard supports POA transaction inspection - smart contracts can also be pushed to the dashboard for real-time monitoring.

Tenderly Dashboard Gas Profiler example
POA Mainnet
Sokol Testnet
- Chain spec files and known bootnodes of the POA network https://github.com/poanetwork/poa-chain-spec/tree/core
- DApps Deployed to POA: Partial list of deployed DApps along with statistics and links https://www.stateofthedapps.com/rankings/platform/po
- Ethereum Networks Stats (Netstats) with a list of nodes on Sokol network. Nodes should have netstats agent installed to be listed in the netstats. https://sokol-netstat.poa.network
- Governance DApps: To use governance dapps please switch to Sokol network in your Nifty Wallet
- Validators DApp: https://validators.poa.network/ In the DApp anyone can get information about validators of the Sokol network and their keys
- Voting DApp: https://voting.poa.network/ In the DApp anyone can get information about governance decisions on the Sokol network.