Re: [bitcoin-dev] testnet4

[Emil Engler <me@emilengler.com>]

I don't get why the testnet shouldn't be resetted just because there is 
a (probably better) alternative for it. The testnet is still a thing and 
is also used.

Am 08.06.19 um 16:21 schrieb Bryan Bishop:
> Be greeted Emil,
> 
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 9:21 AM Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev 
> <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org 
> <mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello, I tried myself with some Bitcoin development. For this I used of
>     course the Bitcoin testnet. However it took me one hour to sync the
>     blockchain with around 1538358 blocks. In my opinion that is too much
>     for a testnet. Especially the blockchain size with around 26GB is so
>     much. Would it be possible to reset the testnet with a new genesis
>     block
>     ? And if so, can we setup a fixed cycle for resetting the testnet (For
>     example every second 1st of January) ?
> 
> 
> At the moment, I somewhat doubt this is likely to happen. Signet 
> provides an alternative for configuring multiple separate private and 
> public testing networks. If you would like to get involved, check out 
> the recent discussion on the topic recorded here:
> http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin-core-dev-tech/2019-06-07-signet/
> 
> - Bryan
> http://heybryan.org/