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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:02:06 +0100
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From: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
To: Mike Belshe <mike@belshe.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Testnet under attack?
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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@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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<div dir=3D"ltr">I don&#39;t use testnet much anymore, partly because it so=
metimes kind of breaks like this. It&#39;s a public resource and people som=
etimes abuse it.<div><br></div><div>You can create your own local network w=
ith -regtest and that lets you mint new blocks instantly. It&#39;s a much s=
impler way to do testing and app development.</div>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri,=
 Nov 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mike Belshe <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:mike@belshe.com" target=3D"_blank">mike@belshe.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:=
<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-lef=
t:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir=3D"ltr">It appears that someone is minting new blocks literally ev=
ery couple of seconds on the testnet chain right now.<div><br></div><div>Yo=
u can see it on both blockexplorer:</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http:=
//blockexplorer.com/testnet" target=3D"_blank">http://blockexplorer.com/tes=
tnet</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>and also btclook:</div><div>=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"http=
://testnet.btclook.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://testnet.btclook.com/</a><=
/div><div><br></div><div>Is this something we should worry about?</div><div=
><br></div>
<div>thanks,</div>
<div>Mike</div><div><br></div></div>
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