MainNet Considerations

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Overview

Before deploying to MainNet:

1. Test thoroughly on TestNet. Deploy the exact same artifacts and run all your test scenarios.
2. Audit the manifest permissions. Ensure no wildcard permissions remain unless explicitly justified.
3. Review the contract hash. Use --deployer to predict the hash and verify it matches your expectations.
4. Check GAS costs. MainNet GAS is real value. Estimate deployment and invocation costs on TestNet first.
5. Plan for upgrades. If your contract needs to be upgradeable, ensure the update mechanism is tested.
6. Run the production gate. make production-gate validates the entire toolchain.

See Production Readiness for the complete pre-deployment checklist.