Re: [bitcoin-dev] CTV Signet Parameters

[Jeremy Rubin <jeremy.l.rubin@gmail.com>]

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There's also now a faucet:

https://faucet.ctvsignet.com

thanks 0x0ff!
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@JeremyRubin <https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin>


On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 3:13 AM 0x0ff <0x0ff@onsats.org> wrote:

> Good day,
>
> I've setup the explorer for CTV Signet which is now up and running at
> https://explorer.ctvsignet.com
>
> Best,
> @0x0ff <https://twitter.com/0x0ff_>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, February 17th, 2022 at 9:58 PM, Jeremy Rubin via bitcoin-dev <
> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Hi devs,
>
> I have been running a CTV signet for around a year and it's seen little
> use. Early on I had some issues syncing new nodes, but I have verified
> syncability to this signet using
> https://github.com/JeremyRubin/bitcoin/tree/checktemplateverify-signet-23.0-alpha.
> Please use this signet!
>
> ```
> [signet]
>
> signetchallenge=512102946e8ba8eca597194e7ed90377d9bbebc5d17a9609ab3e35e706612ee882759351ae
> addnode=50.18.75.225
> ```
>
> This should be operational. Let me know if there are any issues you
> experience (likely with signet itself, but CTV too).
>
> Feel free to also email me an address and I can send you some signet coins
> -- if anyone is interested in running an automatic faucet I would love help
> with that and will send you a lot of coins.
>
> AJ Wrote (in another thread):
>
> > I'd much rather see some real
> > third-party experimentation *somewhere* public first, and Jeremy's CTV
> > signet being completely empty seems like a bad sign to me. Maybe that
> > means we should tentatively merge the feature and deploy it on the
> > default global signet though? Not really sure how best to get more
> > real world testing; but "deploy first, test later" doesn't sit right.
>
> I agree that real experimentation would be great, and think that merging
> the code (w/o activation) for signet would likely help users v.s. custom
> builds/parameters.
>
> I am unsure that "learning in public" is required -- personally I do
> experiments on regtest regularly and on mainnet (using emulators) more
> occasionally. I think some of the difficulty is that for setting up signet
> stuff you need to wait e.g. 10 minutes for blocks and stuff, source faucet
> coins, etc. V.s. regtest you can make tests that run automatically. Maybe
> seeing more regtest RPC test samples for regtests would be a sufficient
> in-between?
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jeremy
>
> --
> @JeremyRubin <https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin>
>
>
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