Lumia Beam Testnet is a public testing network for the Lumia ecosystem that uses LUMIA as the native gas token. It provides a safe sandbox to validate cross-chain bridging, liquidity routing, and smart-contract deployments end-to-end, including wallet, RPC, and block-explorer integrations. Testnet LUMIA is faucet-distributed and carries no real economic value.
It is purpose-built for cross-chain workflows, enabling fast iteration on bridge routes, fee quotes, and settlement logic with consistent developer tooling (faucet, RPC endpoints, explorer) and predictable configurations. For performance comparison, track key metrics—average gas cost, block speed, TPS, and network activity—in the live explorer/telemetry, as testnet values fluctuate by design and favor rapid confirmations over production throughput. This makes Lumia Beam ideal for benchmarking latency and reliability before deploying to mainnet networks.
Lumia Beam Testnet uses LUMIA as the gas token for transaction fees. You can obtain LUMIA by bridging from other chains or purchasing using thirdweb Bridge, or through faucets (for testnet).
To bridge LUMIA to Lumia Beam Testnet, connect your wallet to thirdweb bridge, select your source chain, choose the token you want to bridge, select Lumia Beam Testnet as the destination, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. The bridge will handle the cross-chain transfer instantly.
To build on Lumia Beam 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 Lumia Beam 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 LUMIA on Lumia Beam Testnet, ensure your wallet is connected to the Lumia Beam Testnet network, enter the recipient's address, specify the amount of LUMIA to send, review the gas fee, and confirm the transaction in your wallet.
