# Interact With The Node

## Connecting Polkadot JS

### 1. Open Polkadot UI App

You can use the [**Polkadot dashboard app**](http://sandbox.vera.financial/) *\*\**which is deployed on our server to help interact with the Substrate node.

{% embed url="<http://sandbox.vera.financial/>" %}
Polkadot/Substrate Dashboard
{% endembed %}

### 2. Connect Our Node

Click on development and choose a local node and click on switch.

![](/files/-MZJMXu9ydROKxabA0S5)

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The local node provides two RPC endpoints:

* HTTP: `http://127.0.0.1:9933`
* WS: `ws://127.0.0.1:9944`
  {% endhint %}

With Polkadot JS Apps connected, you will see our node producing blocks.


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