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To smart contract developers testing on public testnets (sepolia, etc...): Why aren't you setting up your own private testnet (anvil/hardhat with mainnet fork)? What are the benefits of public testnets over private ones?

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Using a public testnet solely for 3rd party integration + testing. Otherwise I’m spinning up an anvil fork.

Thanks for the reply! What kind of third party integration?
And would a solution that includes hosted node (w/ ipfs if needed) + custom explorer (ie abi loaded, contract tagging, etc) be interesting for you? (Explorer would be https://tryethernal.com)

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Aah interesting! Yeah I think 3rd party might make it hard to propose an alternative to public testnets. Some people need to test with opensea as well.

Currently my testnet needs are that Gelato also needs to index that testnet, but I’d definitely check this out on the future.