<p>There is a section in the Bitcoin Developer Guide on Testing Applications. The section you are interested in is likely to be <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-examples#testing-applications" rel="nofollow">Regtest</a>.</p>

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<p>I know of the testnet Bitcoin provides, but is there any framework or simulator of the Bitcoin network which I can use to test on my local machine? I would like to edit parts of the code and simulate the responses of the real network without actually interacting with it.</p>

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Test network completely removed from the real network?
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# Test network completely removed from the real network?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-01)

I know of the testnet Bitcoin provides, but is there any framework or simulator of the Bitcoin network which I can use to test on my local machine? I would like to edit parts of the code and simulate the responses of the real network without actually interacting with it.

**Tags:** development, testnet, regtest


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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

There is a section in the Bitcoin Developer Guide on Testing Applications. The section you are interested in is likely to be [Regtest](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-examples#testing-applications).


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