shloyem/mainnetforkhardhat

Creation of a mainnet fork and running related commands

MainnetForkHardhat

• Creation of a mainnet fork via ganache-cli
• Running RPC commands to simulate ETH transfer from Vitalik's account.
• Homework 17 of Encode Club bootcamp by ETHDenver.

Steps:

1. Using Ganache:

   • Run Ganache-CLI:

     npx ganache --fork https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR_KEY>@16690099 --unlock 0x1Db3439a222C519ab44bb1144fC28167b4Fa6EE6
     

     Where 16690099 is the block number for #2 example screenshot. It's optional and can be removed.

   • Run the script with ganache network option:

     npx hardhat --network ganache run scripts/deploy.ts
     

2. Or using Infura Mainnet Fork:

   • Run the script with hardhat (forking) network option:

     npx hardhat --network hardhat run scripts/deploy.ts
     

Recommended output: