A public testnet is still useful so in articles people could make references to these transactions.
Maybe we could have 2 testnets at the same time, with one having a smaller block size? > On 31 Aug 2018, at 4:02 AM, Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev > <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > Signed PGP part > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 12:58:42PM +0530, shiva sitamraju via bitcoin-dev > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Testnet is now 1411795 blocks and a full sync is taking atleast 48 hours. >> >> Is a testnet reset scheduled in the next release or any reason not to do a >> reset ? >> >> Fast onboarding/lower disk overheads would be very much appreicated for >> testing purposes > > Actually I'd advocate the opposite: I'd want testnet to be a *larger* > blockchain than mainnet to find size-related issues first. > > Note that for testing regtest is often a better alternative, and you can setup > private regtest blockchains fairly easily and with good control over exactly > when and how blocks are created. > > -- > https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org > > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
