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# Mainnet

**MAINNET**

Bringing full experimentation and scale to public.

Mainnet is a term used to describe a working, fully-operational blockchain. A mainnet network has been fully deployed and is in production, like the Binance and Ethereum blockchains. In a mainnet, cryptocurrency transactions are verified and recorded to the blockchain.