# Getting started on testnet

**URL:** https://forum.aztec.network/t/getting-started-on-testnet/7846
**Category:** Testnets
**Created:** [May 6, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.aztec.network/t/getting-started-on-testnet/7846 "2025-05-06T13:22:31Z")
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### Author: ![Davetbutler](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aztec.network/davetbutler/32/2484_2.png) [@Davetbutler](https://forum.aztec.network/u/Davetbutler)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.aztec.network/t/getting-started-on-testnet/7846/1 "2025-05-06T13:22:31Z")

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Hey. I am getting this error

`Error: Transaction 0x18f8775fdde4bb1301f1f27b1e97ebb59a16de3b1b595aaed0547ff7512a34b1 was dropped. Reason: Tx dropped by P2P node.`

when running this command in the testnet starting guide

````aztec-wallet
    --node-url $NODE_URL \
    --from my-wallet \
    --payment method=fpc-sponsored,fpc=contracts:sponsoredfpc \
    --register-class```

When I rerun, I get the `TimeoutError: Timeout awaiting isMined` which the docs say is sometimes expected, but I am unsure about the first error.
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### Author: ![joshc](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aztec.network/joshc/32/20_2.png) [@joshc](https://forum.aztec.network/u/joshc)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.aztec.network/t/getting-started-on-testnet/7846/2 "2025-05-06T13:24:41Z")

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I believe this is because the mempool was overloaded at this time, so validators were dropping txs. Should be better now. Although Sepolia re-orged a few hours ago and the testnet is still recovering from that and hasn’t produced blocks in a bit. you can check at [https://aztecscan.xyz/](https://aztecscan.xyz/)