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Labcoat

Devnet and wallets

labcoat up checks required service binaries, downloads missing pinned builds, starts the complete stack, and exposes one JSON-RPC gateway.

Service Purpose
bitcoind Bitcoin regtest chain
metashrew Alkanes state index
ord Ordinals and inscription index
esplora Chain query API
espo Explorer and trace services
gateway Unified JSON-RPC endpoint on port 18888

Operate the stack

Section titled “Operate the stack”
Terminal window
labcoat up
labcoat status --json
labcoat logs --service metashrew --limit 100
labcoat snapshot clean
labcoat restore clean
labcoat down

Only one Labcoat devnet should run per machine. status reports each service, chain height, mempool size, and overall readiness.

Wallet workflow

Section titled “Wallet workflow”
Terminal window
labcoat wallet init
labcoat wallet addresses --count 3
labcoat fund <p2tr-address> 1
labcoat mine 1
labcoat wallet utxos

The wallet derives BIP-86, BIP-84, BIP-49, and BIP-44 addresses. P2TR is the primary address for Alkanes operations.

Reset carefully

Section titled “Reset carefully”

labcoat reset -y stops services and permanently removes local chain and index data. Snapshots are the safer choice when you expect to return to a known state.