Insomnia Testnet is a blockchain test network where transactions are paid in the native TECH token, used strictly for development and QA. Its primary use cases include deploying and debugging smart contracts, wallets, and cross-chain bridge flows, validating transaction routing, fee handling, and failure recovery without mainnet risk. Teams can profile readiness by tracking local metrics such as gas usage in TECH, block confirmation latency, and bridge finality via their RPC or explorer.
Unlike production chains, Insomnia Testnet is a non-economic environment that uses TECH solely for gas, enabling safe, repeatable testing of cross-chain workflows and bridge integrations. Key performance metrics—average gas cost, block speed, TPS, and network activity—vary by release; obtain current values from the explorer or RPC telemetry to compare against other testnets and mainnets. This controlled setup helps teams validate reliability, fee logic, and finality timing before promoting to mainnet.
Insomnia Testnet uses TECH as the gas token for transaction fees. You can obtain TECH by bridging from other chains or purchasing using thirdweb Bridge, or through faucets (for testnet).
To bridge TECH to Insomnia Testnet, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select Insomnia Testnet as the destination, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. The bridge will handle the cross-chain transfer instantly.
To build on Insomnia Testnet you can use thirdweb, which provides an easy way to build, monetize and scale your apps, games or agents. You can find detailed guides and documentation on https://portal.thirdweb.com to get started quickly.
To add Insomnia Testnet to your wallet, you can connect your wallet and click on [Add to Wallet] button at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can add the network manually using the RPC URL and chain details and add it to your wallet's network settings.
To send TECH on Insomnia Testnet, ensure your wallet is connected to the Insomnia Testnet network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of TECH to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.