Obtaining Testnet ETH & Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs)
In this guide, we will show you how to use a Holesky faucet to load your wallet with testnet ETH and how to obtain Holesky Liquid Staking Tokens so you can start testing liquid restaking.
Prerequisites
Before you can use a faucet to load your wallet with testnet ETH, you will need:
- An Ethereum-compatible wallet (e.g. MetaMask). Take note of its public address.
- Add Holesky network to your Web3 wallet (example instructions here) if it does not automatically appear.
Obtain Holesky ETH (aka holETH) via a Faucet
Once you have a Holesky compatible wallet and a Holesky ETH address, you can use a faucet to load your wallet with testnet ETH. Here are options available to obtain holETH:
Swap holETH for wETH (Wrapped ETH)
- Send holETH to address 0x94373a4919B3240D86eA41593D5eBa789FEF3848.
- Import the WETH token address (0x94373a4919B3240D86eA41593D5eBa789FEF3848) to your web3 wallet to view your token balance.
Swap holETH for stETH (Lido)
- Visit: https://stake-holesky.testnet.fi/
- Connect your web3 wallet, choose the amount and click Stake.
- Import the Lido and stETH token (proxy) address for Holesky stETH token to your web3 wallet to view your token balance.
- Note: Lido on Holesky staking is rate-limited to 1500 holETH per rolling 24hr window.
Swap holETH for ETHx (Stader)
- Visit the Stader Holesky proxy contract’s Write as Proxy contract in Etherscan here: 0x7F09ceb3874F5E35Cd2135F56fd4329b88c5d119.
- Click Connect to Web3 to connect your web3 wallet.
- Click either of the 1.deposit() or 2.deposit() functions to expand their section:
- payableAmount: Enter the ETH amount you wish to deposit.
- _receiver: the recipient of the ETHx. Most likely this will be your wallet address.
- _referralId (string): use the empty string (“”), if prompted.
- Click Write to initiate the transaction. Approve the transaction in your web3 wallet.
- Import the Holesky ETHx token address (0xB4F5fc289a778B80392b86fa70A7111E5bE0F859) to your web3 wallet to view your token balance.
Stake holETH for ankrETH (Ankr)
- Visit testnet.ankr.com/staking/stake/ethereum.
- Follow the instructions on screen to stake (convert) your desired amount of Holesky ETH for Holesky ankrETH.
- Click “Add ankrETH to wallet” to add the ankrETH token to your web3 wallet and view your available balance.
Mint osETH (Stakewise)
- Visit the Stakewise Holesky Vault Marketplace.
- Select a vault to mint osETH.
- Input the amount you wish to stake and click Stake and verify the transaction in your Web3 wallet.
- Click Mint to convert your staked holETH to osETH and verify the transaction in your Web3 wallet.
- Click “Add osETH to your Wallet”
- Or import the osETH address (0xF603c5A3F774F05d4D848A9bB139809790890864) for Holesky stETH token to your web3 wallet to view your token balance.
Mint and Stake to Swap holETH for sfrxETH
- Add Holesky to your Web3 wallet (example instructions here).
- Manually switch your wallet to the Holesky network. The Frax Finance app does not allow the user to choose Holesky directly.
- Open the Frax Finance Mint app: app.frax.finance/frxeth/mint .
- Enter the amount you wish to mint and click Mint & Stake.
- Import the Holesky sfrxETH token address (0xa63f56985F9C7F3bc9fFc5685535649e0C1a55f3) to your web3 wallet to view your token balance.
Swap holETH for mETH (Mantle ETH)
- Visit the MantleETH proxy contract’s Write as Proxy contract in Etherscan here: 0xbe16244EAe9837219147384c8A7560BA14946262.
- Click Connect to Web3 to connect your web3 wallet.
- Click on the 19.stake() function to expand its section:
- payableAmount: Enter the ETH amount you wish to deposit.
- minMETHAmount: set to 0.
- Click Write to initiate the transaction. Approve the transaction in your web3 wallet.
- Import the Holesky mETH token address (0xe3C063B1BEe9de02eb28352b55D49D85514C67FF) to your web3 wallet to view your token balance.