Connect to a Node
To use Acala EVM, you need to connect to an Acala Node. You can either
- 1.connect to a deployed test network (maintained by Acala) OR
- 2.run a local Acala test node
Find all available testnet nodes here. You can use Polkadot Explorer to communicate with the node, and EVM Playground to deploy and execute contracts.
To check whether Docker is successfully installed run the command below:
docker version
If you receive the version number, you can start your local Acala node with the command below:
docker pull acala/acala-node:latest
docker run -it -p 9944:9944 -p 9933:9933 acala/acala-node:latest --dev --ws-external --rpc-external --rpc-cors=all
The output of your node should look like this:

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