diff --git a/scripts/testnet/add_wasm_state_to_genesis.sh b/scripts/testnet/add_wasm_state_to_genesis.sh
index cc9270b1..2235b5cc 100755
--- a/scripts/testnet/add_wasm_state_to_genesis.sh
+++ b/scripts/testnet/add_wasm_state_to_genesis.sh
@@ -6,26 +6,46 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 # Then, it adds these states to a given original genesis file.
 # The final genesis file is placed in the current directory as genesis.json.
 #
-source config.sh
-
-#
-#   PRELIMINARY CHECKS
-#
-ORIGINAL_GENESIS=$NODE_DIR/genesis.json
-if [ ! -f "$ORIGINAL_GENESIS" ]; then
-  echo "Original genesis file not found inside node directory."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-TMP_HOME=./tmp
-rm -rf $TMP_HOME
 
+# download_contract_release() downloads a file from seda-chain-contracts repo.
+# Argument:
+#   $1: Wasm contract file name
+function download_contract_release() {
+  local repo="sedaprotocol/seda-chain-contracts"
+  local url="https://api.github.com"
+
+  mkdir -p $WASM_DIR
+
+  function gh_curl() {
+    curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+         -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw" \
+         $@
+  }
+
+  if [ "$CONTRACTS_VERSION" = "latest" ]; then
+    # Github should return the latest release first.
+    parser=".[0].assets | map(select(.name == \"${1}\"))[0].id"
+  else
+    parser=". | map(select(.tag_name == \"$CONTRACTS_VERSION\"))[0].assets | map(select(.name == \"${1}\"))[0].id"
+  fi;
+
+  asset_id=`gh_curl -s $url/repos/$repo/releases | jq "$parser"`
+  if [ "$asset_id" = "null" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "ERROR: asset not found: version $CONTRACTS_VERSION, file $1"
+    exit 1
+  fi;
+
+  curl -sL --header "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+    --header 'Accept: application/octet-stream' \
+    https://$GITHUB_TOKEN:@api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/assets/$asset_id \
+    --output-dir $WASM_DIR --output ${1}
+}
 
 # store_and_instantiate() stores and instantiates a contract and returns its address
-# Accept arguments:
+# Arguments:
 #   $1: Contract file name
 #   $2: Initial state
-store_and_instantiate() {
+function store_and_instantiate() {
     local TX_OUTPUT=$($BIN tx wasm store $WASM_DIR/$1 --from $ADDR --keyring-backend test --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.2 --home $TMP_HOME -y --output json)
     [[ -z "$TX_OUTPUT" ]] && { echo "failed to get tx output" ; exit 1; }
     local TX_HASH=$(echo $TX_OUTPUT | jq -r .txhash)
@@ -46,15 +66,36 @@ store_and_instantiate() {
     echo $CONTRACT_ADDRESS
 }
 
+
+source config.sh
+
+#
+#   PRELIMINARY CHECKS AND DOWNLOADS
+#
+ORIGINAL_GENESIS=$NODE_DIR/genesis.json
+if [ ! -f "$ORIGINAL_GENESIS" ]; then
+  echo "Original genesis file not found inside node directory."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TMP_HOME=./tmp
+rm -rf $TMP_HOME
+
+rm -rf $WASM_DIR
+download_contract_release proxy_contract.wasm
+download_contract_release staking.wasm
+download_contract_release data_requests.wasm
+
+
 #
 #   SCRIPT BEGINS - START CHAIN
 #
 $BIN init new node0 --home $TMP_HOME
 
-$BIN keys add satoshi --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test
-ADDR=$($BIN keys show satoshi --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test -a)
+$BIN keys add deployer --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test
+ADDR=$($BIN keys show deployer --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test -a)
 $BIN add-genesis-account $ADDR 100000000000000000seda --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test
-$BIN gentx satoshi 10000000000000000seda --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test
+$BIN gentx deployer 10000000000000000seda --home $TMP_HOME --keyring-backend test
 $BIN collect-gentxs --home $TMP_HOME
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/artifacts/data_requests.wasm b/scripts/testnet/artifacts/data_requests.wasm
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b2af9e1..00000000
Binary files a/scripts/testnet/artifacts/data_requests.wasm and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/artifacts/proxy_contract.wasm b/scripts/testnet/artifacts/proxy_contract.wasm
deleted file mode 100644
index e33706c1..00000000
Binary files a/scripts/testnet/artifacts/proxy_contract.wasm and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/artifacts/staking.wasm b/scripts/testnet/artifacts/staking.wasm
deleted file mode 100644
index 99b27505..00000000
Binary files a/scripts/testnet/artifacts/staking.wasm and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/config_example.sh b/scripts/testnet/config_example.sh
index e4dac36e..4343bc85 100644
--- a/scripts/testnet/config_example.sh
+++ b/scripts/testnet/config_example.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ HOME_CONFIG_DIR=$HOME_DIR/config # chain config directory
 BIN=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/build/seda-chaind # chain binary executable on your machine
 LINUX_BIN=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/build/seda-chaind-linux # linux version of chain binary
 
