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# Quick Start
Astar is a collection of networks and tools providing:
- Native support for Wasm and EVM-compatable smart contracts
- Advanced cross-chain features through Polkadot's XCMP
- [**Swanky Suite**](../wasm/sc-dev/swanky) - developer tooling for writing Wasm smart contracts in ink! (Rust-like syntax) and ask! (TypeScript-like syntax)
The Astar ecosystem has two mainnets and a testnet:
- **Astar** - a parachain connected to the Polkadot Relay Chain
- **Shiden** - a parachain connected to the Kusama Relay Chain
- **Shibuya** - a standalone testnet
## Network Endpoints
Developers can connect and interact with the network via HTTPS or Websocket endpoints on the network nodes. Check out [Network Endpoints](endpoints) to get your own endpoint and API key from one of the supported providers.
## Faucet
Developers will want to use our testnet faucet to deploy and test their contracts before mainnet deployment. This faucet is accessable via the [Astar portal](https://portal.astar.network) and instructions can be found [here](faucet).
## Astar account scheme
Astar is the only smart-contract parachain in the Polkadot ecosystem that supports multi-virtual machines (Wasm and EVM). Resultingly, managing multiple types of accounts can be non-trivial. Read more about [Astar's account structure](https://astarnetwork.github.io/astar-docs/docs/quickstart/addresses) in our documentation.
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## Ready?
If you want to start building WASM based dApps right away we encourage you to check out Swanky Suite - the all-in-one tool for WASM smart contract developers which self-contains a dev node ready to be run locally on your computer.
If you are ready for developing on our testnet/mainet please check out following pages:
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