What does mainnet mean for Autheo?
Autheo mainnet went live on May 14, 2026, and its legacy testnet reached 2,221,945 wallets before retirement. The network is documented end-to-end at docs.autheo.com.
Mainnet means the Autheo network is live. Transactions are final, deployed contracts are production infrastructure, and the architecture that 2,221,945 wallets exercised on the legacy testnet now carries real workloads. Testnet stays open for experimentation; mainnet is where you build for real users.
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From Sandbox to Production
Mainnet launched on May 14, 2026. Smart contracts deployed to mainnet operate on the live Autheo network, with finalized transactions, real economic value, and no reset button. Testnet remains available at the same endpoints for prototyping and validating new ideas before they reach production.
Inherited Stability, Not a Clean Slate
The legacy Autheo testnet processed transactions across 2,221,945 wallets before its retirement. The consensus, finality, and throughput characteristics validated during testnet carry directly into mainnet. The network is not rebooting; it is graduating.
Migrating From Testnet
Developers who built on testnet do not have to start over. The migration guide at docs.autheo.com walks through contract redeployment, RPC endpoint changes, and how to point existing tooling at mainnet. Builders new to Autheo start at the quickstart in the same docs.
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Expert Perspective
“A blockchain mainnet is the production environment where transactions have real economic consequence; testnet is where teams iterate without that consequence.
Citations & Sources
- [1]Autheo Mainnet Quickstart and Migration GuideAccessed 2026-09-21
- [2]Ethereum Networks Documentation (mainnet vs. testnet)Accessed 2026-09-21
- [3]Autheo Legacy Testnet Explorer statistics (archived 2026-09-21)Accessed 2026-09-21
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