-# CHAIN_ID=seda-testnet
+CHAIN_ID=seda-testnet
 # GENESIS_TIME=
 
 
-# Validators
+#######################################
+########### VALIDATOR NODES ###########
+#######################################
 # NOTE: Assumes 26656 port for p2p communication
 # NOTE: Assumes user is ec2-user
 # NOTE: The setup node script assumes ami-0a1ab4a3fcf997a9d
@@ -32,10 +34,23 @@ SELF_DELEGATION_AMOUNTS=(
 SSH_KEY=~/.ssh/id_rsa # key used for ssh
 
 
-# Genesis acoounts addresses
+#######################################
+########## GENESIS ACCOUNTS ###########
+#######################################
+# Standard genesis accounts
 # NOTE: The script will create operators of the nodes defined above and
 # add them as genesis accounts in addition to the ones defined below. 
 GENESIS_ADDRESSES=(
     "seda..."
     "seda..."
 )
+
+SATOSHI=seda... # if set, creates a genesis account with 100x seda tokens compared to standard genesis account
+FAUCET=seda... # if set, creates a genesis account with 10x seda tokens compared to standard genesis account
+
+
+#######################################
+############### GITHUB ################
+#######################################
+GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_... # github token for accessing seda-chain-contracts repo
+CONTRACTS_VERSION=v0.0.1-rc # latest or seda-chain-contracts release version
diff --git a/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh b/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh
index 79494377..bbd8de6e 100755
--- a/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh
+++ b/scripts/testnet/create_genesis.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rm -rf $NODE_DIR
 #
 #   CREATE GENESIS AND ADJUST GOV PARAMETERS
 #
-$BIN init new node0
+$BIN init new node0 --chain-id $CHAIN_ID
 
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["voting_params"]["voting_period"]="180s"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
 cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["params"]["voting_period"]="180s"' > $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json && mv $HOME/.seda-chain/config/tmp_genesis.json $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json
@@ -34,9 +34,17 @@ cat $HOME/.seda-chain/config/genesis.json | jq '.app_state["gov"]["params"]["max
 #   ADD GENESIS ACCOUNTS
 #
 for i in ${!GENESIS_ADDRESSES[@]}; do
-    $BIN add-genesis-account ${GENESIS_ADDRESSES[$i]} 100000000000000000seda --keyring-backend test
+    $BIN add-genesis-account ${GENESIS_ADDRESSES[$i]} 100000000000000000seda
 done
 
+set +u
+if [ ! -z "$SATOSHI" ]; then
+    $BIN add-genesis-account $SATOSHI 10000000000000000000seda
+fi
+if [ ! -z "$FAUCET" ]; then
+    $BIN add-genesis-account $FAUCET 1000000000000000000seda
+fi
+set -u
 
 #
 # CREATE NODE KEY, VALIDATOR KEY, AND GENTX FOR EACH NODE
@@ -54,9 +62,9 @@ for i in ${!MONIKERS[@]}; do
     VALIDATOR_ADDRESS=$($BIN keys show ${MONIKERS[$i]} --keyring-backend test --home $INDIVIDUAL_VAL_HOME_DIR -a)
 
     # to create their gentx
-    $BIN add-genesis-account $VALIDATOR_ADDRESS 100000000000000000seda --home $INDIVIDUAL_VAL_HOME_DIR
+    $BIN add-genesis-account $VALIDATOR_ADDRESS 500000000000000000seda --home $INDIVIDUAL_VAL_HOME_DIR
     # to output geneis file
-    $BIN add-genesis-account $VALIDATOR_ADDRESS 100000000000000000seda
+    $BIN add-genesis-account $VALIDATOR_ADDRESS 500000000000000000seda
 
     $BIN gentx ${MONIKERS[$i]} ${SELF_DELEGATION_AMOUNTS[$i]} --moniker=${MONIKERS[$i]} --keyring-backend=test --home $INDIVIDUAL_VAL_HOME_DIR --ip=${IPS[$i]}