Aurora is an API server for the HCNet ecosystem. It acts as the interface between HC Net-core and applications that want to access the HCNet. It allows you to submit transactions to the network, check the status of accounts, subscribe to event streams, etc. Aurora provides a RESTful API to allow client applications to interact with the HCNet. You can communicate with Aurora using cURL or just your web browser. However, if you’re building a client application, you’ll likely want to use a HCNet jar in the language of your client. HCNet runs a instance of Aurora that is connected to the test net: https://network.paybito.com and one that is connected to the public HC Net :