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Official resources for blockchain developers building Avalanche. Tutorials, step-by-step guides, and information for developers building on Avalanche. 

Building on Avalanche

L1 FAQ

What are the L1 validator requirements?

What is a Subnet EVM?

L1s vs Sidechains

How are transactions paid for on an L1?

Subnets

Validator FAQ

How do I launch an Avalanche® validator using Tencent Cloud?

How do I become a validator?

Nodes FAQ

What is a node?

How do I launch an Avalanche® validator using AWS?

What is Pruning?

How do I check my validator's health?

Why is my node uptime different on various sites?

Nodes

What APIs are available on Avalanche®?

What is HyperSDK?

What is the Postman collection?

What is Avalanche® JS?

What is Wallet SDK (beta)?

What is Avalanche® Network Runner?

What is Avalanche® Local Simulator?

What is Abigen?

Grafana Dashboards

How do I add L1 information to the explorer?

Avalanche® Metrics

Developer Tools

Error: "all subnets' staking period must be a subset of the primary network"

Transferring from the P-Chain to C-Chain with API Calls

Is my node done bootstrapping?

What to do if you receive a time stamp error when staking?

Developer FAQ

Ava Labs explains the purpose of AvalancheGo in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem and the various features it includes for developers.

What is AvalancheGo?

AvalancheGo: Banff

AvalancheGo: Durango

Learn more about the upcoming AvalancheGo Etna upgrade, referred to as Avalanche9000.

What is Avalanche9000?

What is Avalanche® Warp Messaging (AWM)?

How do I get updates on AvalancheGo?

The Avalanche "Etna" upgrade was released on December 16, 2024 for the mainnet, after a testnet activation on November 25, 2024. This upgrade was designed to reduce transaction costs and…

AvalancheGo: Etna

ACP-176 Dynamic EVM Gas Limits and Price Discovery Updates
The ACP in this upgrade went into effect at 11 AM ET (3 PM UTC), Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 on Mainnet.

AvalancheGo: Fortuna

This upgrade went into effect at 11 AM ET (3 PM UTC) on Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 on the Fuji testnet. The Mainnet release for the latest upgrade to the…

AvalancheGo: Granite

AvalancheGo

What is the Data API?

What is the Webhooks API?

What is the Metrics API?

APIs

Discord

Telegram

Reddit

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