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* [Bitcoin-development] Testnet under attack?
@ 2013-11-15 19:34 Mike Belshe
  2013-11-15 20:02 ` Mike Hearn
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mike Belshe @ 2013-11-15 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bitcoin-development

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It appears that someone is minting new blocks literally every couple of
seconds on the testnet chain right now.

You can see it on both blockexplorer:
   http://blockexplorer.com/testnet

and also btclook:
  http://testnet.btclook.com/

Is this something we should worry about?

thanks,
Mike

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* Re: [Bitcoin-development] Testnet under attack?
  2013-11-15 19:34 [Bitcoin-development] Testnet under attack? Mike Belshe
@ 2013-11-15 20:02 ` Mike Hearn
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mike Hearn @ 2013-11-15 20:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mike Belshe; +Cc: Bitcoin Dev

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I don't use testnet much anymore, partly because it sometimes kind of
breaks like this. It's a public resource and people sometimes abuse it.

You can create your own local network with -regtest and that lets you mint
new blocks instantly. It's a much simpler way to do testing and app
development.


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mike Belshe <mike@belshe.com> wrote:

> It appears that someone is minting new blocks literally every couple of
> seconds on the testnet chain right now.
>
> You can see it on both blockexplorer:
>    http://blockexplorer.com/testnet
>
> and also btclook:
>   http://testnet.btclook.com/
>
> Is this something we should worry about?
>
> thanks,
> Mike
>
>
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