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From: Emil Engler <me@emilengler.com>
To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [bitcoin-dev] [BIP-able idea] Regular testnet reset
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 01:57:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5194d5a8-66f6-9be2-d44a-3bee98d1bbd5@emilengler.com> (raw)

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Hello, I'm thinking about writing a BIP about resetting the testnet on
regular/scheduled basis

The idea works like this:
* Every 210000 block is being used as the genesis of a completely new chain.
* The old one gets forgotten
* No chain can be longer than 210000 blocks

The problems are:
* How to get this working with testnet3? Only a hardfork probably.
* Is it that easy to change the chain while Bitcoin Core is running?
Probably the blocks need to be appended to the cureent one. After a
restart it would get patched
* Could the the chain derive into multiple once at every reset? (Planned
attacks)

What do you think about the idea?

Greetings,
Emil Engler

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             reply	other threads:[~2019-09-13 23:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-13 23:57 Emil Engler [this message]
2019-09-15 13:49 ` [bitcoin-dev] [BIP-able idea] Regular testnet reset Bryan Bishop

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