On 4/17/14, Gavin Andresen <gavinandre...@gmail.com> wrote: > How is this different from just running in -regtest mode and asking the > nodes to generate a block after 1 or 2 seconds?
There's no difference, the -timedtest mode does exactly that. But automatically instead of having to manually ask for a new block every second. I assume your position is that the difference is too small to justify a new mode, or that you just don't see any value in it. The -private mode, on the other hand, would allow you to simulate proof of work attacks as described in the previous post, but maybe there's a simpler way to do the same solely using regtest/timedtest. Maybe I should have asked the following questions before proposing anything: 1) How does someone simulate a pow race situation without doing any pow right now? Does anybody try these things? How? 2) If I wanted to measure validation performance, to get the number of peak tps that could be processed without taking block sides or network latency into account, how would I do that? Has anybody tried this before? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
