Re: [bitcoin-dev] testnet4

[Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev]

Indeed a large testnet blockchain has advantages too.
But because it is the testnet and the testnet coins have no value, the
blockchain could be 'spammed' after a reset for some days/weeks until it
has a certain size.
Could this be realistic solution ?

Am 16.06.19 um 22:25 schrieb Peter Todd:
> On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 05:01:50PM +0200, Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Remember that the size of testnet itself is an important test; I've argued in
> that past that we should consider making testnet *larger* than mainnet. 
> There's
> good arguments against that too, but I personally think the current size is a
> reasonable compromise.
> 
> Of course, I personally tend to do all my testing on either internal regtest
> nodes, or directly on mainnet. But the fact that works for me is specific to
> the exact type of development I do and may not be applicable to you.
> 

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Re: [bitcoin-dev] testnet4

[Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2019 at 05:01:50PM +0200, Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev wrote:
> 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.

Remember that the size of testnet itself is an important test; I've argued in
that past that we should consider making testnet *larger* than mainnet. There's
good arguments against that too, but I personally think the current size is a
reasonable compromise.

Of course, I personally tend to do all my testing on either internal regtest
nodes, or directly on mainnet. But the fact that works for me is specific to
the exact type of development I do and may not be applicable to you.

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Re: [bitcoin-dev] testnet4

[Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev]

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 
> 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/

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Re: [bitcoin-dev] testnet4

[Bryan Bishop via bitcoin-dev]

Be greeted Emil,

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 9:21 AM Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev <
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/
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[bitcoin-dev] testnet4

[Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev]

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) ?


Greetings,
Emil Engler
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