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diff --git a/service/state/core_access_test.go b/service/state/core_access_test.go
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-package state
-
-/*
-The test below has been commented out for now as the mock celestia-app has issues
-initializing the chain, and therefore cannot be used properly in the test yet.
-*/
-
-/*
-func TestCoreAccess(t *testing.T) {
-	// create signer + acct
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	ring, err := keyring.New("celestia", "test", dir, os.Stdin)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	acc, err := ring.NewAccount("something", testutil.TestMnemonic, "", "", hd.Secp256k1)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	signer := apptypes.NewKeyringSigner(ring, acc.GetName(), "test")
-
-	// create app and start core node
-	celapp := apputil.SetupTestApp(t, acc.GetAddress())
-	nd := core.StartMockNode(celapp)
-	defer nd.Stop() //nolint:errcheck
-	_, ip := core.GetRemoteEndpoint(nd)
-	grpcEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s:9090", ip)
-
-	// create CoreAccess with the grpc endpoint to mock core node
-	ca := NewCoreAccessor(signer, grpcEndpoint)
-	bal, err := ca.Balance(context.Background())
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	t.Log("BAL: ", bal)
-}
-*/