Other Network Providers

The CashScript SDK needs to connect to the BCH network to perform certain operations, like retrieving balances and sending transactions.

MockNetworkProvider

The upstream TypeScript SDK provides a MockNetworkProvider which evaluates transactions locally without interacting with a BCH network. This is ideal for fast automated testing and local debugging.

CashScript-Py does not yet provide a full mock network provider. For now:

• use chipnet for integration tests

• use cashscript_py_support.utils to reduce funding/cleanup boilerplate

See: Testing Setup

Other providers

CashScript-Py currently ships with:

• ElectrumNetworkProvider (recommended)

If you want to connect to other infrastructure (RPC, hosted APIs, etc.), implement the NetworkProvider interface. Contributions of additional providers are welcome once they include basic automated tests.