The problem Multichain Hardhat Extension solves

when building a product that is cross-chain, its often difficult to run two seperate blockchains locally for testing. Multichain Hardhat Extension makes it as simple as adding a config file with all chains required for testing. These blockchains are all running in the same hardhat environment.

Challenges I ran into

figuring how hardhat handles the config file was the most difficult part. once figured I came up with a hack to run multiple chains in the same env