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Babylon Genesis Chain

Babylon Genesis is a Cosmos SDK chain that is backed by Bitcoin staking. It is also a chain that facilitate other BSNs to integrate Babylon staking to their protocol. Babylon Genesis itself is also a BSN.

ComponentTechnology
ConsensusCometBFT (a Tendermint fork)
FrameworkCosmos SDK
Smart ContractsCosmWasm
RelayerIBC
State MachineCustom modules for BTC staking, BTC Checkpointing, Finality Validation & Incentive Distribution

Chain Information

PropertyValue
Chain IDbbn-test-5
Chain NameBabylon Phase-2 testnet-5
Binary Namebabylond
Versionv0.5.0
Genesis Date2025-01-09
Genesis Filehttps://github.com/babylon-chain/babylon-chain/blob/main/genesis.json

Network Information

Nodes Guru

Endpoint TypeURL
RPChttps://babylon-testnet-rpc.nodes.guru
RPC Archivehttps://babylon-testnet-rpc-archive-1.nodes.guru
LCDhttps://babylon-testnet-api.nodes.guru
LCD Archivehttps://babylon-testnet-api-archive-1.nodes.guru
gRPChttps://babylon-testnet-grpc.nodes.guru

Polkachu

Endpoint TypeURL
RPChttps://babylon-testnet-rpc.polkachu.com
LCDhttps://babylon-testnet-api.polkachu.com
gRPChttp://babylon-testnet-grpc.polkachu.com:20690

Imperator

Endpoint TypeURL
RPChttps://rpc-babylon-testnet.imperator.co
LCDhttps://lcd-babylon-testnet.imperator.co
gRPCgrpc-babylon-testnet.imperator.co:443

ContributionDAO

Endpoint TypeURL
RPChttps://babylon-testnet-rpc.contributiondao.com
LCDhttps://babylon-testnet-api.contributiondao.com

Chain Explorer

ServiceURLExample
MintScanhttps://www.mintscan.io/babylon-testnethttps://www.mintscan.io/babylon-testnet/tx/F644F97AC47859A059EF0254364DD8E48517CFC5C6B5B38F5EE1C730F335F2A0?height=539808
L2Scanhttps://babylon-testnet.l2scan.co/https://babylon-testnet.l2scan.co/tx/F2822E21CDFA0E3AF8740AA527723090553851704730C8202C05E6919867228B
Node Guruhttps://testnet.babylon.explorers.guru/https://testnet.babylon.explorers.guru/transaction/548E930B4656B976C00A0D163E4FE944BEF93A4EBFFB4C1CC45E5924C1C419D4?height=587661

Deployment Resources

Cosmos SDK Version: v0.50.9

CosmWasm Version: v2.1.3

IBC Version: v1.0.1

Custom Modules Documentation

Smart Contract Deployment Guide

Token Information

  • Token Name: Babylon
  • Token Symbol: BABY
  • Base Denomination: ubaby
  • Display Denomination: baby
  • Decimals: 6 (1 baby = 1,000,000 ubaby)