How to get Electrum 3.1.3 on bitcoin testnet?

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I'm building an application on bitcoin and want to use testnet instead of using real bitcoins to do my test. I'm mainly using Electrum-3.1.3 to do sweeping of addresses. But how can I switch this to be on the testnet chain instead?

I would also like to know how to get Electrum mobile on testnet. — B T, Aug 05 '20 at 17:43

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 10 '22 at 20:16

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General answer is running: $ electrum --testnet

If you are using Mac OSX then open terminal an jump to: /Aplications/Electrum/Contents/OSX there you need to run: & ./Electrum --testnet

On newer Mac OS versions
/Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS/run_electrum --testnet

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answered Oct 04 '18 at 13:28

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On my system dir is /Applications/Electrum.app/Contents/MacOS – Riccardo Casatta Oct 28 '20 at 09:38
and `./run_electrum --testnet` – baloo Nov 06 '20 at 10:16

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '19 at 09:14

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If you install Electrum on Windows, you will have two programs you can start. One of them is called "Electrum Testnet".

answered Jun 14 '19 at 09:14

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 26 '18 at 06:12

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Run Electrum with the --testnet startup option.

answered Jun 26 '18 at 06:12

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testnet is not working for linux environment – xds2000 Sep 25 '18 at 08:44
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and for linux? that doesnt exist – Tim Kretschmer Feb 06 '19 at 07:19

How to get Electrum 3.1.3 on bitcoin testnet?

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