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On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 06:01:51PM -0300, Nagaev Boris wrote:
> > If we fix the difficulty reset bug, we might as well also fix the coin supply
> > issue: get rid of the halving for testnet and just make every block create new
> > coins.
> 
> If such a change is made, then such a network won't be suitable to
> test halvings and software behaviour related to halvings.

I don't think that's very important. That's a very small part of what testnet
is used for, and nothing stops people from using, say, regtest for that kind of
testing. We already changed important consensus code around difficulty with
testnet-specific behavior.

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