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List:       bitcoin-dev
Subject:    [Bitcoin-development] Testnet under attack?
From:       mike () plan99 ! net (Mike Hearn)
Date:       2013-11-15 20:02:06
Message-ID: CANEZrP1_vkosrRpouzRqZRFo8z0iNXzR14F1GU=yWZ66gZUtNw () mail ! gmail ! com
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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 at 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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