# Substrate Layer 1

The Ternoa chain is available through two distinct Substrate networks: the **Mainnet,** official Ternoa production network, and the **Alphanet,** official testing network with all the newest features available for testing purposes. <br>

## **Mainnet endpoints**

|                 | Public Endpoints                        |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Network         | Mainnet                                 |
| Chain Websocket | wss\://mainnet.ternoa.network           |
| Indexer         | <https://indexer-mainnet.ternoa.dev>    |
| Dictionary      | <https://dictionary-mainnet.ternoa.dev> |
| Explorer        | <https://explorer.ternoa.com>           |
| IPFS node       | <https://ipfs-mainnet.trnnfr.com>       |

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## **Alphanet endpoints**

|                 | Public Endpoints                         |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Network         | Alphanet                                 |
| Chain Websocket | wss\://alphanet.ternoa.com               |
| Indexer         | <https://indexer-alphanet.ternoa.dev>    |
| Dictionary      | <https://dictionary-alphanet.ternoa.dev> |
| Explorer        | <https://explorer-alphanet.ternoa.dev>   |
| IPFS node       | <https://ipfs-dev.trnnfr.com>            |

The Alphanet faucet provides you with some free test CAPS tokens to start building or interacting with the Ternoa chain on the Alphanet network.

It is accessible via the [Ternoa website](https://faucet.ternoa.network/).

### Alphanet CAPS Faucet

Paste your fresh Ternoa account address [created previously ](/getting-started/wallets/ternoa-wallet.md)(it starts with the number `5` e.g. `5DFAg6g9n3fNT2...VDSt5a1psr7BFJ1`), verify the captcha, and click on the `Claim` button.

You will receive alpha CAPS tokens within a few minutes.

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*If the daily 100 alphanet $CAPS allowance is not enough, feel free to reach out to our dev community team on* [*Discord*](https://discord.com/invite/mQeEWQj46a)*.*


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